By Cees Bruggemans With the SARB going on hold last week, the prime interest rate remaining at 11%, the question is what next. Another cut of 0.5% in August, prime falling to 10.5%? Or have we reached a bottom, prime remaining...
Read MoreSource: Henry Payne, June 22, 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 comments below were provided by Kevin Lane of Fusion IQ. This week’s trading on the S&P 500 should tell us a lot about the stock market. The questions likely to be answered this week are the following: Is this just...
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 of interest. • Joseph Stiglitz (The Nation): A global recovery for a global recession, June 24,...
Read MoreI posted an opinion poll about the outlook for the US stock market on Tuesday last week. In essence, the poll set out to determine readers’ views about the direction of the stock market over the next few months. More...
Read MoreSource: Jerry Holbert, June 26, 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“Words from the Wise” this week comes to you in a shortened format as I do not have access to my normal research resources while on the road in Europe (also see my post “Gone A.W.O.L. – to Slovenia and...
Read MoreI often quote Richard Russell, the 85-year-old writer of the Dow Theory Letters, in my blog posts. Although I may not necessarily always agree with his views, they are always stimulating and important to consider when piecing...
Read MoreThis week’s video-o-rama comes to you a day late as I make my away from Cape Town to Europe. Notwithstanding terribly slow broadband at South African airports, I have managed to compile an interesting potpourri of clips....
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Rebecca Wilder*, author of the of the News N Economics blog. Glimmers of hope are starting to emerge in the hard data. Exports in Asia are forming a more decided bottom; but since the trough...
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