Another good effort to visually explain the credit crisis that led to the 2008 meltdown, but I think Jonathan Jarvis’ The Crisis of Credit retains its crown as the top animation for this all important story.
Monthly Archives: December 2010
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President Obama’s proposal to extend the Bush tax cuts along with unemployment benefits, child tax credits, business tax cuts and the Making Work Pay credit seemed to have made investors relatively optimistic today, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average remained above last night’s close of 11,362.19 almost all day. The […]
The TenStocks model takes both a top down and a bottom up approach to creating a model with deep value and special situation investments. The model currently has four holdings and is long only. The top holding in TenStocks is Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). BAC has had some […]
This week we talked to optical surgeon and 42-year investing veteran Robert Freedland about his new Healthcare model. Covestor LIVE: What made you decide to create your Healthcare model? Robert Freedland: I have been with Covestor for several years and was fortunate to be one of the initial models since […]
Economic news was not as positive today as it had been earlier this week, and that definitely had an effect on U.S. markets. First, the Department of Commerce released their October 2010 Full Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders (found here) which revealed that new orders for manufactured goods […]
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The New York Times Magazine published a big Roger Lowenstein cover piece on JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon. Some reactions: Simon Johnson: “in every significant detail it confirms that Mr. Dimon is now – without question – our most dangerous banker.” My biggest problem with Lowenstein’s piece is that he never […]
The Fundamental Asset Allocation model managed by Prism Capital uses a fundamental approach to investing and focuses on long-term capital appreciation as well as risk management. The model is diversified globally among many different asset classes and is designed to have minimal volatility in order to enhance the model’s long-term […]
The National Association of Realtors added a little fuel to the market-rising fire today with their October Pending Home Sales report (found here). The report states that pending home sales increased by 10.4 percent in October. Also bolstering investor confidence was an article on Reuters reporting that Cyber Monday sales […]