Comments for Balentine Market Notebook http://www.balentine.com/blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:33:14 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on ETFs: What to Expect When Investing by In a World of Noise, the Power of Patience and Decisiveness http://www.balentine.com/blog/etfs-what-to-expect-when-investing/#comment-2150 In a World of Noise, the Power of Patience and Decisiveness Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:33:14 +0000 http://www.balentine.com/blog/?p=573#comment-2150 [...] to act quickly is evident in the investment world, where high frequency, algorithmic trading and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) allow investors influenced by the noise to move in and out of markets at an alarming [...] [...] to act quickly is evident in the investment world, where high frequency, algorithmic trading and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) allow investors influenced by the noise to move in and out of markets at an alarming [...]

]]> Comment on “All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down”: Market Volatility and Investor Mentality by In a World of Noise, the Power of Patience and Decisiveness http://www.balentine.com/blog/%e2%80%9call-my-rowdy-friends-have-settled-down%e2%80%9d-market-volatility-and-investor-mentality/#comment-2149 In a World of Noise, the Power of Patience and Decisiveness Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:31:06 +0000 http://www.balentine.com/blog/?p=633#comment-2149 [...] not easy to be patient in a world of noise. Between Twitter, Facebook, email, texts, and a 24/7 news cycle, a sense of urgency is created that [...] [...] not easy to be patient in a world of noise. Between Twitter, Facebook, email, texts, and a 24/7 news cycle, a sense of urgency is created that [...]

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]]> Comment on The Super Committee Failure: Stop Yawning, It’s Getting Serious! by The Expected Unexpected for 2012 http://www.balentine.com/blog/the-super-committee-failure-stop-yawning-it%e2%80%99s-getting-serious/#comment-1855 The Expected Unexpected for 2012 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:07:08 +0000 http://www.balentine.com/blog/?p=756#comment-1855 [...] Federal budget remains a partisan point of contention, and the Super Committee’s failures last November set into motion automatic cuts that will begin this [...] [...] Federal budget remains a partisan point of contention, and the Super Committee’s failures last November set into motion automatic cuts that will begin this [...]

]]> Comment on The Expected Unexpected for 2011 by The Expected Unexpected for 2012 http://www.balentine.com/blog/the-expected-unexpected-for-2011/#comment-1854 The Expected Unexpected for 2012 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:06:51 +0000 http://www.balentine.com/blog/?p=262#comment-1854 [...] February, we posted a blog entitled “The Expected Unexpected in 2011” in which we listed nine S.T.E.E.P. related events that we believed would impact the markets. As [...] [...] February, we posted a blog entitled “The Expected Unexpected in 2011” in which we listed nine S.T.E.E.P. related events that we believed would impact the markets. As [...]

]]> Comment on When Empires Fall: The Case for Global Bonds by 2011 Year in Review Part 3: “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been” http://www.balentine.com/blog/when-empires-fall-the-case-for-global-bonds/#comment-1658 2011 Year in Review Part 3: “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been” Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:49:07 +0000 http://www.balentine.com/blog/?p=660#comment-1658 [...] While we wait for the developed world to emerge from the intense deleveraging cycle, we believe global bonds offer a potentially more prudent choice for U.S. investors searching for yield within the Safe [...] [...] While we wait for the developed world to emerge from the intense deleveraging cycle, we believe global bonds offer a potentially more prudent choice for U.S. investors searching for yield within the Safe [...]

]]> Comment on Investing in the Midst of a Debt Rating Downgrade by 2011 Year in Review Part 3: “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been” http://www.balentine.com/blog/investing-in-the-midst-of-a-debt-rating-downgrade/#comment-1657 2011 Year in Review Part 3: “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been” Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:48:50 +0000 http://www.balentine.com/blog/?p=601#comment-1657 [...] as a unified body. After the markets closed on Friday, August 5, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded U.S. debt, saying that our elected officials’ failure to agree upon steps to reduce spending and pay down [...] [...] as a unified body. After the markets closed on Friday, August 5, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded U.S. debt, saying that our elected officials’ failure to agree upon steps to reduce spending and pay down [...]

]]> Comment on The Upside of Down Markets by 2011 Year in Review Part 3: “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been” http://www.balentine.com/blog/the-upside-of-down-markets/#comment-1649 2011 Year in Review Part 3: “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been” Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:11:42 +0000 http://www.balentine.com/blog/?p=596#comment-1649 [...] dealt with heightened volatility, talks of another economic stimulus plan by the Fed, and the DJIA’s worst day since the height of the financial crisis in 2008. The same down-to-the-wire negotiations and [...] [...] dealt with heightened volatility, talks of another economic stimulus plan by the Fed, and the DJIA’s worst day since the height of the financial crisis in 2008. The same down-to-the-wire negotiations and [...]

]]> Comment on Til Debt Do Us Part? by 2011 Year in Review Part 3: “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been” http://www.balentine.com/blog/til-debt-do-us-part/#comment-1648 2011 Year in Review Part 3: “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been” Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:11:26 +0000 http://www.balentine.com/blog/?p=554#comment-1648 [...] are nothing new. As Adrian Cronje, Balentine’s Chief Investment Officer, pointed out in “Til Debt Do Us Part?,” the subject has been a source of contention spanning all the way back to the founding fathers. [...] [...] are nothing new. As Adrian Cronje, Balentine’s Chief Investment Officer, pointed out in “Til Debt Do Us Part?,” the subject has been a source of contention spanning all the way back to the founding fathers. [...]

]]> Comment on China’s Housing Bubble Revisited: Cataclysmic Crash or Market Correction? by 2011 Year in Review: The Importance of Emerging Markets on the Global Economy http://www.balentine.com/blog/chinas-housing-bubble-revisited-cataclysmic-crash-or-market-correction/#comment-1507 2011 Year in Review: The Importance of Emerging Markets on the Global Economy Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:09:17 +0000 http://www.balentine.com/blog/?p=465#comment-1507 [...] revisited the issue in June with “China’s Housing Bubble Revisited: Cataclysmic Crash or Market Correction?” after new reports were released citing falling home prices in Beijing. In this Market Notebook [...] [...] revisited the issue in June with “China’s Housing Bubble Revisited: Cataclysmic Crash or Market Correction?” after new reports were released citing falling home prices in Beijing. In this Market Notebook [...]

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