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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Splurging to get the US economy going

Cartoon by: Tom Toles, Slate, January 22, 2008.

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

South Africa overtaken by China as world’s top gold producer

Since 1905, South Africa has been the world’s top producer of gold. That has now changed, due to an increase in production out of China (helped, it has been pointed out, by Canadian companies). And by a decrease in South African production – down 8.1% over the last year alone – due to the reality […]

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

South African retail sales continue to slump in November

By Kevin Lings
Stats SA have released the retail sales data for November 2007. According to this latest survey, retail sales rose by a very modest 0.2%y/y in real terms in November. This compares with a 1.9%y/y in October and 1.7%y/y in September. The market was expecting a decline of 0.4%y/y, but this was a very […]

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Monday, January 21st, 2008

Words from the wise for the week that was (Jan 14 - 20, 2008)

This regular weekly article highlights some thought-provoking news items and quotes from market commentators during the past week, and briefly reviews the week’s market action on the basis of economic statistics and a performance chart.

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Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Shrinking portfolio values

Hat tip: Rob Fraim

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Thursday, January 17th, 2008

The year of living dangerously

By Jeremy Gardiner
Before we delve into what surprises may lurk during the “Year of the Rat” it is important to reflect on what was delivered by “the Year of the Pig”. “The Pig” proved to be a year of many surprises. As the beginning of 2007 dawned, many of the World’s leading investment bank CEOs […]

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Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Equity markets: Is it too late to be selling?

By Shaun le Roux
This time last year the stock market was bullet proof. We were focusing a lot of our attention on trying to persuade clients to tone down their one- to two-year expectations from equity markets. Yet, at a point in October 2007, the JSE All Share was trading at 31,500, 26% above its […]

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Monday, January 14th, 2008

A dramatic breakthrough for humankind


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Monday, January 14th, 2008

Words from the wise for the week that was (Jan 7 – 13, 2008)

This regular weekly article highlights some thought-provoking news items and quotes from market commentators during the past week, and briefly reviews the week’s market action on the basis of economic statistics and a performance chart.

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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

US stock market confirms primary downtrend

“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 of Carol King’s song. Yes, as life swings from boom to gloom it is the support of friends that often provide the necessary solace.
It is unlikely that Mr Market will come […]

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