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Market Correction Could Be Larger Than ExpectedMon Jun 22nd, 2009
Prieur du Plessis Last week, caution crept back into investors’ vocabularies for the first time in more than 3 months as they faced up to President Barack Obama’s plan to reform the US financial marke |
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Prieur Perspective: New Appetite for RiskMon Jun 1st, 2009
Prieur du Plessis Government bonds dominated action on financial markets during the past holiday-shortened week, as angst about inflation and massive issuance propelled yields to 6-month highs in the US, Europe, and J |
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Nationalization: Is There an Exit Strategy?Tue Feb 24th, 2009
Minyan Peter Whether it's later today, tomorrow, or sometime soon, I think it's pretty clear nationalization is coming. And whether by owning common stock, warrants for common stock, convertible preferred, or som |
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Reading the Elliott TriangleTue Feb 10th, 2009
David Waggoner The triangle has been written about as a pattern in stock charts at least since the 1930s and was profiled in detail in the first edition of Technical Analysis of Stock Trends by Edwards and Magee in |
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Prieur Perspective: Investors Search for Safe HavensMon Jan 26th, 2009
Prieur du Plessis Fears about the intensity of the global recession and renewed skepticism regarding the beleaguered financial sector fueled a flight to safety during the past holiday-shortened trading week. President |
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Trading RadarFri Dec 5th, 2008
Minyanville Staff Monday, December 8 Economics Earnings Before: After: HRB, NSM, PBY Events SWIFT Operations Forum Europe ICBI Risk Minds Conference Friends of Europe European Policy Summit Merrill Lynch SUB-SAHARAN A |
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Markets on the Knife's EdgeWed Nov 12th, 2008
Prieur du Plessis The list of well-known names identifying value on the US stock market at current levels is growing by the day, and includes the likes of Jeremy Grantham (GMO – “Careful buying is justifie |
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Prieur's Perspective: Welcome to Wall Street, President ObamaMon Nov 10th, 2008
Prieur du Plessis President-Elect Obama’s victory signaled a change in US political direction, but the biggest Election-Day rally ever -- a 4.1% surge in the S&P 500 -- was quickly overshadowed by Wednesday& |
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Obnoxious Product Placement: The Wizard, a Definite Nintendon'tWed Nov 5th, 2008
Mike Schuster By 1989, video games were getting, at best, a mixed reception on the silver screen. WarGames was a massive hit, Tron and The Last Starfighter enjoyed modest success, but who among us fondly re |
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Prieur Perspective: Stock Markets - Fleeing For The ExitsMon Oct 27th, 2008
Prieur du Plessis The past week witnessed mounting evidence that the world economy is facing a sharp downturn, causing unrest to engulf financial markets. Stocks, emerging-market currencies and bonds remained under he |






