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• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (January 4-10, 2010)

  Published 10 January 2010 | viewed 3,639 times

  Back from the festive season break, traders pushed stock market indices to new highs for the rally, logging a full house of five up-days for…

• Byron Wien's Ten Surprises for 2010

  Published 05 January 2010 | viewed 8,162 times

  Dead on target at the beginning of the new year, 76-year-old Byron Wien again published his annual list of surprises to expect in 2010. Wien,…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (November 23-29, 2009): Part II

  Published 29 November 2009 | viewed 1,951 times

  Asha Bangalore (Northern Trust): Low mortgage rates and tax credit lift sales of existing homes "Sales of all existing homes rose 10.1% to an annual…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (November 23-29, 2009)

  Published 29 November 2009 | viewed 4,179 times

  As shoppers were emptying their purses on Black Friday bargains, Dubai's attempt to reschedule its debt roiled financial markets, plunging risky assets into the red.…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (November 16 - 22, 2009): Part II

  Published 22 November 2009 | viewed 1,705 times

  Bill King (The King Report): Getting more bearish on US economy "Goldie's Jan Hatzius is getting more bearish on the economy by the day. "'Despite…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (November 16 - 22, 2009)

  Published 22 November 2009 | viewed 3,713 times

  Stock markets succumbed to a bout of profit-taking last week, sparked by concerns that the rally has overshot the pace of economic recovery. Riskier assets…

• Velocity of US Money Supply at Long Last Edging Up

  Published 20 November 2009 | viewed 3,658 times

  Despite ballooning Fed reserves to bail out banks, money supply as measured by the growth in money supply with a zero maturity (notes and coins,…

• Picture du Jour: Plunging Dollar Erodes Non-US Investors' Returns

  Published 18 November 2009 | viewed 2,838 times

  With the US dollar falling down a precipice, spare a thought for non-US investors invested in US stocks and bonds. The graph below shows the…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (November 9 - 15, 2009): Part II

  Published 15 November 2009 | viewed 1,441 times

  The Wall Street Journal: Banks hasten to adopt new loan rules "Banks are moving quickly to restructure commercial mortgages under new US guidelines that are…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (November 9 - 15, 2009)

  Published 15 November 2009 | viewed 3,297 times

  "Words from the Wise" this week comes to you in a shortened format as I do not have access to my normal research resources while…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (November 2 - 8, 2009): Part II

  Published 08 November 2009 | viewed 1,797 times

  Asha Bangalore (Northern Trust): Auto sales rebound in October "Sales of autos rose to an annual rate of 10.2 million units in October from 9.2…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (November 2 - 8, 2009)

  Published 08 November 2009 | viewed 3,333 times

  "Words from the Wise" this week comes to you in a shortened format as I am about to leave Cape Town for a visit to…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (Oct 26 - Nov 1, 2009): Part II

  Published 01 November 2009 | viewed 1,698 times

  Asha Bangalore (Northern Trust): Durable goods orders - mixed performance in third quarter "Orders of durable goods rose 1.0% in September after a 2.6% drop…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (Oct 26 - Nov 1, 2009)

  Published 01 November 2009 | viewed 4,011 times

  Rewind the movie to before the stock market lows of March 9: stocks down, corporate bonds down, commodities and gold down, emerging-market currencies down, safe…

• Stocks and Risky Assets Stumble

  Published 29 October 2009 | viewed 3,062 times

  I concluded a post on stock markets over the weekend saying: "After equities' seven-month climb, stock markets certainly look vulnerable for a decline. Two downside…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (October 12 - 18, 2009): Part II

  Published 18 October 2009 | viewed 1,685 times

  MarketWatch: Banks cutting back on loans to businesses "US banks are reducing their lending at the fastest rate on record, tightening the credit squeeze and…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (October 12 - 18, 2009)

  Published 18 October 2009 | viewed 3,726 times

  Risky assets remained in favor during the past week, generally helped along by fairly robust economic data and better-than-expected corporate earnings reports. A number of…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (September 21 - 27, 2009): Part II

  Published 27 September 2009 | viewed 1,619 times

  Chart of the Day (Clusterstock): The Option ARM Armageddon "The Option Arm Armageddon was supposed to strike in the spring of 2009. Across the country,…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (September 21 - 27, 2009)

  Published 27 September 2009 | viewed 4,043 times

  After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into…

• Shanghai Cracks

  Published 31 August 2009 | viewed 4,921 times

  As mentioned in yesterday's edition of "Words from the Wise", the Chinese Shanghai Composite Index has now recorded four consecutive down-weeks. The Index witnessed another…