Shinzo Abe All of you know how I feel about the Japanese stock market and the economy in general. Yes, I was wrong in the past when I suggested traders and investors stay away from the Japanese stock market. The benchmark Nikkei 225 has been the top performer this year; in fact, at one point…
Following a 6 months period during which equity markets experienced seemingly one way movements – up and the US sovereign debt yield curve was calm, the latest turbulence principally in the bond market may just be a warning signal, certainly when coupled with the rising volatility seen during the last 5 weeks. For now though,…
Over the past few months, it appears that the first-quarter economic growth spurt has begun to decelerate in America. This is troublesome, as stock market investors had anticipated that we would be seeing economic growth finally gain steam. Unfortunately, we don’t have the global economy on which to rely. Much of the world remains quite…
How to read the table – Dark blue (very cheap) = current relative valuation < -1.5 standard deviations from historical average. Light blue (cheap) = current relative valuation between < -1.5 and <-0.75 standard deviations from historical average. No colour (neutral or N/A) = current relative valuation between > -0.75 and <+0.75 standard deviations from…
The Federal Open Market Committee starts its two day June policy meeting tomorrow. Although it is unlikely that there will be any immediate specific policy shifts as a result, Ben Bernanke is scheduled to give a press conference on Wednesday in conjunction with the release of the Committee’s statement. Whatever he says is likely to…
In UBS’ view, 1994 is critical for guiding investing today. The key point about 1994 was not that US bond yields rose during a global recovery. But that the leverage and positioning built up in previous years, on the assumption that yields would remain low, then got stressed. The central issue, they note, is that a long…
Stock-market crashes saw the light of day more and more as the world became industrialized. The 19th century saw a rapid increase in their numbers. There’s money to be had at any time, whether the market is going up or down. But, it’s avoiding the downs and pulling out before the things start to go haywire…
Well, right on cue, the FTSE is playing out per the script of the last 3 years moribund summer months with a quite severe downdraft now from only 4 weeks ago. At the lows last week, the correction was aronund 10% from the highs just shy of 6900. Take a look at the chart below…
SBM Investment IQ poser 1. There is a tender from God and you are given a chance to give up a percentage of your wealth in order to replay one day in your life in the future e.g. one of your children gets run over by a car, you replay the day and avoid…
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