How near is Deutsche Bank to failure?

Note to Self

Stay away from market prognosticators. Never ever try to time the market. Nobody has ever done this successfully and consistently. Hunting the tops and bottoms is a myth. This is valid today and will remain so in the future. Do not gravitate towards quantitative market timers. Even a broken clock is right twice a day; always judge them on their overall record.

Gold: Barbarous Relic or a Shiny Sanctuary in the Darkest Times

Waiting for Emerging Markets to Emerge

Historical Data of MSCI indexes between Dec 31, 1987 and Jul 15, 2016.

Jan Lundgren - Les Moulins De Mon Coeur (by Michel Legrand)

Bank Bang

As of 7 July 2016

Debt: The Double Edged Sword

Source: Aswath Damodaran's Blog

Damodaran: "One constraint that I will bring into my own investments decisions in 2016 is a greater awareness of financial leverage, where in addition to valuing businesses as going concerns, I will also look at how much debt they owe. I will not reflexively avoid companies that have borrowed substantial amounts, but I will have to realistically assess how much this debt exposes them to failure risk, before I pull the "buy" trigger."