Prieur du Plessis

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• Stock Markets - A Reversal of Fortune?

  Published 14 October 2008 | viewed 5,562 times

  My first day back in office after a visit to Geneva and Dublin coincided with the best day ever for European stock markets and the…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (October 6 - 12, 2008): Part II

  Published 12 October 2008 | viewed 2,342 times

  Bespoke: Cost benefit of lower commodities "The impact of commodity prices on consumer's wallets is now at its lowest levels of the year. With today's…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (October 6 - 12, 2008)

  Published 12 October 2008 | viewed 4,591 times

  I have been away from the trading desk, and the stock market's bloodbath, during the past few days as I am on a business visit…

• Stock Market Decline in Perspective

  Published 11 October 2008 | viewed 5,464 times

  According to Bespoke, this week's stock market meltdown of 20.8% ranks second as the worst Monday-to-Friday movement for the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1900.…

• Stock Market Performance Round-up: Crash of 2008

  Published 10 October 2008 | viewed 5,172 times

  I normally publish a performance review of global stock markets at the end of each month, but the meltdown around the world of the past…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (Sept 29 - Oct 5, 2008): Part II

  Published 05 October 2008 | viewed 2,250 times

  David Fuller (Fullermoney): Use Ted-spread as timing indicator "How will it play out? No one knows, but having crossed their Rubicon in terms of involvement,…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (Sept 29 - Oct 5, 2008)

  Published 05 October 2008 | viewed 4,811 times

  Whew - what a wild week! Global stock markets and commodities tumbled, whereas government bonds and the US dollar surged amid mounting fears that the…

• Global Liquidity Crisis: What Now?

  Published 03 October 2008 | viewed 4,475 times

  One major international bank after the other is collapsing and is either being nationalized or sold off in sections. Although passed by the US Senate,…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (September 15 - 21, 2008): Part II

  Published 21 September 2008 | viewed 3,267 times

  Asha Bangalore (Northern Trust): Industrial Production plunges in August "Industrial production fell 1.1% after a downwardly-revised 0.1% gain in July. The large monthly decline was…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (September 15 - 21, 2008)

  Published 21 September 2008 | viewed 4,890 times

  These are the quick market stats for the past week: the MSCI World Index up by 0.3%, the S&P 500 Index up by 0.3%, the…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (September 1 - 7, 2008): Part II

  Published 07 September 2008 | viewed 2,271 times

  David Fuller (Fullermoney): CRB trend has peaked "There is little doubt in my mind that the CRB's trend has peaked, possibly for several years, although…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (September 1 - 7, 2008)

  Published 07 September 2008 | viewed 6,006 times

  Investors not only returned to a shortened trading week after the Labor Day holiday on Monday, but also to a bruising on stock markets, at…

• September - Off to a Rough Start

  Published 05 September 2008 | viewed 3,371 times

  Many reports have been published over the past few days about stock market seasonality and, specifically, about September typically being the worst month of the…

• Stock Market Performance Round-up: Going Nowhere Fast

  Published 02 September 2008 | viewed 4,433 times

  "All the things they said would happen to you Don't you know they're all coming true Goin' nowhere fast "Nothing's strange as when it seems…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (August 25 - 31, 2008): Part II

  Published 31 August 2008 | viewed 2,828 times

  Bespoke: NYSE short interest declines again "For the second consecutive two-week period, short interest on the New York Stock exchange declined. During the first two…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (August 25 - 31, 2008)

  Published 31 August 2008 | viewed 5,362 times

  The gyrations of financial markets ahead of the Labor Day weekend tested the patience of bulls and bears alike. As big swings took place in…

• Investor Psychology Cycle - Are We "There" Yet?

  Published 29 August 2008 | viewed 5,552 times

  As the pendulum swings between greed and fear, investors typically become over-enthusiastic during bull markets and over-despondent as the bear's growl grows louder. It stands…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (August 11 - 17, 2008): Part II

  Published 17 August 2008 | viewed 1,489 times

  GaveKal: Chinese equities looking increasingly attractive "After selling off -9.4% in the last two days of trading, and -60% since its peak last October 16th,…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (August 11 - 17, 2008)

  Published 17 August 2008 | viewed 4,334 times

  Almost exactly a year after the advent of the credit debacle, the term "credit crunch" squeezed into Britain's Chambers dictionary, defined as "a sudden and…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (Aug 4 - 10, 2008): Part II

  Published 10 August 2008 | viewed 1,328 times

  David Fuller (Fullermoney): Lengthy correction in commodities "I am looking for a lengthy medium-term correction, in most commodities ... This can be anything from a…