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Real Reason BANK stocks are STRUGGLING!

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Mal Spooner

Banks are in the news. The stocks are sucking wind, and massive layoffs continue unabated (recall in one of my earlier postings that that jobs relating to ‘financial activity’ have been declining rapidly in America). And it’s clearly a global … Continue reading →

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Is Linkedin (IPO) really tuned in? Is there a tech disconnect?

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Mal Spooner

LinkedIn Corp’s <LNKD.N> shares more than doubled on their first day of trade last month. The hype seems to have worn off some since the IPO. There are some cynics who figure that it was just a big one-off shenanigan – nostalgia for the … Continue reading →

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Gold versus wood – putting passion before wisdom; not for the ‘maverick’ investor.

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Mal Spooner

From Bloomberg yesterday: “Commodities across the board are rallying, aggravating the inflation outlook,” said Chae Un Soo, a Seoul-based trader at KEB Futures Co. “For now, more and more investors are looking to precious metals as a shelter.” Or the … Continue reading →