Prieur du Plessis

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• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (March 17 - 23, 2008): Part II

  Published 23 March 2008 | viewed 1,708 times

  GaveKal: Fed and tape point to stock market rally "In recent weeks, we have seen two of the oldest Wall Street adages - namely 'don't…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (March 17 - 23, 2008)

  Published 23 March 2008 | viewed 3,982 times

  Phew - what a tumultuous week! Once again, the fall-out of the subprime mess had a lot to do with it. For some variety, however,…

• Picture du Jour: Commodities - Too Much Too Quickly?

  Published 19 March 2008 | viewed 5,331 times

  Can money trees in fact grow to heaven? It was certainly beginning to look that way when considering the frenzied surge of many commodities to…

• Picture du Jour: Plunging Dollar Erodes Non-US Investors' Returns

  Published 07 March 2008 | viewed 10,089 times

  With the US dollar falling down a precipice, spare a thought for non-US investors invested in US stocks and bonds. The graph below shows the…

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

  Published 17 February 2008 | viewed 4,569 times

  Financial markets ended the past week on a subdued note as economic data, credit concerns and recession talk dominated investors' mood. The Fed kept itself…

• When is The Right Time to Buy Stocks?

  Published 15 February 2008 | viewed 3,552 times

  Global stock markets, and the US markets in particular, have displayed a large degree of volatility since the middle of last year and daily fluctuations…

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

  Published 10 February 2008 | viewed 5,581 times

  The past week witnessed a turnaround in sentiment as renewed recession fears dominated investors' actions. Stock markets across the globe were subjected to selling pressure,…

• Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week that Was (Jan 28 - Feb 3, 2008)

  Published 03 February 2008 | viewed 4,648 times

  The decision by the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by another 50 basis points on top of the 75-basis-point-cut eight days earlier dominated…

• The Year of the Rat: How to Invest

  Published 23 January 2008 | viewed 6,437 times

  The Chinese calendar proclaims this as the Year of the Rat. Based on the behavior of economies and financial markets over the past few months,…

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

  Published 20 January 2008 | viewed 4,947 times

  The stock market continued its downward trajectory during the past week, experiencing wild swings on the back of a barrage of bad news in the…

• Words from the Wise for the Week That Was (7 - 13 Jan, 2008)

  Published 13 January 2008 | viewed 5,042 times

  The past week witnessed mounting uncertainty as investors digested news regarding the ongoing credit market problems and deepening gloom about the global economy. In the…

• US Stock Market Confirms Primary Downtrend

  Published 09 January 2008 | viewed 5,231 times

  "Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you have to do is call, and I'll be there, you've got a friend ..." These are the lyrics…

• Words from the Wise for the Week That Was (Dec 31, 2007 - Jan 6, 2008)

  Published 08 January 2008 | viewed 4,321 times

  A trading week made up of a bit of the old year and a bit of the new caused some anxiety in financial markets as…