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Category Archives: Economy

The Tale of Fannie and Freddie

Monday, July 28, 2008

A lesson I learnt from the Bear Stearns fallout was that if you get into a stock when it hits rock-bottom, your investment can only go up.
While I was a little late with the Bear Stearns opportunity (when it briefly traded at $2 and change); I see a potential opportunity for me (and like minded [...]

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IvI: Inflation versus Interest Rate

Saturday, July 19, 2008

I had a very engaging chat with a colleague earlier this evening. It started when he mentioned that he was planning on buying a new home. To this, I said "Good call on getting it now, as I expect interest rates to go up in the next 6 months". This grabbed his attention and he [...]

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The Oil, the Gold and the Holy Dow…

Friday, July 11, 2008

 
There’s something about the trinity of Oil, Gold and Stocks that catches the fascination of modern investors. I spent sometime last night looking at the correlation between these. Though, I have data on the prices of the three for the past 62 years (since WW II), in order to make this exercise relevant to modern [...]

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