The comments below were provided by Kevin Lane of Fusion IQ. As can be seen from the weekly S&P 500 chart, the Index finally closed above resistance (green line) and its intermediate-term downtrend line (red line). The...
Read MoreThis week in WealthTrack’s series on Great Investors, Consuelo Mack features the never-before-aired portions of her wide-ranging interview with Yale’s renowned endowment chief, David Swensen. Among the topics covered...
Read MoreThis post provides links to a number of thought-provoking articles I have read over the past few days that you may also find interesting. • John Hussman (Hussman Funds): Biting a bullet, July 27, 2009. In my view, investors...
Read MoreSource: Adam Zyglis, July 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 More“Goodbye safe havens, hello risky assets” seemed to be the theme during the past week as investors placed their bets on a global economic recovery, propelling stocks and other risky assets higher amid...
Read MoreThe Irrational Exuberance Matrix below comes courtesy of EconomPic Data. Full marks to Jake for an excellent illustration. Source: EconomPic Data, July 24, 2008. Where on the matrix are we at this juncture in the US stock...
Read MoreThe Dow Jones Industrial Index on Thursday breached 9,000 for the first time since January and the Nasdaq Composite Index notched up a 12th consecutive advancing day (the first time sine 1992) as favorable reactions to earnings...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Rebecca Wilder*, author of the of the News N Economics blog. This week, a compilation of indicators shows that the recovery is tentative at best – more likely, a global bottom has not...
Read MoreSource: Steve Breen, July 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 MoreWith the second-quarter earnings season in the US in full swing, the expected year-on-year trend in S&P 500 earnings has improved from -35.7% to -35.2%. Big deal, you may think. And yet, investors have been propelling the...
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