Daily Archive: April 8, 2009

Apr 08

Groucho Marx and the 1929 Crash

“Some of the people I know lost millions. I was luckier. All I lost was two hundred and forty thousand dollars… I would have lost more but that was all the money I had.”….Groucho Marx writing in “Groucho & Me”    Send article as PDF   

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Apr 08

Don’t be deceived with low valuations

The lcaol sharemarket continues to show some very low PE Ratios and very high dividend yields which look terribly attractive. As the following chart shows, looks can be very misleading while analysts continue to sharply downgrade forecast earnings.    Send article as PDF   

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Apr 08

Credit Crisis Continues…

Whilst the Reserve Bank drops their cash interest rates the credit spreads (as shown above) on investment grade corporate bonds are doing the opposite. It doesn’t matter whether you are a AA, A, or BBB rated corporate you are paying a record interest rate above the government interest rates. It amazing that these credit spreads …

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