The Wall St Cheat Sheet blog has been active this year to award great journalism and excellent work. Now it has come up with its first “Dead Battery Award”. And the winner is … former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan....
Read MoreSource: Jerry Holbert, Comics.com, November 23, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreWe’ve made it to recovery, but it won’t be quick or easy, opines Paul Kasriel, award-winning chief economist of Northern Trust. In this video, he takes a fresh look at the economy, the headwinds we face, and future engines for...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Charles Kirk, author of the popular The Kirk Report. From time to time I have been asked to offer my perspectives on things I have found common in successful traders. I have always struggled...
Read MoreThis post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Paul Krugman (The New York Times): Interest rates: the phantom menace, November 20, 2009. Well, what I...
Read MoreD.C.-area developer Jeff Neal gives the Huffington Post Investigative Fund a tour of empty commercial properties just blocks from the Capitol. Hundreds of small and medium-sized banks are facing huge numbers of possible defaults...
Read MoreThe transcript of Consuelo Mack’s recent interview with Bruce Berkowitz, founder and lead portfolio manager of the five-star Fairholme Fund, has just been published. Click here for the text. This is must-read material. In case...
Read MoreSource: Tom Toles, Washington Post, November 15, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreStock markets succumbed to a bout of profit-taking last week, sparked by concerns that the rally has overshot the pace of economic recovery. Riskier assets were showing signs of fatigue as the US dollar – the catalyst of...
Read MoreThis post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Jim Jubak (MSN Money): 3-step strategy for a twitchy market, November 19, 2009. Many investors are deeply...
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