Archive for February, 2009

Feb 6th 2009Financial

Fear and Greed

Emotion Rules and we all know which emotion is ruling in the current market environment. It appears that no matter what bailout package is thrown at the market it is not enough. The US government eventually passed the $700 billion TARP package in an endeavour to shore up the US battered mortgage markets, but this will take weeks to implement. TARP stands for the Troubled Asset Relief Program and its objective is to allow the troubled US financial corporations to offload the toxic mortgages from their balance sheets. Read More »

Feb 4th 2009Financial

2008 A Year in Review

As we return to work and look at our investments in 2009 many traders and investors may be chaffing at the bit to forget the recent turmoil and focus on the future. This is certainly understandable however taking an objective look back at 2008 certainly does provide some interesting reading and may offer insight in the potential market action in 2009 and beyond. Read More »

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