Author: Vivian Lewis

 Macquarie’s Economic Research (Australia) put out the cutely-titled Macqro Forecast today. It predicts for 2011 risks balanced between inflation and growth. Here are some extracts mostly about the Pacific Rim: The...

 Canadian newsletter editor Shawn Allen wrote quoting Warren Buffett about comparing expected returns from bonds and stocks. In his 1984 letter, Buffett states:“We believe that many staggering errors by investors...

 Starting Sept. 27, Euroclear, the inter-market bank settlement group, will accept payments and debits in renminbi, also called yuan, the Chinese currency, in which some Hong Kong securities, and all Shanghai and Shenzhen...

 This newsletter was delayed by technical issues at the site. I am sending it regardless of the problems, which may make it hard to read, because of the coming Jewish holiday I am preparing for. The web hosting company has...

Today my Wall Street Journal was not delivered so I called their toll-free number to complain. Wendy who answered told me there was a “transport alert” for Manhattan and that my paper would be delivered by the end of...

Today my Wall Street Journal was not delivered so I called their toll-free number to complain. Wendy who answered told me there was a “transport alert” for Manhattan and that my paper would be delivered by the end of...

  Weds brought a note from Dick Davis Digest which I will share with you because they quoted me: Global Investing has beaten the market over the last five-, 10- and 15-year periods, according to Hulbert. “I wanted to...