Prieur du Plessis

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

  Published 10 August 2008 | viewed 3,172 times

  The Olympic Games kicked off at 8:08:08 pm on Friday night, the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008. Coincidence? Not at all. The…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (July 28 - August 3, 2008): Part II

  Published 03 August 2008 | viewed 1,700 times

  Richard Russel (Dow Theory Letters): Is bull still alive? "... could we be watching a vicious but erratic correction in an ongoing bull market? As…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (July 28 - August 3, 2008)

  Published 03 August 2008 | viewed 4,095 times

  As oil prices seesawed through the past week, fresh uncertainty about the outlook for the beleaguered financial sector triggered another wave of volatility in financial…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (July 21 - 27, 2008): Part II

  Published 27 July 2008 | viewed 1,057 times

  Eoin Treacy (Fullermoney): Gold is likely to outperform oil "The overlay chart of oil and gold shows that both commodities have been in impressive uptrends…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (July 21 - 27, 2008)

  Published 27 July 2008 | viewed 3,187 times

  Financial markets witnessed another roller-coaster week as renewed concerns about the global economy and the health of the financial sector surfaced, resulting in a mixed…

• Stock Market Returns - The Wonder of Compounding

  Published 26 July 2008 | viewed 2,741 times

  Albert Einstein described compound growth as the eighth wonder of the world. Although he may have passed away in 1955 - coincidentally the year when…

• Stock Market Performance Round-up: Dancing to the Same Tune

  Published 21 July 2008 | viewed 2,463 times

  Factoring in last week's stock market rebound, I have put together a table of global stock markets' performances over various measurement periods and in both…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (July 14 - 20, 2008): Part II

  Published 20 July 2008 | viewed 1,335 times

  Richard Russell (Dow Theory Letters): Dollar is Achilles Heel of US economy "I said it three years ago, I said it two years ago, I…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (July 14 - 20, 2008)

  Published 20 July 2008 | viewed 3,740 times

  "The end is neigh" was what many despondent investors were starting to believe as the past week kicked off with volatile trading amid concerns that…

• Prieur's Perspective: Mean Markets - Emphasize Capital Preservation

  Published 13 July 2008 | viewed 3,529 times

  "Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears," said Robert W. Sarnoff. This is certainly the way it…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (June 23 - 29, 2008)

  Published 29 June 2008 | viewed 3,019 times

  "T.S. Eliot might have been out by a few months - it looks as though June might turn out to be the cruelest month of…

• Picture du Jour: Sun Rising Over Japanese Stocks

  Published 24 June 2008 | viewed 3,534 times

  Scanning the globe for investment destinations can be a daunting task. When it comes to stock markets, however, relative strength analysis serves a useful purpose…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (June 16 - 22, 2008): Part II

  Published 22 June 2008 | viewed 1,328 times

  Bloomberg: China raises fuel, electricity prices "China, the world's second-biggest oil consumer, will raise the prices of gasoline and diesel by 1,000 yuan ($145.50) a…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (June 16 - 22, 2008)

  Published 22 June 2008 | viewed 2,901 times

  Sentiment deteriorated further during the past week as oil prices rebounded, more bad news in the financial sector surfaced, economic woes mounted and inflationary pressures…

• US Stock Market - Muddling Through the Fundamentals

  Published 18 June 2008 | viewed 3,753 times

  "Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (June 9 - 15, 2008): Part II

  Published 15 June 2008 | viewed 1,931 times

  Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (Telegraph): Iran's switch good news for gold bulls? "Good news for long-suffering gold bugs. Iran is switching a chunk of its $80 billion…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (June 9 - 15, 2008)

  Published 15 June 2008 | viewed 3,141 times

  The Electric Light Orchestra lyrics "... you took me ohh, higher and higher baby, it's a living thing, it's a terrible thing ..." have been…

• Stock Markets - Up, Down, Sideways?

  Published 13 June 2008 | viewed 2,263 times

  Since topping out in October 2007, global stock markets have been characterized by two distinct phases: a decline through January/March this year, and then a…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (June 2 - 8, 2008): Part II

  Published 08 June 2008 | viewed 1,380 times

  David Fuller (Fullermoney): Banks are a leading indicator "Fullermoney has long maintained that banks are a leading indicator, more often than not. Therefore at a…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (June 2 - 8, 2008)

  Published 08 June 2008 | viewed 3,555 times

  After stock markets have held up bravely in the face of the credit crises and mounting economic woes, a combination of renewed concerns about the…