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By Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist FNB Let us for a change take somebody at his word. Larry Summers, for instance. Economic advisor to US President Obama, Larry has been sending signals that could well shape also us in rather fundamental ways in coming years. It could mean [...] More on this topic (What's this?) How to Lower Your Interest Rate (Learn Mining News, 8/23/09) Why Are Banks Raising Credit-Card Interest Rates? (The Value at Risk, 8/22/09) How Debt Consolidation Loans Work (Learn Mining News, 8/28/09) 
I will be in Slovenia next week as I am taking a group of South African business people on a fact-finding mission. If you happen to be in Ljubljana on Monday, September 7, join us for a special day the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and JAPTI have organized to facilitate interaction between our delegation and Slovenian business people. Blog posting will be slow (and totally absent on some days) while I am on the road. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Paper: Will a Fed Economist Become Slovenia's Prime Minister? (The Prudent Investor - Seeing To..., 1/16/12) Eco-Friendly Plane to Fly for Eco-Friendly Mission (Wall Street Daily, 1/18/12) Planning Our Trip to Europe (Moomin Valley, 3/11/09)  By Prieur du Plessis, on September 1st, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  Leave your comment
Further to my “Shanghai cracks” post of yesterday, a Bloomberg interview with Andy Xie provides additional insight into the Chinese stock market and economy. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Shanghai Composite Hits Lowest Level Since May (Blogging the Commodity Bull Market, 8/31/09) China Sets the Tone (Contrarian Profits, 8/31/09) Shanghai Composite Breaking Down (Fusion Investing and Analysis, 8/17/09) By Prieur du Plessis, on September 1st, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money One comment so far
The performance of a number of global stock markets is given in this post for different measurement terms ended August 31. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Must Reads August 31, 2009 (Contrarian Profits, 8/31/09) China’s New “Manifest Destiny” (Investment U, 6/10/09) Monthly Progress Update – August 2009 (Dividend Tree, 9/1/09)
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