Stephen Roach, Morgan Stanley’s Asia chairman, discusses with Demetri Sevastopulo, the FT’s Asia news editor in Hong Kong, whether consumption from China, India and the other Bric countries can ever substitute the US consumer....
Read MoreSource: Jeff Parker, Comics.com, January 14, 2010. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreThe seasonally adjusted Kagiso PMI rose by 2.2 index points to reach 52.5 in December 2009 – this is the first time since January 2008 that the PMI has remained above the key 50 point mark for two consecutive months. Both...
Read MoreBy Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist FNB The most recent data releases reflect the economy’s performance in the closing moments of 2009. Although recovery took hold around mid-2009, the overall performance so far remains an...
Read MoreYou have not received the Investment Postcards updates for the past few days for the simple reason that no new posts have been published since Monday. Upon my return from Switzerland earlier this week I was faced with a backlog...
Read MoreThe following comes courtesy of the Mail Online: “They are paid a fortune for their ability to make complex decisions about where to invest millions of pounds every single day. But perhaps the job of an investment banker is not...
Read MoreThis week on Wealthtrack, Consuelo Mack features a retirement income special. Highly rated financial planner Harold Evensky, award winning personal finance columnist Jonathan Clements and Kiplinger’s retirement income specialist...
Read MoreThis post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Robert Lenzner (Forbes): Wall Street titans not so titanic, January 15, 2010. Bosses of the biggest banks...
Read MoreWSJ’s Phil Izzo parses the latest findings from The Wall Street Journal’s monthly survey of leading economists, discussing what it says about the recovery and the growth outlook for 2010. Source: Phil Izzo, Wall Street Journal,...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Dian Chu, market analyst, trader and author of the Economic Forecasts and Opinions blog. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil market went into contango back in June 2008 and reached an...
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