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Energy and Natural Resources Market Cheat Sheet (February 14, 2011)
Energy and Natural Resources Market Cheat Sheet (February 14, 2o11) Strengths The International Energy Agency raised its oil…
Navigating Volatility: The Case for Tactical Alpha
In today's volatile markets, alternative investments are key for diversification, resilience, and returns, but they demand expertise to navigate. Ash Lawrence, Head of AGF Capital Partners and Scott Radke, CEO and Co-CIO of New Holland Capital discuss...
Emerging Markets Cheat Sheet (February 14, 2011)
Emerging Markets Cheat Sheet (February 14, 2011) Strengths China produced 340 tons of gold last year, an 8…
Are Good Looks Problematic for Women?, and other Weekend Reads
Here are this weekend's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment. Have a great weekend! Healthy living - Your…
Social Media Bubble Grows as Twitter Valuation Doubles in 2 Months
by Trader Mark, Fund My Mutual Fund The WSJ reports fast growing but revenue sparse Twitter has jumped…
Wikileaks: Saudi Oil Supply Doubts
via Paul Kedrosky, Infectious Greed A new US embassy cable released by Wikileaks today showing U.S. doubts about…
Is the Fed to Blame for Unrest in Arab World?
Bill Fleckenstein (hedge fund manager) and Dylan Ratigan explain the Fed's role (Quantitative Easing) in the food price…
Indian Stocks Falter Again, Dropping 1.5% to 7 Month Low as Chinese Raise Interest Rates and Brazilian Monthly Inflation has Highest Spike in 6 Years
by TraderMark, FundMyMutualFund February 8, 2011 In the "nothing matters until it matters" category a cacophony of news…
Credit Card Usage Expands for the First Time in 28 Months
by Trader Mark, FundMyMutualFund Some interesting data out of the Federal Reserve yesterday; while not a number that…
Stocks Return to Their Winning Ways
by Bob Doll, Chief Equity Strategist, Fundamental Equities, BlackRock Following the previous week’s declines that were largely driven…
"The Conversation" (Saut)
“The Conversation” by Jeffrey Saut, Chief Investment Strategist, Raymond James February 7, 2011 “The Conversation,” except in this…
Eric Sprott: Investment Outlook (February 2011) "Gold Tsunami"
Gold Tsunami By Eric Sprott & David Franklin, Sprott Asset Management Ignoring real estate, most people invest their…
Non-Farm is Non-Exciting
Non-Farm is Non-Exciting Gareth Watson, CFA - Vice President, Investment Management and Research, Richardson GMP Week of February…
Understanding the Rise of China
More than 1.3 billion Chinese people are celebrating the New Year this week. We’ll discuss that more in Friday’s Investor Alert, but a friend sent me this TED video last week that is one of the best discussions on China I’ve seen in r...
The Breadbasket of Europe
Tim Steinle, co-manager of the Eastern European Fund (EUROX), was in Kiev, Ukraine this week doing some field research on growing investment opportunities in the former breadbasket of the Soviet Union.
With a territory larger than France and a populati...
Canada Market Cheat Sheet (February 7, 2011)
Canada Market Cheat Sheet (February 7, 2011) The TSX ended last week up 1.77%, and the TSX60 ended…
