Emerging Stocks Decline to Six-Week Low as Turkey Tumbles – Bloomberg 06-03-13

Salient to Investors: Sameer Samana at Wells Fargo Advisors said you are seeing some risks come back and the Turkish turmoil shows some of the risks in emerging markets. Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-03/emerging-stocks-drop-to-six-week-low-as-philippine-shares-slump.html Click here to receive free and immediate email alerts of the latest forecasts.

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Bonds Drop Globally as Stocks Reach Highs on Growth Optimism – Bloomberg 06-02-13

Salient to Investors: OECD predicts faster global economic growth, led by the US and Japan: growth in member countries will accelerate to 2.3 percent in 2014 from 1.2 percent in 2013, China, will grow 8.4 percent in 2014 after growth of 7.8 percent in 2013. Neil Mackinnon at VTB Capital

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Fareed Zakaria GPS – CNN 06-02-13

Fareed Zakaria said: The great American housing market is back as the Case-Shiller housing index showed its largest annual increase in prices in seven years, showing its core character: flexibility and resilience. The US is the only rich country whose population is growing, increasing by 3 million people every year,

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Bubble, Bubble, Money and Trouble – Barron’s 06-01-13

Salient to Investors: Marc Faber at the Gloom Boom & Doom Report says: High-end assets from stocks to art to real estate are in a bubble caused by central bank money-printing. This money doesn’t increase economic activity and asset prices in concert, instead creates dangerous excesses in countries and asset

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Using Seasonal and Cyclical Stock Market Patterns – AAII Journal 06-01-13

Salient to Investors: Jeffrey Hirsch at the Stock Trader’s Almanac writes: Three main seasonal and cyclical patterns have stood the test of time: the 4-year Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle, the Best 6 Months Switching Strategy and January’s basket of indicators and trading strategies. Caveat. History never repeats itself exactly. 1.

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How Halsey Minor Blew Tech Fortune on Way to Bankruptcy – Bloomberg 05-31-13

Salient to Investors: Halsey Minor sold  CNET Networks for $1.8 billion in 2008 and 5 years later has filed for personal bankruptcy thanks to bad bets on real estate, horse farms, start-up investing, and other ventures that took him out of his technology comfort zone. Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-30/cnet-founder-minor-files-for-bankruptcy-after-selling-art.html

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