Personal Investment Strategy, Tactics and Tips

“I plan to help homeowners, the government’s got a role to play,” Bush said today. Woo hoo…! Bush is planning to step in to rescue folks with delinquent mortgages… read all about it here. Market is rallying!
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The following article in the Financial Times just goes to show that this Sub-prime problem is infecting the whole world…  Those of you who are dabbling into emerging market stocks, better hang tight.
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What twist of globalisation left Asian banks holding wads of securities backed by US subprime mortgages? Bank of China admitted to nearly $10bn worth [...]

We’re almost 3/4 through the year….how time flies! Might be a good time to do a stock take on how your stocks are doing (if you’re not already). Here’s a list of the best performers in the Russell 1000.
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Apologies all. Had not been blogging much as I would like to. Been reallll busy at work…. Have you been following closely the toxic sub-prime slime that’s been engulfing the news? You’ve probably read that the Central Banks have been working overtime to prevent another bear market starting. Hmmm… a bear market is not good [...]

Robert J. Shiller, a professor of economics and finance at Yale, author of “Irrational Exuberance” has an interesting article discussing the pyschology of the market and how subprime woes came about. In short, it’s simply a case of Greed and Fear at play. When market goes higher, people think it’ll go even higher. When market [...]