Face to Face with George Soros

Print This Story Print This Story

October 26th, 2009 by Prieur du Plessis, Investment Postcards from Cape Town

Twitter It! | Email This Article



Chrystia Freeland, US managing editor of the Financial Times, interviewed George Soros, the legendary fund manager, about the state of the world economy, relations between the US and China, his investment performance and regulating bankers’ compensation. A link to the transcript of the interview follows at the end of the post.

Part 1: The world economy and currencies

Click here or on the image below to view the video.

soros-1

Advertisement


Part 2: The 2008 crisis

Click here or on the image below to view the video.

soros-2

Part 3: Financial reform

Click here or on the image below to view the video.

soros-3

Click here for the transcript of the interview.

Source: Chrystia Freeland, Financial Times (click here, here and here), October 23, 2009.

Or view it here:
Soros Transcript

by-nc-sa
More on this topic (What's this?) Read more on George Soros at Wikinvest

Dr. Prieur du Plessis is an investment professional with 26 years' experience in investment research and portfolio management. More than 1,200 of his articles on investment-related topics have been published in various regular newspaper, journal and Internet columns, including his blog, Investment Postcards from Cape Town. He has also published a book, Financial Basics: Investment. Prieur is Chairman 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 a number of foreign countries. He also serves as Honorary Consul of Slovenia for South Africa, actively developing economic, cultural and scientific relations between Slovenia and South Africa. Prieur is 54 years old and live with his wife, television producer and presenter Isabel Verwey, and two children in Cape Town, South Africa. His leisure activities include long-distance running, traveling, reading, motor-cycling and scripophily. Read more from the author/contributor here.

Related Posts

Stephen Roach – Spotlight on BRIC Consumers

China Rate Hikes May Be Premature

Daniel Arbess on China, Inflation, Commodities

Jim O’Neill: From BRICs with LUV

WealthTrack: Why Jim Grant is Bullish

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Gold, Markets |

Comments

Leave a Reply

 Comment Form 

Security Code: