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In my second interview with the International Equity Strategist for Standard and Poors we discussed the S&P economic outlook, the rebound in global trade, the advised investment focus on global cyclical leadership, and risks of an economic double dip. The length of the interview is 12 minutes 05...
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Yesterday’s posted interview with David Malpass brings into sharp focus a key aspect of the US economic recovery that far too few investors are tuned into. Specifically, the underappreciated dynamic that second, third, and lower tier companies (the backbone of employment growth in the US) may not...
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My conversation with the Director of Research for Investment Management Associates and author of " Active Value Investing: Making Money in Range-bound Markets " includes the investment significance re the wide gap between operating earnings and GAAP earnings, reasons to doubt China's published...
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The stock market rally since early March appears to have three distinct phases to it. The first phase was the backing off from the economic abyss. The second phase was a bounce to fair value normalcy. The third phase (the one we are in now) is what I would call the return to business as usual phase ...
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Back on August 3rd subscribers to my weekly newsletter - Sectors and Styles Strategy Report - read the following: "China may become the bigger fly in the bullish ointment. Unlike the US, China has spent all of its stimulus package money not on consumer demand related areas (where it is most needed...
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For the past two months, I have made the argument that above consensus macro economic data would lead to above consensus earnings results and that investors would see the evidence of this as 2Q09 earnings season got underway. Based on the reports issued thus far, this argument has won the day as above...
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Money has no soul. There are times when investing is a very callous business. Such times are now when investors must dispassionately assess the investment consequences of the swine flu disease. In this regard, it is advisable to recognize that the economic (and thus investment) impact of the virus as...