Investment Postcards from Cape Town

Doug Kass’s Top 20 Surprises for 2010

Prieur du Plessis — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:14:36 +0000

Doug Kass of Seabreeze Partners has just published his customary 20 surprises for the year ahead. Like him or not, the list included in this post makes for stimulating reading.

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The Fed Agenda

Prieur du Plessis — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:11:58 +0000

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.

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Prieur’s readings (December 22, 2009)

Prieur du Plessis — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:09:25 +0000

This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy.

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2010 Economic outlook: From exit to exit

Prieur du Plessis — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:08:43 +0000

"This year was all about the exit from the Great Recession - and it worked courtesy of massive global policy stimulus. Next year will be all about the exit from super-expansionary monetary policy - we expect the major central banks to start exiting around mid-2010," said Joachim Fels of Moragn Stanley in this guest contribution.

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Too big to fail

Prieur du Plessis — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:02:28 +0000

Another great cartoon from Tom Toles.

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Face to face with Marc Faber

Prieur du Plessis — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:04:42 +0000

Andy Mukherjee of Indian TV sits down with Marc Faber, author of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, discussing a wide spectrum of topics about the economy and financial markets. Do make a point of viewing these clips.

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Technical Talk: Uptrend is still intact

Prieur du Plessis — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:01:21 +0000

"Stocks may be benefiting from a favorable seasonal pattern. Not only is December a strong month seasonally, but a late-month bounce (known as the Santa Claus rally) may still lie ahead. That may not be enough to push stocks out of their trading range, but should be enough to prevent them from dropping much," argues John Murphy in this guest contribution.

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Prieur’s readings (December 21, 2009)

Prieur du Plessis — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:53:17 +0000

The week ahead

Prieur du Plessis — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:51:59 +0000

The video clips in this post provide a handy summary of the reports expected on the economic, financial and corporate front around the globe during the week ahead.

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Cutting back on spending this Xmas

Prieur du Plessis — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:07:27 +0000

What can we say?

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