Saturday, 1 January 2011


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Weekly Roundup From


The Financial Brain Trust


David Skarica: Stocks to Start Year With a Surge but Pullback Looms

I live by the words of Sir John Templeton: buy at the point of maximum pessimism. I, unlike many others, saw the 2008-2009 crash as a great buying opportunity . . .get the full story, click here.

David Frazier: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics'
During the past few weeks, numerous politicians stated that the recent passage of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, which extends all of the Bush-era tax cuts for the next two years, will cause the U.S. federal budget deficit to rise by more than $700 billion during the next 10 years. Yet, in usual fashion, none of the persons that made such a claim provided any sound arguments to support their forecast . . . get the full story, click here.

Sean Hyman: Risk and Volatility to Drive Currency Market in 2011
With China trying to put the brakes on their economy a bit in order to slow down the growth of inflation, it will cause the “risk trade” to turn into the “risk aversion” trade early on in 2011. That will be good for the dollar earlier in the year (and likely bad for the dollar later on in the year) . . . get the full story, click here.

Ashish Advani: Here’s One Chinese Sector That Will Stall in 2011
China has been on a tear for a while now. And 2011 may be not much different. And that would bring about the expectations of much of the same for 2011. But I have discovered one major sector that will stall and slow down significantly. And the sector is the auto sector . . . get the full story, click here.

Rick Pendergraft: Sentiment Is the Pressure Gauge of the Market
Think of the market as a pressure cooker. If the pressure doesn’t get released properly, eventually the lid gets blown off and we have an explosion . . . get the full story, click here.