JPMorgan Bets On Asset Reflation, Bank Debt, And Emerging Markets

Here are JPMorgan's (JPM) top 3 investing themes right now (via PragCap ) 1) Asset reflation . Cash is the most expensive asset in the world, and the main reason to hold it, which is uncertainty, is fading. The flow out of cash is lifting all other asset prices globally. This will end only when G-3 central banks start hiking or investors have become underweight cash. We are far from either. 2) G-3 disinflation . A massive output gap will push core inflation rates down in the US, Japan,

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Wise Up Journal / Sovereign Independent - Sept/Oct issue, page 12 01.09.2009 By Gabriel O’HaraTitanic DerivativesWhat are derivatives? Some investors describe them as “dormant economic weapons of mass destruction”. They essentially are large leveraged bets on top of stocks, bonds and commodities. Money can be made within months or seconds by betting if a stock will go up, down or even remain the same. With no credit rating you can place a bet worth double your account balance. Big time in

Sports Betting Rule for the NBA

Sports betting is a very exciting and thrilling activity. Some sports bettors do it for entertainment, some for money, and others for both. Regardless of the motivation behind sports betting, certain basic rules should be within the knowledge of a sports bettor. A sports following provides the basics of sports betting such as the manner of these types of bets. In placing a bet in the NBA, a sports bettor must be familiar with these types of rules for the NBA. The first thing to be considered is

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Banks Still in Trouble; Your All-Weather Portfolio

Since the debt crisis began with the eruption of the subprime mess in 2007, Wall Street pundits have declared “an end to the crisis” at least three times: in mid-2007, in early 2008, and now. Each time, the government intervened with massive amounts of money to tamp down fear. Each time, investors rushed back to take risks. And each time, stocks rallied sharply. But throughout these interludes, the big bets and bad debts that fueled the crisis continued to grow; the nation’s saving

Dollar, yen gain on investor caution; euro falls

LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar rose broadly and the yen hovered near the week's peaks against other major currencies on Friday on investor caution as U.S. corporate earnings season got rolling and as share prices fell. The yen hit a five-month high against the dollar this week and surged to two-month highs against the euro and Australian dollar as investors unwound bets in riskier assets that they made using the low-yielding Japanese currency. CANBERRA (Reu

US Stocks Remain Weaker As Crude Oil Price Sinks

On Monday morning there has been a slump in the energy sector and so the worries about the upcoming earnings season weighed on U.S. stocks. Along with the stock market the commodity had been putting in solid gains, which is helped by an influx of speculative bets by those traders who are willing to take on risk. But during the recent sessions, this has been hurt by the investor’s worries about the weakness in demand due to the global recession , which now probably looks like that it will