Salient to Investors: Ian Lyngen at CRT Capital said the data suggests the recovery continues to edge along. Investors continue to buy US government debt as a refuge against a renewal of turmoil in global financial markets and concern the US recovery may falter. Thomas di Galoma at Navigate Advisors said anytime
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: 20 analysts expect gold prices to fall next week, 11 to rise, 3 neutral – the highest proportion of bears since Dec. 30, 2011. Gold is below its 200-day moving average, indicating more declines may follow. Gold fell in March in 6 of the last 9 years. Hedge
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Previous yen declines in the 1990s and early 2000s failed to pull Japan clear of 15 years of deflation. The IMF estimates that from From 1994 to 2003, Japan’s economy grew an average of 0.9 percent, a third of the pace of all advanced nations, and despite back-to-back
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Meghan O’Sullivan at Harvard writes: Many analysts anticipate North American energy independence by 2020, while our rising energy fortunes strongly counter the now-common global narrative that the US is in decline. Europe, China, Japan and other large economies face futures of ever-growing dependence on imported energy. montaukplayhouse.org/www/ The
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Christopher Kent at Reserve Bank of Australia said: China’s demand for commodities will grow strongly for some time, and the slower pace still represents a large quantity of new demand. The resource investment boom will crest this year. A broad range of indicators indicate that China’s growth has stabilized
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: William Pesek writes: Singapore’s addiction to population growth shows it has run out of ideas to increase economic vitality. The era of easy growth in Singapore is over and its formula has run its course. Singapore is half the area of New York City, with a population of 3.3 million
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: German Q4 2012 GDP shrank 0.6 percent from Q3 versus the 0.5 percent contraction predicted by 47 economists. French and Italian GDP shrank more than forecast. OECD predicts global growth will accelerate to 3.4 percent in 2013. Nick Kounis at ABN Amro Bank said euro-zone GDP growth is likely to have fallen
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Governments from Singapore to Dubai to Hong Kong are moving to cool overheated property markets and avert property bubbles. discovered Switzerland is having its biggest property boom in two decades, with prices pushed higher by the influx of 50,000 people a year. The UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index remained in
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Albert Krespin at Deutsche Bank expects Turkish banking shares to continue their correction in the near-term, and advises switching from banking shares to industrial companies, which offer higher dividends. Dmitry Trembovolsky and Alexey Butylin at Goldman Sachs advised selling Turkish banks last week as earnings will decline and repatriation of money into the US could
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Caroline Baum writes: The Fed buys risk-free Treasury securities, depressing yields, while the public is goaded into buying riskier assets, such as stocks and corporate bonds. Businesses financing with equity have more money to invest, while consumers feel wealthier and spend. quick paydayloan The Fed hopes money will
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