tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post4288446145374199565..comments2024-03-28T09:55:42.123+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Has the FTSE topped at 4713?CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-86183284436067467542009-08-13T08:10:56.903+01:002009-08-13T08:10:56.903+01:00Depends on how much more stimulus is thrown at the...Depends on how much more stimulus is thrown at the wall by UK, US, China, and in fact, damn near the whole planet.<br /><br />There is a massive leak into equities and commodities and other assets.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pCDyiFUv9XU/SoGLqZIc6BI/AAAAAAAAFgA/Jnrb6kr2isw/s1600-h/BDI+SPX+9+months.png" rel="nofollow">This tells a story</a><br /><br />and<br /><br /><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/whitney08102009.html" rel="nofollow">this tells another one, but similar</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-13930115784272299862009-08-12T10:28:10.384+01:002009-08-12T10:28:10.384+01:00I see the share price rise more due to a)inflation...I see the share price rise more due to a)inflation fears; and b)lousy returns on savings.<br /><br />I am still non-plussed by the extent the 'West' uses debt for current spending. There will be no sustainable recovery until we kick the habit.<br /><br />But neither do I think China is about to sink the USA, as the doom mongers predict.Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-53812962818177854122009-08-11T23:29:34.283+01:002009-08-11T23:29:34.283+01:00I'm seeing more companies I want to short than...I'm seeing more companies I want to short than ones I want to buy at the moment. I'm also feeling a bit bearish on the £ and thinking about sticking a wedge into one of those foreign debt funds.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11112293643005475672009-08-11T21:44:19.022+01:002009-08-11T21:44:19.022+01:00Indices could easily go higher in the low-volume m...Indices could easily go higher in the low-volume month of August.<br /><br />But after Labor Day in the States, better be short.idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-83009903838041771982009-08-11T14:02:13.349+01:002009-08-11T14:02:13.349+01:00I think that shares are still in bubble territory ...I think that shares are still in bubble territory and need to fall another 20% before we get back to their proper olden-days-wouldn't-it-be-great-if-it-was-the-fifties level.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.com