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A Chinese-American named Won Park has found the answer.

View the pictures below and you will understand what is meant. The technique applied is called Origami and is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The objective of this art is to create an image of an object using geometric folds and [...]

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DXJ: The Smart Way to Invest in Japan? (Investment U, 4/19/12)

Investing in Greek and Japanese Multinational Companies (Investment U, 3/8/12)

Investing in Japan: Three Choices One Year after the Disaster (Money Morning, 3/14/12)

Read more on Investing in Japan at Wikinvest

Prieur’s readings (December 1, 2009)

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 1st, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

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. [...]

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Gold Price Forecast for the Remainder of 2012 (Investment U, 5/18/12)

What’s Happening to Gold and Silver Prices? (Learn Mining News, 5/14/12)

Everything You Need to Know About Gold Prices (Money Morning, 5/11/12)

Read more on Cheung Kong (HLDGS), Gold at Wikinvest

Technical Talk: S&P 500 action calls for caution

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 1st, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

“While two weeks of stalling at resistance is not a major concern yet, it does at the very least raise a cautionary tone given the fact that the S&P 500 has had such a large, uninterrupted advance,” said Kevin Lane in this guest post. [...]

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Economist Gary Shilling: S&P 500 will drop 43% this year? (Value Investing, 4/11/12)

Sell in May and Go Away? No Way! (Wall Street Daily, 5/10/12)

Stocks Have You Worried? Here's What You Do (Money Morning, 5/14/12)

Read more on S&P 500 (SPX), Airiq Inc at Wikinvest

The investment world according to Ritholtz

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 1st, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

Barry Ritholtz, author of Bailout Nation and chief executive of investment manager Fusion IQ, delivered the keynote address at the Citywire Fund Selector Forum in Berlin a few days ago. Video clips of the highlights from his speech are given in this post. [...]

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What's Wrong with the U.S. Economy (Wealth Daily, 4/28/12)

Are Economic Indicators Signaling a Sell Off? (Money Morning, 4/30/12)

Gold Prices Jump When Bernanke Hints at Stimulus (Learn Mining News, 4/10/12)

Read more on Investment, Airiq Inc, Federal Reserve at Wikinvest

The collapse of finance

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 1st, 2009 posted in: Economy, Guest Bloggers

“Throughout the world, investors are getting edgy … they’re wondering how it is possible to add so much cash and credit to the economy without sending prices to the moon. We’ll tell you how it’s possible: there’s a depression. In a depression, the flow of cash and credit coagulates. Even if you increase the cash in bank vaults, it doesn’t circulate into the real economy. Banks don’t lend. People don’t borrow. Consumers don’t consume,” said Bill Bonner in this guest post. [...]

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The Dubai Debt Crisis (Wealth Daily, 11/30/09)

Dubai’s Debt Crisis Primes the Panic Pump (Investment U, 11/30/09)

What Dubai Means for U.S. Commercial Real Estate (Wealth Daily, 12/1/09)

Read more on Investing in the United Arab Emirates at Wikinvest

Gategrashing the White House State Dinner

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 1st, 2009 posted in: Humor

When jobless … [...]