14 « January « 2010 « Investment Postcards from Cape Town

I will find myself in Geneva over the next few days, trying to gauge what the gnomes make of the economic recovery.

Blog posting will be slow (and totally absent on some days) while I am on the road, but the normal service will be […]

Picture du Jour: Weak hands are heavily long the greenback

By Prieur du Plessis, on January 14th, 2010 posted in: Dollar, Investment

“When the dollar turns down again, it is likely to be a huge leg down as there are a lot of weak hands that will sell on any sustained weakness,” said Jordan Roy-Byrne in this short post (including an interesting chart). […]

SocGen’s investment strategy for 2010

By Prieur du Plessis, on January 14th, 2010 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

SocGen has told its clients to be bullish on commodities, stay with stocks and “anything but cash” in 2010. Read on … […]

Robin Griffiths: A technical perspective of stock markets, the dollar and Turkey

By Prieur du Plessis, on January 14th, 2010 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

The dollar has turned a corner against the yen, according to Robin Griffiths, technical strategist of Cazenove Capital. He sees stock markets going “a little higher for a little longer” and Turkey being the “breakout” emerging market this year, as well as London Brent crude continuing to rise. Click through for the video interview. […]

Prieur’s readings (January 14, 2009)

By Prieur du Plessis, on January 14th, 2010 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. […]

In defense of the Taylor Rule

By Prieur du Plessis, on January 14th, 2010 posted in: Economy, Investment

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Fighting back against Fed chief Ben Bernanke’s recent statements, John Taylor, Stanford economics professor and the creator of the Taylor Rule, states his case. […]