Author: Prieur Du Plessis

Four-day weeks are notoriously volatile, and the past few days were no exception. But despite a daily dosage of grim economic news and a deterioration in the investment outlook, the headlines were captured by the inauguration of...

In October last year perennial bear Jeremy Grantham, chairman of Boston-based GMO, said: “We are reconciled to buying too soon, but we recognize that our fair value estimate of 975 on the S&P 500 is, from historical...

Marc Faber, the publisher of the Gloom, Doom and Boom Report, told CNBC that the new bank bailouts are not likely to work because they are run by the same people who prolonged the economic agony by throwing money at weak...

President Obama’s inaugural speech was praised by some as inspirational and brilliant, but others viewed it as less remarkable. Be that as it may, today he commenced his presidency against the worst economic background in...

The following paragraphs from Nouriel Roubini’s RGE Monitor provide an insightful look at the daunting economic and geo-political challenges facing President Obama. Now that Barack Obama has taken the oath and become the...

Investor sentiment around the globe was negatively impacted during 2009’s second full week of trading as a barrage of bleak economic and corporate news offered more confirmation of a deepening recession, bringing risk...

Risk appetite around the globe deteriorated over the past few days as an avalanche of negative economic and corporate news battered already fragile investor sentiment. A few of the more interesting video clips that attracted my...