Welcome to the new chinese year … the year of the Ox … And … as equity traders like to “obey” Equities squeeze big time … monthend comes closer and not all of the news is as bleak as it could be … Let’s see, how far the Ox will carry us … PS … [...]

We are back to start … all the gains gone again … Next days will prove whether the earnings are even worse than feared … I think YES … The OUTLOOK can’t be good … It could soon get quite UGLY … STAY TUNED PS … I might put on some charts soon … IMHO [...]

I wish all of you a HEALTHY and SUCCESSFUL YEAR 2009 !!! Don’t get too excited about the jumpstart rallye … this year will have a lot of opportunities … both ways We’ll talk …

As I will go on vacation until the 06th of January … and I am not sure, whether I really want access to the Internet … I wish you ALL a peaceful Christmas and a good start into a hopefully profitable and healthy 2009 Take care!!! Oli

What could be the 2009 “surprise”? Simple, according to Deutsche Bank’s credit strategist, Jim Reid: So if 2009 goes horribly wrong it’s probably because there’s a run on a major currency or a Government bond market than because of wide scale corporate defaults. At the moment the UK remains the lowest hanging developed market fruit. [...]