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Markets Report Card – Show me the Money!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Mal Spooner

All that doom and gloom (except in this blog) over the past year or more and you’d think there wasn’t any money to be made. Well, check out the returns afforded by North American stock markets: When writing A Maverick … Continue reading →

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Shrinkage: Jobs in Financial Services

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Mal Spooner

Employment in financial services – four years ago rich and bloated, are shrinking as quickly as George Costanza (of Seinfeld) coming out of the pool. Los Angeles Times, Sept. 10, 2011 “Bank of America Corp. is preparing to slash 40,000 … Continue reading →

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Banks bounce back? Of course!

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Mal Spooner

Taking time out to “Reflect” really does work: And as usual, it doesn’t pay to believe what you read. Less than a month (maybe a day?) ago everyone was worried about bank earnings (inspiring me to buy some banks) and abracadabra….today no … Continue reading →