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Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (May 4 – 10, 2009)

By Prieur du Plessis, on May 10th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

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As investors welcomed the less-than-feared stress-test results and their hopes for an early economic recovery mounted, they drove up the prices of risky assets such as equities and commodities. However, traditional safe havens like developed-market government bonds and the US dollar experienced selling pressure. Read all about this and the implications for financial markets in the weekly “Words from the Wise” review. […]

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