The performance of a number of global stock markets is given in the table below in local currency terms for different measurement terms ended June 30. Other than to say that the second quarter delivered exceptional gains and...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Niels Jensen*, chief executive partner of London-based Absolute Return Partners. As investors we are faced with the consequences of our decisions every single day; however, as my old mentor...
Read MoreWith the printing presses working overtime, government debt sky-rocketing and the US dollar getting debased, are we heading for an era of hyperinflation? Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Jim Rogers, Tom Woods and Gerald Celente have...
Read MoreBill Bonner (The Daily Reckoning) said: “While Bernie is behind bars, the SEC and FED officials are still at large. Both are clearly guilty of dereliction and negligence. “But, what is the point of keeping Madoff in...
Read MoreTheseasonallyadjustedKagisoPMIforJuneincreasedslightlyforthesecondconsecutivemonthto37.9pointsfrom37.3duringMay, confirming a bottoming out of the index in May. The slowing in the contraction of output volumes continued with...
Read MoreAn interesting analysis on the performance of the S&P 500 Index during various phases of the economic cycle was highlighted in a recent report by Citigroup Investment Research & Analysis, courtesy of US Global Investors....
Read MoreAn excellent interview by Kate Welling with Barry Ritholtz, author of the must-read “Bailout Nation, How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy” and editor of The Big Picture blog, has...
Read MoreSource: Tom Toles, The Washington Post, June 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 MoreThe raison d’être of investment or wealth management is to maintain, or hopefully improve, one’s standard of living, i.e. to earn a real return on the investment amount. This sounds easy enough if one considers...
Read MoreThe paragraphs below are excerpts from the well-respected Comstock’s weekly market commentary, arguing that the stock market rally has probably exhausted itself in the absence of a strong economic recovery – an event...
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