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Poll du Jour: Will Bailout Plan Work?

By Prieur du Plessis, on October 4th, 2008 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

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Do you think the bailout plan will work? Will it be sufficient to break the logjam in the credit markets? This posts deals with quick poll to gauge readers’ opinion. [...]

The hedge fund of the people

By Prieur du Plessis, on October 4th, 2008 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

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As a US taxpapyer, you are by implication an investor in the Strategery hedge fund. I realize the bailout is no laughing matter, but this should cause at least some temporary amusement. [...]

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