The Bespoke Investment Group just posted a killer 2010 Roundtable, including the views of some of the best financial bloggers out there. I was honored to be included along with Eddy Elfenbein, Paul Kedrosky, Bill Luby, Michael Panzner, Mebane Faber, Charles Kirk and all the rest.
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A Few Chunks of Goldbug Kryptonite
Hold your hate mail Goldbugs…I don’t make predictions here on anything, nor do I particularly care which way the price goes today or tomorrow. The recent sell-off in the yellow metal has brought out a ton of bearish sentiment this week, some of which I’ll post here… First up, Doug Kass has a gold call…
Hot Links: Peregrines Back on Top
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Abu Dhabi steps in with a $10 bil Dubai bailout, stocks rally around the world. (Bloomberg) The latest from Tall Paul Volcker, who’s come out of his shell finally. (TBP) Roubini sees the next bubble in the “barbarous metal” that is gold. (Clusterstock) and (LOLFed) 10 Investment Themes for 2010. …
Blaming Retail Investors for Commodity Prices
“Commodity index rolls have little futures price impact, and inflows and outflows from commodity index investment do not cause futures prices to change” I haven’t come out strongly on either side of this issue because my job presents me with a dilemma. On the one hand, I believe that individual investors have played at least…
