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The Era Of Unintended Consequences

Investors like themes, they like to operate and think according to the major themes that dictate new developments. I think one of the biggest themes in this current investment environment and in the next few years will be the dominance of unintended consequences – an environment where the unintended consequences of actions will speak much [...]

First Dose Of Moral Hazard Delivered

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With an aid package finally being confirmed for Greece, the first dose of moral hazard has been confirmed and the Greek government can look forward to some breathing room now that they don’t have to rely entirely on the market to roll-over the short-term debt that’s coming due. It is [...]

Two Big Issues – RIM’s Future Hangs in the Balance

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With the number of opinions being expressed on major companies like Research in Motion and Apple, it can get awfully overwhelming to try and understand from a high level what the situation is. This has especially been the case with RIM in the last few days when they released so [...]

When Correlations Collide

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If you pick up any finance textbook, it’ll tell you that international diversification is good. International diversification is good because the returns on stocks in different stock markets, in different regions, are supposed to be un-correlated, hence falling markets in one region can be offset by growth in other regions. [...]

Is the United States an “Emerging Market”?

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When finance professionals learn about investing in the emerging markets, they are taught to look out for certain key statistics that can provide indications of whether those markets are suitable candidates for investment.
Some of the main indicators looked at include the country’s:

Budget Deficit to GDP: A general guideline is that [...]

It’s Time To Accept The C$ At Parity

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It has been a long time coming, but investors need to start seeing that the C$ belongs at parity to the US$, if not even higher. The C$ first breached parity in late 2007 when it became stronger than the US$ and in subsequent weeks literally skyrocketed to 1.0722 as [...]

Blogger Interivew – Kid Dynamite

In our first featured Blogger Interview, Young & Invested is pleased to bring you the thoughts and views of Kid Dynamite, one of the most followed bloggers on Seeking Alpha, with more than 9,300 followers. He shares with us his opinions on some of the major issues confronting investors in this market.
Kid Dynamite is [...]

When PIGS Can Fly

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And so, as expected by most, the major Western European economies are talking about what they can do to resolve Greece’s fiscal problems. Contagion has already caused anxiety to spread to the fiscally “un-sound” European nations. Specifically, the PIGS – Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain. PIGS is an acronym that [...]

Is this time any different?

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Another month, another year, another attempt at a correction and another inevitable bounce. The chart below highlights the sentiments carried by many investors.

All the believers of the mantra that “Nothing ever goes up in a straight line”, have been forced to challenge their beliefs when every attempt at a [...]

Y&I’s Vision for 2010

It’s still January, which means it’s still ok to be setting new goals and visions for the New Year! And that’s exactly what we’ve been doing here at Young & Invested. We have now been in full operation for a while and we’ve received great support from you, our readers.
As stated in our mission, Y&I [...]