David Swensen, the legendary chief investment officer of Yale’s $20 billion dollar endowment, recently appeared on Consuelo Mack’s WealthTrack for a two-part interview. Swensen has literally transformed the way university...
Read MoreSource: Wayne Stayskal, Townhall.com, June 1, 2009. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreUps and downs on financial markets were plentiful during the past week, but investor sentiment, on balance, brightened on the back of constructive financial and economic data – capped by a better-than-expected US non-farm...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Rebecca Wilder*, author of the of the News N Economics blog. The global economic reports are becoming saturated with signs of a forming bottom. Auto sales in Japan and the US are improving...
Read MoreSource: David Fitzsimmons, June 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 MoreBy Cees Bruggemans With the recession biting deep, some 200 000 to 300 000 formal jobs being lost rather than being created this year, informal work opportunities being lost as money is tight and public service delivery in many...
Read MoreThe Baltic Dry Index – a measure of freight rates for iron ore and bulk commodities – rose non-stop for 23 sessions until Wednesday, before declining somewhat yesterday. This surge represents a gain of 517% from its...
Read MoreSource:Walt Handelsman, June 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 MoreChris Wood, street smart Global Equity Strategist of CLSA, yesterday said in an interview on CNBC-TC18 that the US markets remained in a bear market rally while Asia and India were in a secular bull market. He said the Indian...
Read MoreBill Gross, co-founder and co-CIO of PIMCO, is to my mind one of the shrewdest money men around. His monthly newsletter, this month entitled “Staying Rich in the New Normal”, therefore always makes for thought-provoking reading....
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