Money Matters
Which currency is best for calm waters?
Friday, 23 September 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 38 By Graham Macdonald
My business partner, Paul Gambles, was chatting again recently with John Noonan, Senior FX Analyst at Thomson Reuters. Like us, John sees the Swiss Franc as overvalued, although I do…
Does Fed Model justify buying equities?
Friday, 16 September 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 37 By Graham Macdonald
Firstly before we even start this debate, it is only fair to take a step back and explain what the Fed model is and what it attempts to do. In…
Currency - A River of Opportunity?
Friday, 09 September 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 36 By Graham Macdonald
There’s a great deal of talk about Asian currencies of late - especially the Chinese Renminbi which has joined the ASEAN currencies and the Yen on our list of currencies…
The idea of the Euro project was also at least partly underpinned by an impetus that has been a constant theme in European history throughout the last three millennia; namely…
One of the key themes of our rather cheery Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse global outlook right now is that all Four Horsemen - EUR, USD, JPY & GBP -…
Investors urged to be patient during market turmoil
Friday, 19 August 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 33 By Graham Macdonald
Investors should now be patient before making emotional financial decisions due to fear of loss.
Is this the final rate hike in China?
Friday, 12 August 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 32 By Graham Macdonald
The Chinese recently raised rates again by 25bps to 6.65%, the fifth time since initially starting to raise rates in October of 2010. This has been as a result of…
Today the focus will be on the Land of the Rising Sun, where earlier this year a 9.0-magnitude undersea earthquake occurred some 72 kilometres off the coast of north-eastern Japan,…
Well, no-one can say the markets this year have been boring. Indeed, we are certainly living in interesting times. I cannot think of any time like this one where we…
This week and next we have part 2 in a special report from Tim Price, Director of Investment with PFP Wealth Management.
This week and next we have a special report from Tim Price, Director of Investment with PFP Wealth Management.
The Rise and Fall of the Aussie Dollar
Friday, 08 July 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 27 By Graham Macdonald
William Littlewoods of Artemis has been very aggressive recently on his shorting of the Aussie Dollar (AUD). This is because he reckons the Australian housing market is about to take…
UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said, “A week is a long time in politics.” Well, 2 ½ years must seem like a lifetime in finance as we have gone…
In Thailand right now we are seeing a lot of focus on political risk. This is understandable in the run up to what may prove to be a landmark election.…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) produces many reports every year for public consumption. One that was snuck away at the back of a report on Asia repeated previous claims that…
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