Gold compared to the S&P 500, 2002 to 2012
Gold has been getting hit hard over the past week since the most recent FOMC minutes indicate few signs of Quantitative Easing, part 3. In fact some are reporting that gold traders now are turning bearish for the first time in 2012. The chart above [...]
Developing market currencies compared to the US Dollar, YTD, 2012
With the outset of the 2007 Credit Crunch we saw a massive deflationary wave sweep across most of the developed nations. In response the United States sharply devalued the Dollar by a combination of record low interest rates and Quantitative Easing. The US Dollar [...]
MIST stock markets compared to S&P 500, year to date peformance as of March 28th 2012
Yesterday I posted the year to date (YTD) performance of the Brazil, Russia, India and China against the S&P 500. We saw that in spite of the hype about the US markets, two (Brazil and Russia) had outperformed [...]
MIST nations – Mexico, Indonesia, South Africa & Turkey, 2009 to 2012
Remember all the hype about the BRIC nations – Brazil, Russia, India & China? So last century guys. Going forward the money seems to be moving to the MIST – Mexico, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey – nations.
The chart [...]
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Who am I? 
As you might have guessed, my name is Dave Coker. I'm an ex-expatriate New Yorker who has lived in London since 1997.
I've worked in Investment Banking since the early 1980's, starting my career in New York with Dow Jones . I next moved to Deutsche Bank, where I spent the bulk of my career as Vice President of Global Risk Management. While at Moody's I was responsible for Professional Services in Europe, The Middle East and Africa, and was responsible globally for resources. While at ABN AMRO I was Global Programme Manager Risk Management Technology. Needless to say, I've seen Investment Banking and financial services from a wide variety of perspectives.
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Internationally educated, I'm completing a PhD in Finance (Zurich), currently hold an MSc in Quantitative Finance (London), an MBA (London), studied Mathematics & Computer Science at the Undergraduate level (New York), and, most importantly, I've been a lifelong Student of the Markets.
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