Posts Tagged ‘It’s’
Let Wall Street Drop… It’s Time to Go Shopping
by Matthew Carr, Investment U, Commodities Specialist
Friday, September 23, 2011: Issue #1607
One of my core tenets in investing: “All I can say with any certainty is that something bad will happen at some point in the future.”
Now, that’ll probably never get me quoted as often as Warren [...]
By The Sizemore Letter
Writing for the New York Times, Louise Story and Graham Bowley note that large market swings are becoming a lot more common than they used to be. (See “Market Swings are Becoming New Standard”)
“It has become more likely for stock prices to make large swings—on the order of 3 percent or 4 [...]
By TaipanPublishingGroup.com
Some of you may remember this Smart Investing Daily article from early February. In it I detailed the online security breach of the Nasdaq’s computer systems by hackers. I wasn’t concerned about just your personal data being stolen, but even worse, hackers taking control of the marketplace itself.
Recently, there was a online security breach [...]
Pay Day?This morning, the all-important Non-Farm Payrolls report will be released at 8:30AM EST which will show the state of the employment situation here in the US. As a result of Wednesday’s dismal ADP employment change figures, analysts have revised their initial projections lower so it is highly uncertain how the market will react to [...]
Debt problem is bad but 200% debt/GDP exaggerates the problem
Policy is geared toward price stability
Constant adaptation by Central banks to financial environment essential
Accomodative monetary policy and structural measures are needed in Japan
Governor Shirakawa is speaking in Frankfurt…
At least that’s the story being floated by the head of the Bank of England as inflation came in at 4%, nearly twice as high as the Central bank’s target and reached 2-year highs. Anytime inflation comes in outside of the government range of 3%, a letter of explanation is required.
However it appears as though [...]
The FT reports that the Fed has bypassed China as the largest single holder of US Treasury debt.
Gone are the days where we have to worry that President Hu will wake up with a hair across and dump all of China’s T-bills…
Now we have to worry if Big Ben will snap and go [...]
A free report from Elliott Wave International reveals the risks of portfolio diversification
December 16, 2010
By Elliott Wave International
Despite near-unanimous endorsement among mainstream advisors, the strategy of portfolio diversification has a huge, glaring [...]
European, IMF officials begin new Greece inspections
China’s Wen: Have successfully controlled fiscal risks
Germany’s VDMA: doubles 2010 production growth forecast to 6%
EU Commission forecasts 2010 euro zone GDP growth 1.7%, up frpm previous +0.9%
EU’s Rehn: We have solid ground under our feet on economy
UK unions threaten strikes, civil disobedience and campaign of resistance over cuts - Telegraph
French [...]
I’ll be interested to see the minutes of the latest Bank of England MPC meet, scheduled for release Wednesday. Basically I’m interested to see the vote regarding QE amid speculation two members may have voted for it’s expansion.
I continue to be relieved that there apppears to be a healthy counter balance to Andrew Sentance and his call [...]
