Archive for February, 2011



  February 14th, 2011

Hot Inflation Cools Emerging Markets

It was said by Herb Stein, economic advisor to Richard Nixon, "That which cannot continue won't". Looking at
some of the imbalances in the financial markets today, Stein's quote can be applied quite handily. The mad
rush to seek opportunity abroad has resulted in the overvaluation of some emerging …
  February 4th, 2011

Egypt Throws Investors a Curveball

Many investors make their investing decisions based in part on economic forecasts. This style of investing is
called "top down" investing. The idea is to take the consensus economic forecast and allocate capital to
sectors and industries that will fare the best under the forecasted economic numbers…