Goldman Sachs’s subsidiary …
Hat tip: Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture, August 18, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by...
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Stock markets ripe for correction, but …
I am on the road today tending to a few business matters – in an environment in which South Africa has just seen its third consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth – and the mood is not entirely upbeat. Back to the...
Read MoreCharles Kirk: 10 Powerful Trading Rules
This post is a guest contribution by Charles Kirk, author of the popular The Kirk Report. I’m always looking for ways to improve my trading and, in recent years, I’ve been reading more on applied sports psychology....
Read MoreConsumers – your country needs you!
Source: Steve Kelley, Chicago Tribune, August 17, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreGDP – 2Q 2009 signals turn in the making
By Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist FNB First the bad news. GDP declined 2% year-on-year in 1H2009, and will probably average -1.5% for the full year. The good news is that the 1Q2009 was by far the worst statistical quarter...
Read MoreGlobal stock markets – pop ‘n drop
I have written a fair bit over the past few days about the overbought level of most global stock markets and also how China – a leading market on the way up – could be the catalyst for triggering a reversal of...
Read MoreMax Kieser: On the Edge with Tyler Durden
In this edition of Max Kieser’s “On the Edge”, he discusses the shenanigans in the financial markets with Tyler Durden of Zero Hedge, a fairly new, but already influential financial blog. Durden writes under...
Read MoreSenior Loan Officer Opinion Survey – Small positives, but …
The Federal Reserve Board’s Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey has just been published. This is an important document for assessing to what extent credit markets are thawing and confidence is returning to the financial...
Read MoreBuckle up!
Source: Sunday Times, August 16, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreRecovery taking shape
By Cees Bruggemans The SARB decision last week to resume cutting interest rates is interesting, given that our CPI inflation is likely to only modestly decrease further towards 5% next year, even as global growth keeps signaling...
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