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ACME’s Letter to Investors

By Prieur du Plessis, on August 15th, 2008 posted in: Humor

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ACME Systematic Leveraged Macro Momentum Fund LP 321 Overprice Street Greenwich, CT 00573,

Dear Investor

This letter is to inform you that the wheels have come off of the proverbial wagon at ACME Systematic Leveraged Macro Momentum Fund LP, and that the same awesome thematic portfolio that made you feel [...]

Third time lucky as interest rates pause

By Prieur du Plessis, on August 15th, 2008 posted in: South Africa

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By Cees Bruggemans

The SARB again decided to keep interest rates unchanged in August, the third time it has now done so since it started its tightening cycle way back in mid-2006.

This time, though, we may have seen the peak of the interest rate cycle. The next move may be [...]

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