Global markets finished up strongly overnight on the release of ‘strong’ global manufacturing data. Why do we think this is a bear market rally? We’ll get to that in a moment. First, let’s take a quick look at the bear’s recent work.
February 2nd, 2012 | Greg Canavan | 2 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "bill gross"
Why Should You Be Focussed on Dividends?
Suddenly dividends start to look enticing. Actually, it’s not sudden at all. Investors take a while to realise the bull market is long gone. It’s been just on four years since the market peaked back in November 2007 and we’d guess there are plenty of punters who think the next bull market is just around the corner. Maybe they think we turned that corner today?
December 1st, 2011 | Greg Canavan | 1 comment | Continued
Consume Now, Pay Later
One is that debt is no longer productive in boosting living standards. When it was, households were happy to borrow and so were businesses. But each addition dollar of new debt taken on in the economy is producing less and less real growth. Indeed, each additional dollar taken on is going, at least part of it, to service previously borrowed money.
July 1st, 2010 | Dan Denning | 2 comments | Continued
Bill Gross Calls it “Shadow Banking System”
And here’s something else to worry about. Bill Gross, head of PIMCO, the world’s biggest bond fund, calls it the “shadow banking system.” He’s referring to the way money and credit fly around the globe, courtesy of the very same “sophisticated” and “free” institutions that created such prosperity for so many people in the financial [...]
January 22nd, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 5 comments | Continued
