April « 2009 « Investment Postcards from Cape Town

“… it is hard to argue that the large global imbalances that arose a few years ago had no role whatsoever in the current global synchronized recession. However, so far, global imbalances do not seem to be on even the long-term agenda of most of those trying to remake the global financial system,” argues Nouriel Roubini and his team in this thought-provoking article. […]

Paul Kasriel: Preferred equity into common equity – accounting alchemy?

By Prieur du Plessis, on April 30th, 2009 posted in: Economy, Guest Bloggers, Investment, Markets, Money

“Treasury’s plan to enhance the capitalization of some financial institutions by beating preferred equity shares into common equity shares is accounting alchemy,” said Paul Kasriel. This guest posts provides his motivation. […]

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Sell in May and go away: fact or fallacy?

By Prieur du Plessis, on April 29th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

Does the axiom “Sell in May and go away” have any scientific basis at all? This post offers an analysis. […]

Animation: Recession Sing-A-Long!

By Prieur du Plessis, on April 28th, 2009 posted in: Humor

The classic “West Side Story” is enjoying its Broadway revival. Now comes the remix, “Worst Slide Story.”

Source: Walt Handelsman, Newsday, April 13, 2009.

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Prieur’s readings

By Prieur du Plessis, on April 28th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

This post provides links to some interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also like to have a look at. […]

Roubini Global Economics: 2009 Global Economic Outlook

By Prieur du Plessis, on April 28th, 2009 posted in: Economy, Guest Bloggers, Investment, Markets, Money

In this guest post Nouriel Roubini and his team present some of the main conclusions of the recently released update to their 2009 Global Economic Outlook. […]