Prieur du Plessis

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• What is the Hemline Theory Telling Us About Stock Markets?

  Published 02 June 2008 | viewed 6,649 times

  Just for a bit of fun ... The length of women's skirts tells you the way the market is going to go, according to the…

• Pictures du Jour: Banks to Indicate Direction for Stock Market

  Published 29 May 2008 | viewed 3,711 times

  Global stock markets topped out on the back of the sub-prime/credit debacle in October 2007. Prices subsequently moved lower until reaching climatic bottoms in January/March…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (May 19 - 25, 2008): Part II

  Published 25 May 2008 | viewed 2,129 times

  Bill King (The King Report): Top could be forming in oil price "A very significant top in oil and energy could be forming and fundamentals…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (May 19 - 25, 2008)

  Published 25 May 2008 | viewed 4,868 times

  Soaring oil prices were mostly to blame for the past week's stock market sell-off, but renewed concerns about US economic growth, corporate earnings and mounting…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (May 12 - 18, 2008): Part II

  Published 18 May 2008 | viewed 1,310 times

  Bloomberg: King says further "shocks" may push UK into recession "Bank of England Governor Mervyn King speaks at a news conference in London following the…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (May 12 - 18, 2008)

  Published 18 May 2008 | viewed 3,801 times

  Equity bulls experienced another good week based on the viewpoint that the worst of the credit crisis might be behind us. A further improvement in…

• Global Stock Markets - Return and Valuation Scorecard

  Published 09 May 2008 | viewed 2,248 times

  Global stock markets have experienced a relatively strong recovery since the middle of March. Although markets in general are still well below previous highs, it…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (April 28 - May 4, 2008) Part II

  Published 04 May 2008 | viewed 1,624 times

  John Hussman (Hussman Funds): Agricultural commodities in speculative bubble "As for agricultural commodities, what we are observing is probably not a Malthusian breakpoint, but what…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (April 28 - May 4, 2008)

  Published 04 May 2008 | viewed 3,705 times

  "The world's favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May," said Edwin Way Teal. And so it seemed during the past week…

• Sell in May and Go Away: Fact or Fallacy?

  Published 03 May 2008 | viewed 5,031 times

  "Where is the stock market heading?" is one of the questions most often asked by investors, especially as stock markets seem to be disconnected from…

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

  Published 27 April 2008 | viewed 1,617 times

  BCA Research: Agflation - A risk for emerging markets "The main risk to emerging markets is not the US recession or credit crunch, but rising…

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

  Published 27 April 2008 | viewed 3,913 times

  The last week was characterized by investors increasingly taking the view that the worst of the credit crisis was over. They seemed to be shrugging…

• Poll of the Week: Stock Markets - Which Way Jose?

  Published 25 April 2008 | viewed 2,827 times

  Is it a bull market? Is it a bear market? Or is it some other stock market wiggle or waggle awaiting to be named after…

• Watch the Stock/Bond Ratio - Poll Results

  Published 08 April 2008 | viewed 2,930 times

  I posted an article on the stock/bond ratio a few days ago, discussing the likelihood of the period of safe-haven buying of bonds coming to…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (March 31 - April 6, 2008)

  Published 06 April 2008 | viewed 3,024 times

  A sense of relative calm descended upon financial markets over the past week. Although fears about the outlook for the US economy persisted, a perception…

• A $1 Million Wager for Gold Bears

  Published 02 April 2008 | viewed 4,215 times

  Gold bullion is under water at the moment with the price having dived sharply over the past two weeks. This move has triggered a myriad…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (March 31 - April 6, 2008) Part II

  Published 30 March 2008 | viewed 1,683 times

  Richard Cookson (HSBC): Commodity slide has further to go "Whether commodity prices continue their slide depends on the reasons behind the fall, says Richard Cookson,…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (March 31 - April 6, 2008)

  Published 30 March 2008 | viewed 4,065 times

  "This is one 'mother' of a market," 83-year old market veteran Richard Russell (Dow Theory Letters) aptly described what market participants were again faced with…

• Global Stock Markets - Index Movements Since Highs (Part 2)

  Published 29 March 2008 | viewed 2,893 times

  I posted a scorecard for a number of global stock markets a week ago, showing the index movements since each of the respective market's highs.…

• Picture du Jour: US Long Bonds in Injury Time

  Published 29 March 2008 | viewed 3,664 times

  Since the advent of the credit crisis, stock markets, real estate and the US dollar have been the subject of investors' angst. However, two markets…