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Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Feb 25 – Mar 2, 2008)

By Prieur du Plessis, on March 2nd, 2008 posted in: Economy, Investment, Markets

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A laundry list of ominous economic reports, continuing worries about the credit insurers, more news of mortgage-related write-downs and talk of hedge funds facing margin calls served up the perfect storm of investor anxiety last week. Read all about this in my regular weekly blog post, highlighting some thought-provoking news items and quotes from market commentators during the past week, and briefly reviewing the week’s market action on the basis of economic statistics and a performance chart. […]

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