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Shares / Sell in May and go away?
« on: April 25, 2014, 11:20:52 am »
Will the market take a dive if EFF gets more votes than expected?

Interesting artilcle on the JSE/US elections link“SELL IN MAY”+ELECTIONS=TOXIC JSE COCKTAIL

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Shares / Low inflation a problem?
« on: April 17, 2014, 12:07:21 pm »
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Persistently low inflation poses a more immediate threat to the U.S. economy than rising prices, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Wednesday

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/16/us-usa-fed-yellen-idUSBREA3F1A420140416

Coming from South Africa where high inflation is always the problem, this seems hard to work out. Why wouldn't low inflation be a good thing? I would think that if inflation is low you would keep salary increases low and everything would be normal.

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Food for thought. A bit like front running the entire economy: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/everything-is-rigged-the-biggest-financial-scandal-yet-20130425

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SWISS FRANC TRADER: can u put 6m swiss libor in low pls?...
PRIMARY SUBMITTER: Whats it worth
SWSISS FRANC TRADER: ive got some sushi rolls from yesterday?...
PRIMARY SUBMITTER: ok low 6m, just for u
SWISS FRANC TRADER: wooooooohooooooo. . . thatd be awesome

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