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Emerging Markets Cheat Sheet (August 22, 2011)
Emerging Markets Cheat Sheet (August 22, 2011) Strengths In August, Macau gaming revenues tracked at HK$23 billion, up…
Our Technology Addiction Trumps Caffeine, Chocolate, and Alcohol - and other Weekend Reads
Here are this weekend's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment. Have a wonderful weekend! Holly B. Clegg:…
Sprott: Investment Outlook (August 2011) "The Greatest Trade of All"
By Kevin Bambrough, Sprott Asset Management On its way to becoming the worldâs greatest superpower, the United States…
Investing During Volatile Markets (Feldman)
by Kevin Feldman, iShares My phone has been ringing a lot more than usual the past two weeks,…
Gold & Stocks Are About To Diverge (Vermeulen)
by Chris Vermeulen, via EconMatters The past few weeks traders and investors have been completely spooked from the…
News That Matters (August 18, 2011)
Prepared by The Trader, thetrader.se FT.com Planned global regulatory overhauls for the insurance and banking industries threaten to…
Russ K.âs Market Calls - Equities, Mega Caps, Germany & More
by Russ Koesterich, Portfolio Manager, iShares Call #1: Maintain Overweight Equities, Mega Caps, Germany, the Netherlands & Brazil…
Gold Exposure through Country ETFs (Koesterich)
by Russ Koesterich, Portfolio Manager, iShares In recent months, gold has been one beneficiary of the global sovereign…
Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes? (Matt Taibbi)
Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes? A whistleblower claims that over the past two decades, the…
Intense Volatility Rattles Investor Confidence (Doll)
August 15, 2011 Stocks endured intense volatility last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced four consecutive daily…
Buffett for President? (Ronalds)
Buffett for President? August 16, 2011 By Scott Ronalds One of the richest men in the world wishes…
The Challenging Billions (Bloom)
David Bloom, via Project Syndicate August 16, 2011 CAMBRIDGE â The world is in the midst of the…
Chart of the Week - Which Luxury Brands Do Best in China?
Inflationary expectations and a global economic slowdown havenât been able to extinguish consumption of goods in China. The…
The Trouble With Quants (Brightman)
`by Chris Brightman, Research Affiliates Oliver Wendell Holmesâ 1858 poem âThe Deaconâs Masterpieceâ1 describes a perfected one-horse âshay,â…
Mungerâs Revenge, Concluded: The Tiger Woods Syndrome, and What Made Berkshire Hathaway as We Know It
by Jeff Matthews, is the author the authoritative perspective on Berkshire Hathaway, âSecrets in Plain Sight: Business and…
