17 « December « 2009 « Investment Postcards from Cape Town

James Chanos, legendary hedge fund manager and president of Kynikos Associates, makes a special appearance on CNBC to discuss financial markets and share his recommendations. […]

Prieur’s readings (December 17, 2009)

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 17th, 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. […]

Why precious metals aren’t in a bubble

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 17th, 2009 posted in: Guest Bloggers, Investment, Markets, Money

“Critics of precious metals investing have called gold and silver a bubble, further claiming that today’s higher prices will fade as economic conditions improve. Although gold and silver prices are much more expensive than they were even a few years ago, gold and silver are hardly near bubble status,” argues Jeffrey Lewis in this guest post. […]

Technical Talk: Sentiment still not overly bullish

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 17th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

Investor sentiment is still not overly bullish. Click through for the charts … […]

TIME Person of the Year – Ben Bernanke

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 17th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

TIME managing editor Rick Stengel explains why the magazine chose Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as 2009’s Person of the Year. By the way, it has nothing to do with whether he did a good job or not as Fed chairman. […]

Debt – through the roof

By Prieur du Plessis, on December 17th, 2009 posted in: Humor

“Why fix the plumbing when we can just raise the roof,” asks cartoonist Nate Beeler. […]