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52 week high...:D I said it here before and I will say it again.... It's going to 50$ or something. I hope. :p

UK economy shrinks by 0.2% in last three months of 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16715080 They blame it.... On the Eurozone crisis. :D

Greece get's 30% of their oil from Iran, if I remember correctly it was partially because nobody else thought Greece credit was sufficient? Now Iran oil get's banned from the EU, have they taken Greece it's position into consideration?

There is a big battle going on these last days. File hosting sites are shuting down or blocking acces to US locations...

I believe seniors (and people in general) who got hit hardest these last few years have been hit because: - Too much exposure to individual stocks or companies. I'm sure everyone knows someone who had 90% of their money in say C bonds or stock. - Too little diversification in regions...

All capital apreciation is tax free here, interests get taxed 20%, stock dividends get taxed 25% national, 50% international.

Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Results...:D A lot more smarter men then me sit at NBC all day discussing whether correlations between a wide variety of assets will continue or breakdown. I'd like to be prepared for them to remain in place or not. Anyway, thanks for the...

The most popular insurance products here are 100% guaranteed by the government (it's not like there is no risk there right) and are looking at a 1.3% return in 2012 because they say the world is very unstable and they don't want to gamble with their clients money. I'd might come of cocky or...

They are correlated but perhaps less so then people might suspect in my view. Look at 2008 where US markets collaped 50% but emerging markets like China or Russia 70% or more. Or look at 2011 where the US ended flat but emerging markets tanked 20% with on top the currency dropping 20% as...

Yeah, I do think Africa is one of the true contrarian investments left but maybe Egypt is a tad out there... :p The likes of Vietnam or India also have a lot of problems so I guess to some extend it is also a liquidity play. I am European so putting it all in Treasury bonds seems like a...

My grandma sold her appartment as she is in a retirement home now. After putting away some cash for covering expenses the next years (her pension only covers 1/2 of her expenses) and cash to pay for inheritance rights (it's a reality...) she has about 100K USD coming available to invest. I...

I read Jim Simons is up 35% last year. What's his secret? Is it cause he is an actual genius? Or is it the HFT? No external money in his fund so I take it secrecy is high?

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Faber said in an interview Hedge funds on average lost 7% last year? I take it he doesnt pulls such a number out of his ass...

I wouldnt read more into it besides the savings market here being very competitive and overcrowded. Deutsche here is very low cost really... Very limited service and branches but high interests. Not having received a bail out and the German backstop now gives them room to position...

Yes ofcourse you are right and I'm pretty sure there are backstops implemented to stop it from being equal to a German bank itself. They don't really let the little people read the very little letters you know... Or they will just say go fuck yourselfs when the moment comes who knows what the...

The Belgian branch of Deutsche bank falls under the German deposit insurance...:p

Always a great read... http://online.barrons.com/article/barrons_cover.html#articleTabs_article%3D1

My grandma her appartment got sold today after being on the market for 18 months. 20% below the first asking price which was set at a ridiculous price level to see if any fool would bite. Belgian real estate has been unaffected more or less throughout these last 4 years of real estate...

His wife took out a 500K loan in USD the day before he nuked CHF. LOL :D :D