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Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (January 12 – 18, 2009)

By Prieur du Plessis, on January 18th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

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Investor sentiment around the globe was negatively impacted during 2009’s second full week of trading as a barrage of bleak economic and corporate news offered more confirmation of a deepening recession, bringing risk aversion to center stage. Read all about this and the implications for financial markets in my weekly review. [...]

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