This short update comes to you from Cape Town airport where I am awaiting my flight to Johannesburg, and then to Frankfurt and finally Ljubljana (capital of Slovenia) where I will be spending the next few days with a group of...
Read MoreSource: Larry Wright, September 4, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreI will be traveling to Slovenia tomorrow as I am taking a group of South African business people on a fact-finding mission to this jewel of central Europe. Blog posting will be absent for most of the time while I am on the road...
Read MoreThe stock market assessment below comes from highly regarded David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist of Gluskin Sheff & Associates. We may well be in an entirely new phase right now. For months, the equity market had...
Read MoreThis is a guest contribution by Damien Hoffman, editor-in-chief of the very popular Wall St Cheat Sheet blog. Make sure to put this site on your must-read list. Nouriel Roubini and His Acolytes Following the incredible...
Read MoreSource: Gary Varvel, September 3, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreRisk aversion has re-entered the investment equation with risky assets such as equities and commodities bearing the brunt of the selling orders, while gold bullion, government bonds, the US dollar and the yen are attracting...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Niels Jensen*, chief executive partner of London-based Absolute Return Partners. It is not universally appreciated, but the last 25-30 years have, in general, been staggeringly good to most...
Read MoreSource: Adam Zyges, Comis.com, August 28, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreI have just been interviewed by a South African financial magazine, FinWeek. The result is published below and tells you a bit more about the person behind the Investment Postcards blog. Veteran investment professional –...
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