17 « May « 2011 « Investment Postcards from Cape Town

I am adding platinum to my portfolio! Click through for the rationale … […]

Technical Talk: Daily update (Monday, May 16, 2011)

By Prieur du Plessis, on May 17th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

Adam Hewison, charting strategist of INO.com, is a familiar name on this site. As a new service, he now brings a superb daily technical update to readers about the ups and downs of various markets. […]

Inflation data: actual vs. Fed’s forecast

By Prieur du Plessis, on May 17th, 2011 posted in: Economy, Inflation

In this post, Asha Bangalore of Northern Trust argues that economic conditions are not indicative of imminent inflation. […]

Historian Napier sees S&P as low as 400

By Prieur du Plessis, on May 17th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Stocks

Stock market historian and CLSA consultant Russell Napier discusses with John Authers, head of FT’s Lex, his warning that the real bear market in the S&P has yet to come and could push the US equities index down to 400, plus he explains how emerging markets could trigger a leap in US Treasury yields. […]

Turkey: The month of one-offs

By Prieur du Plessis, on May 17th, 2011 posted in: Economy, Turkey

Tevfik Aksoy of Morgan Stanley provides a short overview of the latest on the economic front in Turkey. […]

Why Jim Rogers stays in gold

By Prieur du Plessis, on May 17th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

Jim Rogers, veteran investor, talks to FT’s head of Lex, John Authers, about the value of gold and silver, the strength of commodities, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury yields plus the housing bubble in China. He was interviewed at the CFA Institute Annual Conference in Edinburgh. […]