Poll: Grading Bernanke & Paulson
Source: http://www.investmentpostcards.comPosted on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 | In Market Commentary
Contributed by: Prieur du Plessis (http://www.investmentpostcards.com) -
On the one-year anniversary of the credit crisis it makes for interesting debate to reflect on how well the situation has been handled by Messrs Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson. I have therefore deemed it appropriate to ask your assistance to assess the gentlemen’s performance by means of a quick poll.
To set the ball rolling, Mohamed El-Erian, co-CEO of PIMCO, and author of the must-read When Markets Collide, provides his assessment (and also comments on why Alan Greenspan is not to blame for the financial meltdown).
Source: The Street, August 17, 2008.
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![]() About Prieur du Plessis (http://www.investmentpostcards.com)
Prieur du Plessis has 25 years’ experience in professional investment research and portfolio management. More than 1,000 of his articles on investment-related topics have been published in various regular newspaper, journal and Internet columns. He has also published a book, Financial Basics: Investment. Prieur is chief executive and principal shareholder of South African-based Plexus Asset Management, which he founded in 1995. The group conducts investment management, investment consulting, private equity and real estate activities in South Africa and other African countries. Plexus is the South African partner of John Mauldin, author of the Thoughts from the Frontline e-letter, and also has an exclusive licensing agreement with California-based Research Affiliates for managing and distributing its enhanced Fundamental IndexTM methodology in the Pan-African area. Prieur is 52 years old and lives with his wife, television producer and presenter Isabel Verwey, and two children in Cape Town, South Africa. His recreational activities include long-distance running, motor cycling, traveling and reading. |




