The comments below come courtesy of Mish Shedlock, investment advisor with Sitka Pacific Capital Management and writer of Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis blog.1. US Municipal Bankruptcies Head to Center StageLook for...
Read MoreSource: Brian Farrington, December 21, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreThe 2011 series of lists would not be complete with the views of David Rosenberg, Chief Economist and Strategist of Gluskin Sheff & Associates. As you might have guessed, it is a bearish scenario. Here goes:1. In...
Read MoreSource: John Darkow, Comics.com, December 20, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreThe Recession Status Map below, courtesy of Moody’s Analytics Dismal Scientist, aggregates growth statistics from around the world and allows one to see at a glance which economies are in recession, at risk, recovering or...
Read MorePeople are reacting to every sign of bad news in the market as though it were the outlier of another financial crisis, says Jim O’Neill, Goldman Sachs Asset Management chairman. In this CNBC interview, he explains why he is...
Read MoreThe crude oil price has been scaling new recovery highs over the past few days and indications are that the trend is solidly up. Although oil is marching higher as a result of increased demand, an increasing price also...
Read MoreMark Hulbert says the advisers that he tracks who have the best records are now very bullish.Source: The Wall Street Journal, December 21, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment...
Read MoreThe chart below, courtesy of Chart of the Day, compares the inflation-adjusted S&P 500 performance during the current secular bear market (the inflation-adjusted S&P 500 peaked in 2000) to the that following the peak...
Read MoreAt last a contrarian view! The report below comes from Pragmatic Capitalist.Past is prologue … At least that’s what strategists at CitiGroup are saying. In a recent note they highlighted the three past market environments that...
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