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 By Prieur du Plessis, on October 16th, 2007 posted in: Business, Economy, Equities, Finance, Investment, Markets, Money, Stocks, Wall Street  3 people had their say - chime in!
Have global stock markets run into a cul de sac? Bulls with long and short horns alike will probably admit that the rally since August 17, 2007 (i.e. when the US Fed cut the discount window rate) was probably “too much too fast”. The bar charts below show how global mature [...] More on this topic (What's this?) U.S. Stock Market Update (Gold Stocks Today, 3/2/12) Shanghai Index Leads Global Stock Markets (GreenLightAdvisor Views, 12/5/11) Global Stock Markets Heading for Lower Lows (Gold Stocks Today, 12/13/11) By Prieur du Plessis, on October 14th, 2007 posted in: Bonds, Business, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Equities, Finance, Gold, Housing, Investment, Markets, Money, Oil, Stocks, Wall Street 3 people had their say - chime in!
It is with a sense of anxiety that I am compiling this article as our national rugby squad is contesting the World Cup semi-final against the Argentinean Pumas this evening. South Africa has now moved to odds-on (5:6) favorite subsequent to yesterday’s shock defeat of France by England in the other semi. But [...] By Prieur du Plessis, on October 12th, 2007 posted in: Business, Economy, Finance, Housing, Investment, Markets, Money, Stocks 3 people had their say - chime in!
As stated before, the unwinding of the US housing situation has some way to go before the system rids itself fully of all the excesses accumulated during the multi-year upswing. But what about the UK residential property market? The graph below shows a clearly unsustainable trend of the UK House Price Index [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Case-Shiller Home Price Index and Home Sales: What the Latest U.S. Housing Market Data Show (Money Morning, 4/24/12) Friday Charts: Hoarders, Housing and More Bullish Signs (Wall Street Daily, 3/30/12) French housing Market is the Latest to Burst (Value Investing, 4/26/12)  By Prieur du Plessis, on October 11th, 2007 posted in: Business, Economy, Equities, Finance, Investment, Markets, Money, Stocks, Wall Street 7 people had their say - chime in!
Picture the scene: A dirt road twisting upward at a 60-degree incline, with vineyards lining the sides and a clear blue sky above – a picture of tranquility by any definition. This is the hill I tackled yesterday as part of my daily run. But alas, what I thought was going to [...] By Prieur du Plessis, on October 9th, 2007 posted in: Economy, Finance, Humor, Investment, Markets, Money Leave your comment
Isn’t it quite amazing how, with the right spin, even the grimmest of situations usually offer some entertainment value? The credit squeeze was no exception. Hat tip to David Fuller for pointing out this delightful poem by Tim Price of UK-based PFP Wealth Management. On the first day of Crisis the [...] By Prieur du Plessis, on October 7th, 2007 posted in: Bonds, Business, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Equities, Finance, Gold, Housing, Investment, Markets, Money, Oil, Stocks, Wall Street 5 people had their say - chime in!
” … the mega third phase of this bull market lies ahead. It may take into next year, but it’s a’comin’,” said an upbeat Richard Russell from an otherwise somber La Jolla in the aftermath of the landslide. Before highlighting this and some other memorable quotes from market wizards during the [...] |
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