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Source: Steve Breen, August 1, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
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Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (July 27 – August 2, 2009)
For some reason the lyrics of Electric Light Orchestra’s classic, Livin’ Thing, keep resounding in my head: “You took me, ooh, woah, higher and higher, baby. It’s a livin’ thing … ”...
Read MoreVideo-o-rama: The yin and yang of China/US relations
With investors taking heart from better-than-expected earnings announcements (albeit only as a result of cost cutting negating a decline in revenue), the major US equity indices reached new highs for the year on Thursday/Friday...
Read MoreBarry Ritholtz: Analyzing the analyzers
This is a guest post by Barry Ritholtz, editor of The Big Picture Blog and author of the newly released book, Bailout Nation One of the more fascinating things about a crisis and its resolution is the post-mortems: The...
Read More$100 million budget cuts
Source: Michael Ramirez, Comics.com, July 30, 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 – secondary or primary bull?
Ever since Richard Russell (Dow Theory Letters) called a “Dow Theory bull signal” last Thursday, the debate has been rekindled as to whether the US stock markets are experiencing a primary (secular) bull market or a...
Read MoreRecession’s end near?
Are we done with this recession? I missed this discussion of a few days ago, featuring an economist, Nouriel Roubini of New York University, an historian, Niall Fergusson of Harvard, and a billionaire, real estate investor Mort...
Read MoreTracking a few of the Fed’s extraordinary programs
This post is a guest contribution by Asha Bangalore* of The Northern Trust Company. The Fed announced the plan on March 18, 2009 to purchase $300 billion of long-dated Treasury securities over a six-month period. As of July 23,...
Read MoreGeithner’s housing dilemma
Timothy Geithner is not very good at picking bathroom tiles, or selling his house … The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Home Crisis Investigation www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes...
Read MorePrieur’s readings (July 30, 2009)
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Bill Gross (Pimco – Investment Outlook): Investment potions, August 2009. A 3% nominal GDP...
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