Dog Days of Summer – “the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star Sirius, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought,… Continue reading
Appetide Cafe It is Oxley on our minds this week when you can have the free papers devoting 10 pages to the Oxley saga that I am ashamed to admit I little… Continue reading
Midsummer has passed and long hot days are back to haunt us, drain the spirit and enfeeble the mind. Over lunch with a friend, we could not wait to pour out our grief… Continue reading
Weekly Market Bash Is No Bash There is little to say about markets this week except to applaud at the KEEP CALM and CARRY ON behaviour, with no major terror incidents in the… Continue reading
“Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria.” Sir John Templeton We can finally confirm we are living in dystopia this week with global… Continue reading
About 11 months ago, we wrote: “…a Trump presidency coupled with US dollar strength will cause the S&P500 to jump, doubling or even quadrupling. This is mainly because the Donald has the willingness… Continue reading
Weekly Market Bash On the MCE expressway and you get to wondering why Lane 4 to the exit is suffering a single lane congestion, finding out as you dart opportunistically into Lane 5… Continue reading
Photo courtesy of Mr KC Kan, in Lamp No Yado, Japan Saturday night last week and a doorstep survey commissioned by the ministry that we cannot refuse, for the lucky households picked… Continue reading
Weekly Market Bash : Feeling Sore Another sucker-punching week that got us all worked up over mindless emotions of a nuclear war, the French elections, along with the over-valued stock markets that had… Continue reading
Numbed by Politics, Numbed by Markets and Numb by Linkin Park
by tradehavenPolitical Bash : Is there anywhere in the world you can feel safe these days? Not in China where their second richest man and owner of their largest real estate company, Wang Jianlin,… Continue reading →