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Picture du Jour: Commodities – Too Much Too Quickly?

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Can money trees in fact grow to heaven? It was certainly beginning to look that way when considering the frenzied surge of many commodities to new highs week after week. But the past few days have seen commodity prices…

A $1 million wager for gold bears » Investment Postcards from Cape Town

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Gold bullion is under water at the moment with the price having dived sharply over the past two weeks. This move has triggered a myriad opinions ranging from the end of gold’s 7-year bull market to a mere healthy…

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Picture du Jour: US Long Bonds in Injury Time

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What is the outlook for US bonds, especially as yields have edged up since their recent lows? Considering both technical and fundamental factors, I conclude that continued base formation is likely, but that long-dated…

Picture du Jour: Watch the stock/bond ratio

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Is the worst for the credit markets behind us? The short answer is that nobody actually knows. However, the so-called stock/bond ratio serves a useful purpose of indicating to what extent safe-haven buying of bonds as…

Global stock markets: Index movements since highs

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The long weekend affords one the opportunity to reflect upon how much damage has been done since the stock market highs of a few months ago. This short post includes the scorecard for a number of global stock markets,…