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Yogi Berra – as good an investment strategist as any!

“When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.” Yogi Berra could have been recommending an investment strategy. Everyone is desperately trying to collect some yield while they watch from the sidelines, uncertain which fork in the road … Continue reading

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Europe short-selling ban? Ban all of it everywhere!

From Financial Times: Friday 21.30 BST. “Global stocks are rallying as a partial short-selling ban helps European banks rebound – reducing financial system contagion fears – but lingering concerns about global growth and wariness over recent intense volatility are keeping … Continue reading

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Debt rating agencies – worse than short sellers for corrupting markets!

Experience teaches you that dramatic initiatives to remedy errors (reactive) occur long after they can have any effect. Also one learns that the enthusiasm to impose remedies causes massive inefficiencies. The problem is that the imposition of new ‘preventative’ measures … Continue reading

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