This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • The Economist: A Ponzi scheme that works, December 17, 2009. The greatest strength of America is that...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Dian Chu*, market analyst, trader and author of the Economic Forecasts and Opinions blog. Gold hit a 7-week low on Dec. 22 from recent optimistic data of the U.S. economy. For example, U.S....
Read MoreSource: Jerry Holbert, December 22, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreThis post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Randall Forsyth (Barron’s): What I learned in 2009, December 23, 2009. Cheap valuations and high yields...
Read MoreThe Capitol Christmas tree in Washington , D.C. , is decorated with 3,000 ornaments that are the handiwork of US choolchildren. Encircling evergreens in the “Pathway of Peace” represent the 50 US states. The world’s largest...
Read MoreSource: Kipper Williams, Guardian, December 23, 2009 (hat tip: Credit Writedowns) Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreStocks are trading at or close to 2009 highs, being helped along by a record steepening of the yield curve. Put simply, on Tuesday the gap between 10- and 2-year US government bond yields hit its widest spread ever – 286 basis...
Read MoreThis post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Caroline Baum (Bloomberg): “New Normal” tops 2009 list of overused phrases, December 23, 2009. As a way...
Read More“We are almost halfway through the dollar rally,” said Robin Griffiths from Cazenove Capital. His target for the US Dollar Index is 81 (currently 77.9). Griffiths also sees stock markets “topping” in March next year and suggests...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Rebecca Wilder*, author of the of the News N Economics blog. The US dollar ($US) is on a roller coaster. And since S&P downgraded Greece to BBB+, the dollar has been on the rise. One can...
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