Brazil: Making sense of macroprudential measures
An update on Brazil from Morgan Stanley.
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Laugh out Loud: Inflation – 800 pound gorilla?
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Read MoreSouth Africa – year 17
Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog. By Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist of FNB. It is 17 years today since we all voted in our fully inclusive Democracy. What’s the...
Read MoreMarkets since Tohoku: consumer sentiment rules
During and since the massive Tohoku earthquake that hit Japan on March 11, global financial markets have been characterized by a high degree of volatility. I thought it would be worthwhile to compare how the different markets...
Read MoreCase-Shiller Home Price Indices close to 2009 low
The latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices have just been released and don’t paint a particularly rosy picture. The seasonally-adjusted 20-City Composite Index fell by 0.2% in February, the eighth consecutive monthly...
Read MoreChinese stocks signal warning lights
Chinese stocks fell this morning for the fourth consecutive day on worries about the outlook for corporate earnings growth. The Shanghai B Index in US Dollar plunged 5.4% in today’s trading session...
Read More“QE3 would be a very bad idea,” says El-Erian
Mohamed El-Erian, Pimco CEO & co-CIO, explains how the Fed decided on QE2. “QE has helped the crisis around the world,” he says. But he also adds, that “QE3 would be a very bad idea”.
Read MoreAfrica – opportunities in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya
“Those who are optimistic about Africa say that after many years of colonialism, it is beginning to demonstrate its potential. The continent does have its detractors, who say that while it may have been free of colonial...
Read MoreRogers: Water problem big challenge facing China
“If they [China] do not solve the water problem there is no China story,” said commodities guru Jim Rogers in an interview with South China Morning Post.
Read MoreQuote du Jour: Marc Faber on a Dow Jones/gold ratio of one
Marc Faber, author of the “Gloom Boom & Doom Report”, in a February interview with David McAlvany discussed the Dow Jones to gold ratio as reported in this...
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