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2010.08.14 16:36:29

The first and second quarter of 2010 could be seen as having generated a mixed response, however, if we put it in perspective with last year's performance, I think 2010 could have performed much worse.
We are now below the S&P500 value on January 4th, but not too far below. The market started well, but......

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   S&P 500 | investing | short | shorting
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2010.06.18 17:19:40

Companies listed on the S&P 500 have a record pile of cash on hand, and everybody wonders what they will do with it.
Looking at the unemployment rate figures in the US, it does not look like the companies spend the cash on creating jobs. Instead, those companies are looking at two possibilities: First,......

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   cash | buy-back | S&P 500 | investing
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2010.02.01 11:10:15

My short strategy seems to be rewarding, let's see for how long, but for now it works.
Markets are still going down. I do not expect it to last for long, but in the short term I see it going down. Since picking stocks to short seems a little tough for the moment, I just go shot on the indexes.
My favourite......

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   short | shorting | investing | leverage
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2009.09.30 11:13:34

We trust the past and fear the future - a good summary of investor sentiment when the confidence is low. I trust the confidence is high for the moment, based on the past performance of the few months though.
We had a great run, from March 6th until now, a fantastic run to be fair, and if you invested......

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   stock market | market | economy | bankers | banks | W recovery | W | investing
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2009.09.01 05:52:09

A friend of mine asked my point of view on which is worse, a market crash or inflation, and I believe he is right to think about it. There are two things talked about in macro-economy today, the financial crisis and whether there will be inflation or deflation.
As always, there are two camps on the issue......

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   investing | market crash | inflation
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2009.08.03 16:13:13

"The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing."
-- Philip Fisher ......

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   stock market | fund managers | investments | investing
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2009.07.13 14:28:30

"Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised."
-- Warren Buffett
Green shoots or not green shoots ... ? ......

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   investment | downturn | investing | stock
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2009.05.21 15:44:56

Oei Hong Leong claims he lost S$1bn (US$687m) in 2008 because Citi allegedly gave him “inaccurate and misleading” information on his trading exposure.
If only they had some financial tool to track and show the exposure, they would be out of trouble, and Mr. Oei would still have his S$100 million .........

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   investing | Wealth | financial plan | financial tool | private banking | Citibank
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2009.04.30 16:24:56

It’s tough to tell how much one investor can do alone to preserve their assets in 2009, particularly with unprecedented government intervention in world markets. But there are some general ideas to employ as markets and economies hopefully stabilize in the New Year: Start with a plan – or review......

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   financial planning | investing | investments | Personal Finance | financial plan
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2009.04.22 20:38:42

The head of global investment strategy at Barclays Wealth gives his view on where to invest: Asia (ex-Japan). New York-based Aaron Gurwitz said on Wednesday that there is a 80 per cent chance that the global economy could recover by the end of this year, with Asia at the forefront of the revival.
The......

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   economy | stock market | Asia | Barclays Wealth | investing
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