Topic: Market Oracle's Stocks Portfolio
The new items published under this topic are as follows.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Portfolio Allocation to Precious Metals- How to Invest $100,000 / Portfolio / Resources Investing
By: Dudley_Baker
For the last two days, I attended and participated in the Hard Assets Investment Conference in New York City which was well attended with many great speakers and companies. I always encourage investors to attend these conferences to get a real ‘hands on feel', after all, it is your money. Meet the management, ask questions and visit newsletter writers. I would have to say, the consensus was that investors should not expect gold and silver prices to rise for perhaps the next several months and that the markets are still very vulnerable to a decline in gold into the upper 700's. That said, prices are consolidating within the long-term bull market and investors need to exercise patience and continue to seek out excellent companies and deploy their investment dollars as opportunities present themselves.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Three Strategies to Protect Your Investment Portfolio From Falling Corporate Profits / Portfolio / Corporate Earnings
By: Money_and_Markets
Tony Sagami writes: If 2008 has been tough on your portfolio, there is no shortage of blame to go around: $90 oil, the subprime mortgage crisis, the collapsing dollar, and falling real estate prices.
But in my opinion, the underlying cause of U.S. stock market woes is much simpler: Rapidly disappearing corporate profits.
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Stock and Bond Market Trading Powers Modern Portfolio Asset Allocation / Portfolio / Learn to Trade
By: Steve_Selengut
For most individual investors, trading is approached in a totally speculative manner. Stock trading, in its more popular forms (Day Trading, Swing Trading, etc.) includes none of the elements that a conservative investment strategy would contain: little if any attention is given to the Quality of the equities selected; Diversification is determined by chance alone; no attempt is made to develop an increasing and dependable stream of Income. But stock trading by individual investors doesn't deserve quite as bad a "rep" as it has earned. After all, its very foundation is profit taking, probably the most important and most often neglected of the activities required for successful investment management. Unfortunately for most equity traders, loss taking is a more common occurrence. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
US Stock Markets Skating on Thin Ice! Four Steps to Protect your Portfolio / Portfolio / Global Stock Markets
By: Money_and_Markets
I'm starting to see a lot of "thin ice" signs here in my home state of Montana. That's because the temperature is dropping, but it's not yet cold enough for thick ice to form on our bodies of water.
I'm seeing a lot of warning signs popping up in the financial markets, too. Oil is flirting with $100 a barrel. The credit crunch is deepening. Corporate earnings are disappointing. The U.S. dollar is making new all-time lows.
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Monday, August 13, 2007
Wealthbuilder Monthly Stock Market Portfolio Investment Note - August / Portfolio / US Stock Markets
By: Christopher_Quigley
Overview
The bull market in the Dow is being tested. The technical breakdown currently is action was forewarned by the cluster of Hindenburg Omens which were noted in the market throughout July.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Wealthbuilder Monthly Stock Market Portfolio Investment Note / Portfolio / Investing
By: Christopher_Quigley
Overview:
Overall markets continue to work higher, despite the existence of Hindenburg Omen clusters. The nature of this indicator shows that the internal breadth of the Market is weak. In the event that the current rally stalls there could be significant technical breakdown.
The risk in the market is high and ideally investors should wait until a pullback support level has been tested before adding significantly to new positions.
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Monday, July 16, 2007
Disaster in the US Dollar! Profit bonanza in ETFs! / Portfolio / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Money_and_Markets
Martin Weiss writes: The U.S. dollar has just been slammed for the fifth week in a row, and no one in Washington is lifting a finger to support it.
The dollar has plunged to a 26-year low against the pound … a 30-year low against the Canadian dollar … and an all-time low against the euro!
The dollar is falling against the Brazilian real, the Mexican peso and even the currencies of smaller, previously impoverished countries.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Portfolio Insurance - The Same Old Short Comings / Portfolio / Risk Analysis
By: Michael_J_Panzner
On the face of it, it seemed like a great idea: an insurance policy for investment portfolios. No wonder it was popular with the Wall Street crowd. Unfortunately, it was not until the strategy was put to the test in the fall of 1987 that its many shortcomings came to light. By then, of course, it was too late.
“Portfolio insurance” was first developed more than two decades ago in an attempt to limit the damage caused by significant share-price declines. Previously, fund managers found it hard to adjust quickly to sudden market turbulence, mainly because of practical issues associated with rebalancing large portfolios at a time when technological solutions were limited and communications networks sluggish.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Technical Speculator Model Growth Portfolios Update / Portfolio / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Donald_W_Dony
May 2007 marks the fourth anniversary of these mainly exchange traded fund-driven portfolios. The performance continues to show good returns. The Canadian-dollar portfolio has averaged 32.40% annually and the U.S.-dollar portfolio at 23.97%.Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, March 11, 2007
US Stock and Investment Portfolio - Update 11th March 2007 / Portfolio / Investing
By: Robert_Moore
The markets seem to be undecided. I wish there would be a good old-fashioned correction so I would feel comfortable spending some money.
Gold: Last Monday would have been a good time to pick up some gold. I didn't get my order in so I'm hoping to see a little bit more downside so I can buy at a slightly better price.
I am bullish on gold so I always buy when the price gets close to the 180-day Moving Average and I back up the truck and load it when the "Accum" trigger is hit, now at -.37. If you are building your portfolio, now would be a good time to buy some gold.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
US Stock and Investment Portfolio - Update 5th March 2007 / Portfolio / Investing
By: Robert_Moore
I'm late with my post since I was at a remote, isolated Costa Rican jungle location on vacation last week. What a surprise it was to pick up a copy of the jungle news after a week of isolation and read that CNBC was being sold to the Chinese National Broadcasting Company, hell, they don't even need to change the call letters! It's really interesting to get away while the markets melt down.
OK, I lied. Staying at the Four Seasons Resort Peninsula Papagayo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica is living in the lap of luxury. I saw the market melt down between golf, swimming, good food, drinks, sailing, reading, windsurfing and monkey watching. Too awesome to describe here. What was interesting, however, was that the resort seemed to empty out on Tuesday. Not sure why but I'm speculating that a number of the guests were in some way intimately tied to the markets...."Dear, I believe we may need to cut this vacation short as I've got to get back to New York/London to check our hedge fund...We're short a few Yen/Swissies and long mortgages and stocks". Gulp.
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
US Stock and Investment Portfolio - Update 25th Feb 07 / Portfolio / Investing
By: Robert_Moore
The Permanent Portfolio fund hit a new record high this week, again.
Gold: I just love it when gold moves up like this. Not only does the value of my portfolio go up a lot but I get a warm-positive feeling that there are people out there in the world that understand that gold is precious. I'm not buying or selling right now. I am bullish on gold so I always buy when the price gets close to the 180-day Moving Average and I back up the truck and load it when the "Accum" trigger is hit, now at -.37.
If you are building your portfolio, you might want to wait for the next dip. If you are in sell-mode the past few days would have been a good time to sell a few coins to get you through the month. If you are balancing your Permanent Portfolio to get gold to 25% selling now is OK. Put the proceeds into the Long Bond or into whatever class you are short.
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Sunday, February 18, 2007
US Stock and Investment Portfolio Update - 18th Feb 07 / Portfolio / Investing
By: Robert_Moore
The Permanent Portfolio fund hit a new record high this week. Everything just keeps going up and up and up... Where will it stop and what will stop it? What asset classes will bring it down a bit? What's relatively high and low right now? I have no clue where it will stop and what will stop it, but I do know what asset classes are relatively high or low. That's what we look at in this weekly review.Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Bob's Permanent US Investment Portfolio Analysis Update - 9th Feb 07 / Portfolio / Investing
By: Robert_Moore
Gold (Currently Bullish): Gold has continued to hang around "Shed" all week. I'm not buying right now. I am bullish on gold so I always buy when the price gets close to the 180-day Moving Average and I back up the truck and load it when the "Accum" trigger is hit, now at -.37. If you are building your portfolio, you might want to wait for the next dip. If you are in sell-mode the past few days would have been a-good-a-time-as-any to sell a few coins to get you through the month. If you are balancing your Permanent Portfolio to get gold to 25% selling now is OK. Put the proceeds into the Long Bond or into whatever class you are short. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, October 16, 2006
Stock Portfolio Update - Portfolio Roars ahead as the FTSE Makes NEW 5 Year high / Portfolio / Investing
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Against expectations the FTSE continues to march higher to new highs, pushing the Market Oracle portfolio higher with it. The portfolio is now up over 40% on a 12 month basis (dividends) reinvested.
Despite getting itchy fingers with regards some of the gains racked up. I am again not making any changes to the portfolio, other than the inclusion of the speculative online poker stock Party Gaming, which is showing a small loss.
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