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Sunday, August 17th, 2008

This is how ordinary people display vision and leadership

By JP Landman
Our politics are more and more noisy, the Zuma case has increased the stakes, important institutions are under tremendous pressure, and the economic shoe is pinching. As a good friend said recently: “We need a break.”
Under these circumstances it is understandable that the country is yearning for leadership and vision. But let’s assume […]

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Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (August 11 – 17, 2008)

The past week witnessed market participants focusing anew on deteriorating global growth prospects, arguing that slower growth could reduce inflation pressures. The notion that the US was further along the slowdown process than foreign economies, and an expectation that interest rate differentials could narrow in favor of the US dollar, resulted in continued strength in the greenback, further weakness in commodities, lower bond yields and mixed stock markets. Read all about this in my weekly review, highlighting some thought-provoking news items and quotes from market commentators during the past week.

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