14 « December « 2009 « Investment Postcards from Cape Town

This week Consuelo Mack is joined on WealthTrack by best-selling author and historian Niall Ferguson. He tells Consuelo what the seismic global economic and market shifts of recent years mean for our future, particularly the longer-term implications of America’s exploding debt. This is a must-view interview. […]

Matt Taibbi on Obama’s economy

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 14th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

Click through to this post for Matt Taibbi’s video breakdown of his argument in which he identifies the major players on Obama’s economic team, untangles the web that ties them to Bob Rubin and points to how these relationships play into the financial “reforms” currently being pushed through Congress. […]

Prieur’s readings (December 14, 2009)

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 14th, 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. […]

The week ahead

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 14th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Lessons from life, Markets

The video clips below provide a handy summary of the reports expected on the economic, financial and corporate front around the globe during the week ahead.

US: Working in Washington The Congressional Budget Office is expected to release its analysis of the Senate’s health-care compromise, with Democrats looking for a vote before […]

Hey! Barack! Leave us banks alone!

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 14th, 2009 posted in: Humor

The banks’ anthem … […]