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Source: Tom Toles, The Washington Post, May 13, 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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Q&A on emerging markets with Mark Mobius
I have been positive on emerging markets for a while, maintaining that especially China and other Asian countries, as well as resource-based Latin American countries, would we the leaders of the economic recovery and stock...
Read MoreRoubini Global Economics: Green shoots or yellow weeds?
By RGE Monitor Many commentators are suggesting that the recent data from the manufacturing, housing market, labor markets suggest that the “green shoots” of an economic recovery are blossoming. While there do seem...
Read MoreMilken Institute: Global conference – credit markets
The Milken Institute recently hosted a conference exploring the current crisis in the credit markets and a host of possible solutions to solve it. A summary of the discussion is provided in the paragraphs below, with the video...
Read MoreLagging indicators – an evasive bounce?
Source: Tom Toles, The Washington Post, May 12, 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: reversal time?
I indicated in Sunday’s “Words from the Wise” review that “the speed and sheer magnitude of the rally argue for markets to either consolidate or retrace some of the past nine weeks’ gains prior to...
Read MoreIs anyone minding the store at the Fed?
In the video clip below, Rep. Alan Grayson asks the Federal Reserve Inspector General, Elizabeth Coleman, about the trillions of dollars lent or spent by the Federal Reserve and where it went, and the trillions of off balance...
Read MoreTechnical talk: A tad extended
The comments below were provided by Kevin Lane of Fusion IQ. The market is a bit extended here without any pullback; however, as our sentiment suggests (see charts below), liquidity remains favourable in terms of the...
Read MoreSecond derivative turning positive?
Source: Tom Toles, Washington Post, May 11, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreSolution to the global financial crisis?
In a small town on the South Coast of France, the holiday season is in full swing, but it is raining so there is not too much business taking place. Everyone is heavily in debt. Luckily, a rich Russian tourist arrives in the...
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