Bill Gross, co-founder and co-CIO of PIMCO, is to my mind one of the sharpest investment brains around. His monthly newsletter, this month entitled “Let’s Get Fisical”, therefore always makes for thought-provoking reading. The...
Read MoreSpeaking at the Per Capita annual conference, Policy Exchange 09, in Canberra, Australian economist Steve Keen looks at the rising national debts in Australia and the United States, paying particular attention to their...
Read MoreThis post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Financial News Express: Economic crisis quotations 2009, January 2, 2010. • Ron Surz: Perspectives on...
Read MoreThe two biggest threats facing the global economy are the derivatives market and tightening money supply, Mark Mobius, executive chairman at Templeton Asset Management, told CNBC yesterday. “If money supply starts heading down,...
Read MoreSource: Pat Bagley, Comics.com, January 5, 2010. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read More“Economic cycles associated with financial traumas such as banking crises or asset price collapses tend to have deeper downturns and weaker upturns. The current uptrend in US economic growth should be sustained, but the rebound...
Read MoreDoes the number in which a year ends play a role as far as stock market performance goes? Take a look at the charts below (courtesy of The Big Picture blog via The Chart Store) for a bit of pop analysis. The first chart shows...
Read MoreThis post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Keren Blankfeld (Forbes): Billionaires predictions 2010, January 4, 2010. The world’s wealthiest share...
Read MoreIn 2009 the world flirted with economic depression and financial armageddon – both thankfully avoided. What’s in store for 2010? BNN speaks with Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group. Part 1: Click here or on the...
Read MoreThe transcript of Consuelo Mack’s recent interview with Ed Hyman, Wall Street’s number one ranked economist for an unprecedented thirty years running, and Francois Trahan, top ranked portfolio strategist, has just been...
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