Xmas list – change you can believe in
Source: Nate Beeler, Comics.com, December 22, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
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Saxo Bank – Outrageous Predictions for 2010
German bunds to fall 2.25%, the VIX to fall to 14, and gold to fall to $870 an ounce are just some of the “outrageous predictions” Saxo Bank made for next year. Christian Blaabjerg from Saxo Bank told CNBC the forecasts are “the...
Read MorePrieur’s readings (December 23, 2009)
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Robert Skidelsky (Financial Times): Why market sentiment has no credibility, December 22, 2009. The same...
Read MoreHow much do you know about oil?
My friends at US Global Investors came up with a quiz on the history, geopolitics, etc. of oil. Click here or on the image below for a bit of fun.
Read MoreMobius explores Libya, Algeria
The paragraphs below come courtesy of Mark Mobius, emerging markets guru and executive chairman of Templeton Asset Management. I arrived in Tripoli, Libya’s capital and largest city, on a short flight from Athens, Greece, so I...
Read MoreCalendar for the next few days!
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Read MoreDoug Kass’s Top 20 Surprises for 2010
Doug Kass of Seabreeze Partners has just published his customary 20 surprises for the year ahead. Like him or not, the list below, courtesy of Barron’s, makes for stimulating reading. 1. There is a glaring upside to...
Read MoreThe Fed Agenda
In this video clip, CNBC’s Steve Liesman talks to Chicago Federal Reserve President Charlie Evans. This is an excellent interview about the Fed’s policies and preparedness for withdrawing liquidity from the economy. Source:...
Read MorePrieur’s readings (December 22, 2009)
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Gary Rawlins (USA Today): Year’s best business books to make sense of financial crisis, December 21,...
Read More2010 Economic outlook: From exit to exit
This post is a guest contribution by Joachim Fels* of Morgan Stanley. This year was all about the exit from the Great Recession – and, as we had expected at the start of the year, it worked courtesy of massive global...
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