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The conflicted mess of the ‘investment business’

Enjoying the Globe at our Saturday coffee shop this morning, I came across a little article which sums wonderfully the conflicted mess we call the ‘investment business’ see: Dundee Corp. share exchange under fire. Evidently fund company Dundee management has … Continue reading →

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Friday funnies

ECB’s Draghi is in full PR mode today explaining why what he said yesterday was actually much more bullish for financial assets than what market participants seemed to think yesterday when they sold with both feet.  The algos have grabbed … Continue reading →

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Short term gains purchase longer term pain for dividend stocks

For many months we have noted the foreboding gap that was building between plunging real economy sectors (like materials and energy at lower purple arrow in first chart below) and still levitating, expanding leverage sectors like financials (in mauve at … Continue reading →

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