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Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 31st 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
Here’s wishing you a magnificent 2010! May you have a wonderful year full of fun, laughter and joy, and may the performance of your investment portfolio exceed all your expectations. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to upd read more
Picture du Jour: Goodbye to the “zeros decade”
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 31st 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
As we wave goodbye to the “zeros decade”, Chart of the Day highlighted the price performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Index for each decade since 1900. As the graph below illustrates, the performance of the Dow from the end of 1999 thr read more
Free institutional research
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 31st 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
The post below is a guest contribution by Mebane Faber, writer of the World Beta blog and author of The Ivy Portfolio - How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets. He shares a very useful list of the best free institutional research read more
Miners lead the charge as FTSE 100 rises 22pc in 2009
Economic knowledge | December 31st 2009
Markets have a habit of doing it. What looks like an ugly duckling one year transforms into a swan the next. read more
Secrets of the Trading Pros: Techniques & Tips that Pros Use…
Forex | Forex Signal | Forex Trading Signal | Currency Tradi… | December 31st 2009 by tita
Praise for Secrets of the Trading Pros “In Secrets of the Trading Pros, Jack Bouroudjian shares the unique insight of a market veteran who has experienced all aspects of the marketplace-from exchange and industry leader to brokerage e read more
In 2009 I learned that …
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 31st 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
“If it’s true that we learn new things with every passing year then the year 2009 was like a crash course in fringe economics, lunatic civics and paranormal market activity all rolled up in one,” said Joshua Brown of The Reformed Br read more
Marc Faber: Gloom, Doom & Chances of a Boom
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 31st 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
Marc Faber, editor and publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, shares his market outlook for 2010 with CNBC. Click here for the article. Source: CNBC, December 30, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to read more
Prieur’s readings (December 31, 2009)
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 31st 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • David Merkal (Aleph Blog): One dozen or so books on economics, December 30, 2009. • Tom Petruno (Los Angeles Times): The read more
Tech Ticker’s Best Guest of 2009: Barry Ritholtz
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 31st 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
“Given the appearance was within 24 hours of what proved to be a historical market bottom [March 9], that call alone would have put Barry Ritholtz in the running as our top guest of 2009 and winner of the coveted (and fictitious) “Purple read more
Todd Harrison talks about currencies and gold
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 31st 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
Last week Jordan Roy-Byrne, owner of Trendsman Investment Research and editor of The Daily Gold, interviewed Todd Harrison, founder and CEO of Minyanville, on currencies (and specifically the US dollar) and gold bullion. They discussed the chances of read more
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“Travel No 1″
The Secret: Capitalist Propaganda for the Post Hippie Genera… | December 30th 2009 by Phil
Come share my dream with me, let me tell you what it’s like, to sail the deep blue sea’s, or peddle china on a bike… It’s exciting feeling to travel, to see our amazing world, to walk a road of gravel, see the dust in a whirl read more
False Hope in the Real Estate Comeback
The Desidooru Saloon | December 30th 2009 by dan
The Los Angeles Times tells us that mortgage defaults in the prime category rose in the 3rd quarter. If you are wondering what might happen to housing prices in the US…should the depression continue…you might want to keep an eye on the de read more
Russia: The RE-Emerging Market
The Desidooru Saloon | December 30th 2009 by dan
Pop quiz: Guess which BRIC nation paid off the biggest returns in the last ten years. No peaking… Russia has a bad rep among its BRIC brethren. It’s politically unstable, GDP there is actually plummeting, it’s fate seems totally dependant on o read more
The Successful Foreign Exchange Trader – How to Become One
Automated Forex Trading | December 30th 2009 by Bruno
Forex traders, nowadays, aren’t required to work for the world’s top financial centers. With an Internet connection, the contemporary trader has the option of doing so from the luxury of his or her own home, or while basking in the warm s read more
Private Equity Investing
Internet Guru Money Making Guides | December 30th 2009 by Kel
Kim Aagaard, Toron Partner, Private Equity, addresses the development of private equity investing and critical issues surrounding this developing market. Related posts:How to Invest during a Market PanicGreen Investing – Bloomberg: Your Mone read more
Geopolitical hotspots of 2010
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 30th 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
2009 has been characterized by turbulence in three Islamic states - Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to George Friedman of Stratfor Global Intelligence, these theaters will also be the focus of intense conflicts in 2010. Source: Stratfor Gl read more
What’s ahead for 2010?
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 30th 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
“Unfortunately, we couldn’t find our crystal ball. But we did find 15 Minyanville professors to give us their take on the upcoming year,” said Todd Harrison and my other friends over at Minyanville. Click here or on the image below read more
Prieur’s readings (December 30, 2009)
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 30th 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Niall Ferguson (The Financial Times): The decade the world tilted east, December 27, 2009. If we can come up with a good exp read more
The biggest news stories of 2009
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 30th 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
The website Journalism.org every week monitors the news from 55 outlets, calculating what percentage of the week’s print, television, radio and internet reporting is devoted to each story. As shown below, the GOOD website has prepared an infogr read more
Just Say “NO!” and Walk Away…
The Cynical Economist | December 29th 2009
It seems now days, that no one feels obligated to fulfill the terms and responsibilities of a contract of any kind. Consider the article - Chinese firm says won’t pay Goldman on options losses. A small Chinese power generator on Tuesday reje read more
The Dirty Little Secret About Retirement Planning
The Variable Annuity Blog | December 29th 2009 by scott demonte
What no one wants to talk about, ever, in terms of retirement planning is the sequence of returns and the impact on retirement planning. I am bringing this up now as we wrap up the worst 10 year period ever in the S&P 500 we have ever had. In fac read more
Slump in sales at Daimler-braked trucks and buses in November …
Trucks | December 29th 2009 by Dan Remus
STUTTGART (Reuters) - After months of massive Burglary, Daimler AG has sales decline in trucks and buses to Can slow this year. Excerpt from: Slump in sales at Daimler-braked trucks and buses in November … read more
Richard Russell: “We’re on the path for fireworks in 2010″
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 29th 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
Many commentators have over the past few days churned out lists of 2010 predictions. Although never one to produce best and worst lists at the turn of the year, Richard Russell, 85-year-old doyen of newsletter writers and author of the Dow Theory Let read more
Jason Trennert’s market outlook for 2010
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 29th 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
Jason Trennert, chief investment strategist of Strategas Research Partners, shares his 2010 market outlook with CNBC. Source: CNBC, December 28, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from C read more
Prieur’s readings (December 29, 2009)
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 29th 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Dave Barry (The Washington Post): Lowlights of a Downer Year: Dave Barry on the money, madness and misery of 2009, December read more
Bill Bonner’s Christopher Columbus Prize …
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 29th 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
This post is a guest contribution by Bill Bonner, author of two New York Times best-selling books, Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt. Bill is also the driving force behind The Daily Reckoning. Beginning a new tradition, we give an award to t read more
Why I am against the Penang convention centre
anilnetto.com | December 28th 2009 by A
The proposal for a Penang International Convention Centre is already moving, but I dare say a large majority of Penangites are unaware of it. This artist impression of the convention centre doesn’t show how close it will be to the existing Pen read more
After the Bailouts, Washington’s the Boss
The Cynical Economist | December 28th 2009
A must read… From WSJ By BOB DAVIS, DEBORAH SOLOMON and JON HILSENRATH In 2008 and 2009, Washington strove to save the economy. In 2010, Americans will get a clearer picture of how Washington has changed the economy. Only as the recession reced read more
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