I’m not so sure that we have seen the worst of this bear market. We could be in for another stock market crash in the near future.
Something very strange is happening in the world of dividend investing... A form of backward thinking is infesting Wall Street. I first saw it in an article a couple of months ago...
02 April 2009
The US government recently announced intentions to spend another trillion dollars to buy up long term government bonds and toxic assets. The last economic stimulus package cost $787 billion.
31 March 2009
The highly regarded S&P/Case-Shiller home- price index comes out this morning. Last month it reported that home prices for December had dropped 18.55 percent from a year earlier, a record decline.
30 March 2009
Consumer Confidence is expected to show an improvement in March when the report is released tomorrow morning. Nothing comes to mind as the reason for this sudden jump, so it may be nothing other than things were so bad, they could only get better at some point.
27 March 2009
The Fed pulled out its “nuclear” option last week when it announced coming purchases of $300 billion in long term Treasuries (and other similar extravaganzas). This is an act of total desperation. It will also serve as a key historic moment in US and global monetary economics. Let’s look closely at what it will mean to you.
26 March 2009
If you’re concerned about rising inflation then you may want to think about investing in natural resources. Timber has been an attractive investment for thousands of years and is one of the best inflation hedges available.
25 March 2009
Has the housing market hit an absolute bottom yet? Perhaps, but probably not. But there are at least indications however that things could start turning around.
