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- The Biggest Winner
- So, what’s wrong with the Stock Markets?
- Too big to fail….The National edition
Like a lot of you one of my goals this year is to improve my general health. Exercise can only do so much so with a little help from my friends I’m trying to drop some weight by paying attention to what I eat. Four of us weighed in on January 3rd and will compare again in about 17 weeks on May 1st.
Many conversations about investing this year are centered on what is wrong with stock markets in 2011. The assumption underlying this concern is that markets are only acting correctly when prices move higher, like in 2009/10, and are therefore defective when they move lower.
The volatility and pressure in world stock markets is regrettable. Risk has manifested in providing little if any return for the past decade. It seems to me that this current downturn has been triggered by the perception of a lack of effective leadership on the part of governments around the globe.
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