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This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. Please also add the links to any other worthwhile articles you would like to share to the comments section. […]

Feedback from Buttonwood Gathering

By Prieur du Plessis, on October 19th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

The Buttonwood Gathering, a conference bringing together global regulators and bankers to discuss and debate new ideas and develop a new set of guidelines moving forward, has just taken place. Michael Panzer, writer of the Financial Armageddon blog, was in attendance and has kindly shared some of the more interesting quotes on his blog, as reported in this post. […]

Crude Oil – déjà vu year 2008, no fundamentals required

By Prieur du Plessis, on October 19th, 2009 posted in: Guest Bloggers, Oil

“Given the continued sluggishness of the economy, high unemployment rate and large amounts of excess oil production capacity around the world, analysts said a sudden upward spike was still unlikely, while others are predicting an immanent correction down below $70. However, if you take a closer look, it is evident that the current crude oil market is almost entirely detached from fundamentals,” argues energy expert Dian Chu in this guest contribution. […]

WealthTrack: Is the efficient market theory still valid?

By Prieur du Plessis, on October 19th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

This week on WealthTrack, Consuelo Mack calls into question the long-dominant efficient market theory and explores what models should be used by investors to navigate the markets. She discusses this with two top fund managers, Jerry Senser, lead portfolio manager for all of ICAP, and noted contrarian Robert Kleinschmidt, who manages the top-rated Tocqueville Fund. Also joining the conversation is Justin Fox, Time magazine’s economics columnist and author of “The Myth of the Rational Market”. As always with WealthTrack this is excellent viewing material. […]

Financial regulation – a wild horse

By Prieur du Plessis, on October 19th, 2009 posted in: Humor

Wall Street regulation through the eyes of a cartoonnist. […]