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Chicken Little and the Art of Investing

By Prieur du Plessis, on October 9th, 2008 posted in: Guest Bloggers, Investment, Investment lessons, Markets, Money

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As desperate times call for desperate measures, what action should equity investors take in the face of this “perfect storm”? In this post guest contributor AJ Cilliers goes back to the basics of investing by way of a parable. [...]

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