This post is a guest contribution by Dian Chu*, market analyst, trader and author of the Economic Forecasts and Opinions blog. The S&P has skyrocketed 58% since its bottom in early March, while the Dow is up 50% and the...
Read MoreThe chart below comes courtesy of Andy Kessler and shows the strong relationship between the movement in the Dow Jones Industrial Index and the monetary base. The monetary base data is defined as the “sum of currency in...
Read MoreThis post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. Bénassy-Quéré, Kumar and Pisani-Ferry (RGE Monitor): G20, Not G7, September 25, 2009....
Read MoreSource: Dilbert.com, September 20, 2009 (hat tip: The Big Picture). 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. • David Rosenberg (Financial Times): Equities carry too much risk, September 23, 2009. The banker J.P....
Read MoreThe comments below were provided by Kevin Lane of Fusion IQ. Yesterday’s intraday sell-the-Fed-news price reversal on the S&P 500 stalled at the area (S&P – 1,079 to 1,106 area) where the index really...
Read MoreDoug Casey is an American free-market market economist, financial author and entrepreneur. He has been writing a monthly investment newsletter, the International Speculator since 1979 and I always find his ideas quite...
Read MoreSource: Wayne Stayskal, September 24, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreMarc Faber, editor of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, recently did a wide-ranging interview with Aaron Task and Henry Blodget of Yahoo Finance – Tech Ticker. The video clips are must-see footage for any serious...
Read MoreThe chart below, courtesy of Bespoke, shows that the S&P 500 Technology sector yesterday became the first of the ten major sectors of the S&P 500 Index to close above its “pre-Lehman” level of September 12,...
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