Cliff Diving – Day 7
Bernanke speaks. Stocks tank. Buyers step in. Market closes unched.Stocks got spanked during Chairman Bernanke’s speech but managed to claw back losses to close, essentially, unchanged. Bonds and...
View ArticleFrance Pushes Back on the Moody’s Downgrade
This downgrade does not raise a question-mark over the fundamental economics of our country, nor the reforms undertaken by the government, nor our good reputation for borrowing. - Pierre Moscovici,...
View ArticleDaily ETF Roundup: Excitement Simmers On Mixed News
Bullish euphoria took a backseat today as markets took their time to digest Monday’s big jump. Pessimism crept back onto the stock front after Chairman Bernanke commented that the Fed doesn’t have the...
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A Major Crisis Indicator Just Hit Its Highest Level Ever
When one thinks of America, the word "savings" is likely the last thing to come into a person's head, for the simple reason that the vast majority of Americans don't save: recall that in September the...
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Post Election S&P500 Returns
We wanted to update our table S&P500 returns post presidential elections. As illustrated, the returns are relatively positive. This is especially true if the swan years of 2000, the contested...
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Meanwhile, China’s Stock Market Has Stumbled Back To Its Lows Of The Year
The Shanghai Composite made a new low in Monday’s trading. The country’s uber bear market seems to have been taken off traders’ radar as global markets obsess over the U.S. fiscal cliff.At the lows on...
View ArticleHomosexuality in the Catholic Church
Catholics are aware that some priests have affairs with adult women. Even Popes have had mistresses. The popular television series, The Borgias, is historical fiction about the intrigues and love...
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This Chart Definitively Proves That Stocks And The Economy Aren't The Same
Say whatever you like about Greece, at least their stock market is performing better than… China’s.The chart below shows the year-to-date return of Greece’s Athex Composite and China’s Shanghai...
View ArticleEuros Still Debating Technicalities of Greek Debt Relief
Amazing how the e-mini S&Ps can trade down over 10 points on a technical delay in the Greek debt deal. Anybody who has worked on restructurings know these are very difficult issues to hammer out,...
View ArticleYou won’t believe the opportunities here
November 21, 2012 Santiago, ChileThe Chilean economy is booming right now. Full stop. From agriculture to retail to construction to mining. Everywhere you look, it’s happening.This isn’t pretend...
View ArticleAspen Technology’s Awkward Mix of Accounting Failure and Insider Sales
By Damion Rallis, Senior Research AssociateWhile the share price at Aspen Technology (NASD:AZPN) continues its steady and impressive climb—up more than 50% since last November—a closer look at the...
View ArticleJames Altucher’s Trading Below Cash screen
In brief An investment strategy proposed by US investor and commentator James Altucher that screens the market for potential bargain stocks. In particular, the strategy seeks out companies that are...
View ArticleNegotiating the Fiscal Cliff w/ Infographics
On Monday we noted the cheeky tweet sent out by House speaker, John Boehner, asking where were the President’s spending cuts. We just received this through a robo e-mail from the President.We’re...
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3 Events Worth Watching
Indian Gold Demand Picks Up The love for gold has been reignited in India, according to the World Gold Council (WGC) in its Gold Demand Trends for the third quarter of 2012. India regained its title as...
View ArticleGreek stock market in historical context
The realisation that Greek equities have somehow outperformed Chinese equities this year so far is quite comical. In fact, we are still laughing at it, as even Greeks cannot quite believe this has...
View ArticleDominic Frisby – Why Gold is the Currency of the Free
In this video, Dominic Frisby delivers an insightful talk on the modern system of money and banking and how it has supplanted the centuries-old system of sound money based on commodities, specifically...
View ArticleGoogle Green
Greening our power Currently, very little of the world’s power is from renewables like wind and solar. We're working on changing that by buying electricity directly from wind farms near our data...
View ArticleCalifornia's Current Power Mix
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View ArticleStratfor: Update on the Israeli-Hamas Conflict
Here’s the LA Times on the cease-fire,CAIRO— Hamas and Israel agreed to a cease-fire that took effect Wednesday evening following a week of intense diplomacy to stop rocket fire and airstrikes that...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff: An Emerging Markets’ View
Now that the U.S. presidential election is over and President Barack Obama has been re-elected to serve a second four-year term, we’re able to do what we always do after a major election or regime...
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