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Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Gold bullion – a belated Christmas gift

I am spending a few days of the Christmas break at a village alongside the coastline of the Cape Town Peninsula. It is quaint, picturesque and simply an ideal location for enjoying quality time with the family. The only drawback is that it does become quite windy on occasion - at best not a highly […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Investment, Markets, Money, Gold, Finance, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Business by Prieur du Plessis
Monday, December 24th, 2007

Season’s greetings

Here’s wishing you a great festive season full of fun, laughter and joy. It has certainly been an eventful year, especially as far as financial markets were concerned.
Thank you for your friendship and support in making Investment Postcards such a fulfilling experience, and here’s to a wonderful 2008.

 
And now for a good laugh. In the […]

7 Comments » - Posted in Money, Markets, Investment by Prieur du Plessis
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

Words from the wise for the week that was (Dec 17 – 23, 2007)

The commentary for this week’s edition of “Words from the Wise” is somewhat abbreviated as I am trying to finish the report a bit earlier in order to join my family at our beach house at Gordon’s Bay (40 minutes from Cape Town) for a few days over the Christmas period.
I will nevertheless still be […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Money, Markets, Investment, Oil, Stocks, Wall Street, US dollar, Sub-prime, Housing, Gold, Currencies, Commodities, Business, Economy, Emerging markets, Finance, Equities, Bonds by Prieur du Plessis
Friday, December 21st, 2007

China and the Arabian Peninsula as market stabilizers

Why are stock markets not tanking against the background of the sub-prime meltdown and an increasing number of “experts” calling for a US recession? One explanation for this seeming anomaly has been offered by George Friedman, CEO of Stratfor. (Stratfor, short for Strategic Forecasting, focuses on analysis and forecasts of geopolitical, economic, security and public […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Oil, Stocks, Sub-prime, US dollar, Money, Markets, China, Economy, Finance, Investment, Business by Prieur du Plessis
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