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Time for corporate America to confirm Wall St optimism
It's time now for corporate America to confirm the optimism that has led shares on Wall Street to six weeks of gains.
It's time now for corporate America to confirm the optimism that has led shares on Wall Street to six weeks of gains.
In The Black Swan Nassim Taleb describes a black swan as a significant unexpected random event that has a large impact. The question is, how do we best position ourselves to benefit from or minimise the negatives of such events?
New Zealanders don't ask for enough return on some investments and ask for too much on others.
Commodities slid, taking stocks on Wall St. lower overnight, amid concern that rising food and raw materials prices would cut into corporate profits.
It's been a volatile year for the NZ stock market, with the first half reflecting a strong bounce back in share prices followed by another dip.
Gold investors have high hopes about price rises continuing in 2011.