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Gold Market Radar (December 12, 2011)
Gold Market Radar (December 12, 2011) For the week, spot gold closed at $1,711.60 down $35.15 per ounce,…
December 11, 2011
Energy and Natural Resources Market Radar (December 12, 2011)
Energy and Natural Resources Market Radar (December 12, 2011) Strengths In another sign of robust emerging market oil…
December 11, 2011
Emerging Markets Radar (December 12, 2011)
Emerging Markets Radar (December 12, 2011) Russia Update – United Russia? United Russia (UR), Vladimir Putin’s political party…
December 11, 2011
Better To Have Hair On Your Feet Than Your Head, and other Weekend Reads
Here are this week's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment. Have a remarkable weekend! Lisa Belkin: Children's Books…
December 9, 2011
Why do Large Cap Firms Trade at a Discount to Market?
Aleph Blog outlines why he believes "behemoth" companies (i.e. firms with a market value greater than $100 billion)…
December 9, 2011
4 Portfolio Moves for a Long-Term European Debt Crisis (Koesterich)
by Russ Koesterich, Portfolio Manager, iShares In recent weeks, governments across the world have stepped up efforts to…
December 9, 2011
Bullish Sentiment Rebounds (Bespoke)
The latest weekly survey of investor sentiment from the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) shows that last…
December 9, 2011
Asset Class Correlations (Bespoke)
The charts below highlight the rolling six month correlations for the S&P 500 relative to oil, US Treasuries,…
December 9, 2011
Canadian Investors Unclear on How to Use ETFs
A recent survey commissioned by BMO Investments Inc. reveals that only 18% of Canadian investors are aware of…
December 8, 2011
Myth vs Reality in the Hunt for Fixed Income Alpha (Tucker)
In the past few decades indexing has increased in popularity among investors. Most of the growth has come…
December 8, 2011
Act II Begins (Tchir)
From Peter Tchir of TF Market Advisors Act II Begins The intermission is over and now we get…
December 8, 2011
Fading Market Risks and Bright Opportunities (Koesterich)
by Russ Koesterich, Portfolio Manager, iShares Call #1: Some risks to the global economy appear to be fading.…
December 6, 2011
The Paradox of Active Fixed Income Management (Tucker)
by Matt Tucker, iShares Lately, I have been fielding a lot of questions from investors who have been…
December 6, 2011
A Hidden Correlation (Morillo)
Many investors look to diversify their portfolios by holding a combination of stocks and bonds, with some investors…
December 6, 2011
Markets Cheer Economic and Policy Progress - A Sharp Rally for Stocks (Doll)
December 5, 2011 A Sharp Rally for Stocks After two weeks of disappointing economic and policy news that…
December 6, 2011
