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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Flowchart tool to help bankers cope with crisis

A flowchart tool to help bankers cope with the credit crisis, and to bring a smile to your face in the otherwise dour circumstances of the subprime saga.

5 Comments » - Posted in Investment by Prieur du Plessis
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Volatile commodities

By Cees Bruggemans
For years commodity prices have risen explosively, driven by strong real sector demand and constrained supply. Increasingly, financial speculation has joined the fry.
Where is this leading?
At what point will commodities overreach, entering freefall? Have we in fact reached such a cyclical tipping point at Easter 2008? Or is peaking still down the […]

No Comments » - Posted in South Africa by Prieur du Plessis
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Multiple tripping

By Cees Bruggemans
• Building plans falling off steeply since 4Q2007
• Eskom’s peripatetic 40 000mw since 1Q2008
• Global financial system shrinkage
• Commodities pricing explosively higher
• CPIX inflation acquiring turbo power
• Fear stalks the world
• Commodities interrupted or abruptly entering decline
• Rand weakening streak
• Growth prospects apparently still sliding
• Remain tuned for more tripping and trapezing
It has […]

No Comments » - Posted in South Africa by Prieur du Plessis
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Dishing out money

Source: Jim Sinclair’s MineSet, March 24, 2008.
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No Comments » - Posted in Humor by Prieur du Plessis