Editor's Note
![]() Dear Readers Welcome to the first edition of MarketViews for 2012! AJ Cilliers wrestles with the idea that most of us don’t plan our investing because it seems too complicated, and because we believe that fund managers will naturally be more successful than we will. Debunking these beliefs, Cilliers offers a KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid!) plan to invest using tracker funds or Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) as one of his suggestions. In this issue, Nicholas van der Meer questions whether the apparent recovery from the 2008 recession won’t be followed by a dip as severe as the Great Depression of 1929 to 1932. But the real concern, he says, is not if and when it will come, but how to be prepared as an investor. Gleaning insight from the Great Depression, his article provides five tips to help put you in the best position to survive such a storm. Dwaine van Vuuren of Powerstocks gives us the low-down on the revision of the new Conference Board LEI. He puts the new LEI to the test to judge its suitability for recession dating, and discovers that the old LEI was more optimistic than the newer one... Sharenet would like to announce their new course called “Introduction to the Markets” that will be added to their seminar offerings this year. This is perfect if you’re interested in the markets but aren’t sure where to start. The course outline:
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