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Platinum: A Stronger Safe Haven than Gold?

Take it from me, the South African power supply is still very marginal, and with the chrome smelters coming back on stream, outages in the early part of 2010 are a strong likelihood. Ingot demand from Japan reasonable too. The SA mines need a high rhodium price too, so you're probably best off investing in a shallow non-African producer.

The Inverse Relationship Between Performance and Volatility

Please bear in mind that when markets TREND you get autocorrelation creeping into the data, which results in artificially low volatility readings.

Invest Using Stocks' Price to Free Cash Flow

Nice study, thanks for sharing....

Growth and Value: Definitely Still Useful

I think the author means that growth stocks have less risk at the OPERATING level.......which at a thumbsuck is probably true..

John Hussman: Mortgages and Unemployment Still Major Concerns

Real common sense stuff. Not enough of it around.

John Hussman: Inflation Is Just Around the Corner

You're right Larry, the market was very short going into both futures close out and the fund managers quarter end coming - so no surprise that some short sellers did a runner. Remember - a chicken is not a bull!

Obama Should Take Note of Market Actions That Impact Confidence

Sether. You are poor because you are stupid.

South Africa: Post-Apartheid Dream in Total Disarray

Your comments are very general, and in many places not underpinned by fact. As for growth, most of Africa, except maybe the oil producers or failed states are likely to outgrow South Africa, which in turn will outgrow most of the OECD. I suggest you visit eurasia.com to be more informed on SA.

Think Inflation in the U.S. Is Bad? Listen Up

The contribution from Food and Fuel to emerging market inflation indices is far higher than the US. Also they do not have banking crises and credit crunches to deal with. Stop whining, you folks in the US still have a good life you know....