Recession – when push comes to shove
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Economic prospects through 2010
By Cees Bruggemans After growing by 3% in 2008 and contracting by some 1%-2% in 2009 mainly on account of an unprecedented vicious global banking and credit crisis and its impacts on our mining and industrial exports, the...
Read MoreDollar’s slide hurting foreign investors
With the US dollar trading at a five-month low, spare a thought for non-US investors invested in US stocks and bonds. The graph below compares the performance of the US 10-year Treasury Note in US dollar terms (green line) with...
Read MoreGoldman: Past the worst?
The debate rages on regarding whether the global business cycle has started to stabilize, with most of the “green shoots” arguments based on softer data such as Purchasing Managers Indices (PMIs) appearing...
Read MoreExtinguishing the recession with green stuff
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Read MoreTechnical talk: S&P 500 testing support
The comments below were provided by Kevin Lane of Fusion IQ. The S&P 500 Index, after stalling below resistance for much of May, has now slipped below its lower channel line and is testing price support again at the 875...
Read MoreNo, I don’t want to hear about your portfolio!
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Read MoreCredit machine not yet fixed
Although the rates at which banks lend to each other have eased considerably from their peaks, banks have cut back significantly on the amount of money they are actually lending. Source: Gluskin Sheff The fact that the money...
Read MoreDoes your mattress pass the stress test?
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Read MoreWords from the (investment wise) for the week that was (May 18 – 24, 2009)
“Words from the Wise” this week comes to you a bit later than usual and in a shortened format as my “day-job” demands keep me from doing my customary commentary. However, a full dose of excerpts from...
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