Who are the bloggers of 2010? Did you know that North America has the highest percentage of bloggers worldwide, or that the greatest percentage of bloggers are hobbyists? Read the infographic below, courtesy of Grasshopper...
Read MoreExpect another 20% rise in China’s reserve requirement ratio (RRR) over the next 6 months, says Yang Liu, co-chairman of Atlantis Investment Management. She shares her thoughts, with CNBC’s Karen Tso and Bernard Lo.Source: CNBC,...
Read MoreSource: Ed Stein, Comics.com, December 19, 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 past week witnessed rather volatile trading in gold bullion as the price declined to the 50-day moving average ($1,369), thereby retracing 62% of its three-week advance from the middle of November to early December. (Read...
Read MoreJohn Williams, editor of ShadowStats.com, a popular website that tracks real inflation figures, says hyperinflation is inevitable. He is advising people to hoard physical gold as well as food items in bulk so that they have some...
Read MoreIn the graph below, Chart of the Day illustrates rallies that followed massive bear markets. (A “massive” bear market is defined as a decline of greater than 50%.)Since the Dow’s inception in 1896, there have been only three...
Read MoreThis week on WealthTrack, Consuela Mack interviews two commentators on their opinions about next year and beyond. Abby Joseph Cohen needs no introduction, but for the record she is President of the Goldman Sachs Global Markets...
Read MoreBarry Ritholtz of The Big Picture fame alerted me to the wonderful sketches produced by Carl Richards (Behavior Gap). These are all concerned with financial concepts, exploring the relationship between money and values, and are...
Read MoreBen Bernanke’s interview on “60 Minutes” caused a flurry of activity in the bond market by so-called “bond vigilantes”. Economist Ed Yardeni shares his views in a WSJ discussion.Source: The Wall Street Journal, December 15,...
Read MoreThe worst economic crisis in decades played out like a soap opera of epic proportions – the bad guys were vilified, speculation ran wild and drama unfolded on an almost daily basis.Money.co.uk has tracked the credit crunch in...
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