Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
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Friday, December 17, 2010
What Investors Should Do as the Fed Plays Ostrich / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Mike_Larson
The latest Federal Reserve meeting came and went this week. And I gotta tell you, the Fed should replace the eagle on its website with an ostrich!
I say that because the post-meeting statement was a bunch of boilerplate text. No recognition of rising inflation pressures around the world. No recognition of an improved tone to the economic data. And most importantly, no acknowledgement whatsoever about the dismal failure of QE2!
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Investing Strategy for Switching from Bonds to High Dividend Paying Stocks / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Richard_Shaw
This is a follow-up to last week's letter suggesting that the best days for bonds are behind us for a while, and that reduction of bond positions is in order. We have been replacing bonds in managed accounts with high quality, above average dividend stocks with long histories of paying and growing dividends, and shortening duration among the substantially reduced bond positions we hold.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Three Secrets to Picking Winning Small Cap Stocks in This Market / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Investment_U
Louis Basenese writes: So, Lou… are you worried about buying small-cap stocks now, given the market’s huge run-up?”
This was the question that Frank Curzio put to me, as I was being interviewed on S&A Radio last week.
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Three Macro Investment Plays – CYB,TBT,YCS / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Peter_Navarro
The market remains in an uptrend but it is a “weak dollar” rally, not a “strong economy” rally. In real, dollar-adjusted terms, the market is closer to flat. A possible crash triggered by the weakening economy or a currency war is not out of the question. Don’t fight the trend – but I’m certainly not jumping in on the long side with both feet either.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Stock Market Investing, We're "All In" Still and Sitting Tight / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: DailyWealth
After spending many years in Wall Street, and after making and losing millions of dollars, I want to tell you this: It was never my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon. - – Legendary Speculator Jesse Livermore, from the classic 1923 book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Think “Globally” For Investing Opportunities / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Tony_Sagami
Judging from the response, my last article on Asian IPOs caught a lot of people’s attention.
Of the top 15 performing IPOs this year, nine of them are foreign companies. Out of those nine foreign companies, one is from India: MakeMyTrip.com (MMYT). One is from the Cayman Islands: Fabrinet (FN). The rest are from China, such as SouFun Holdings (SFUN), China New Borun (BORN), and Country Style Cooking (CCSC).
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
U.S. Jobs Market May Look Bleak, But Your Investments Don’t Have To / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Money_Morning
Jon D. Markman writes:
There's no getting around the fact that the U.S. jobs market is bleak. Ultimately, though, it's a stark reminder that as investors, we should be looking abroad for maximum profits.
Indeed, investors must turn to countries where the number of people working is rising along with standards of living and consumption.
But that's not all.
Friday, October 08, 2010
Resources and Technology, and a New Investment Paradigm for the Next Decade / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Christopher_Laird
Between the Century from 1908 to 2008, the world underwent stupendous transformation. I like to compare a photo of then vs now for an example:
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Gold, Silver, Lumber, Farmland, Foreign Real Estate Alternative Investments To Consider / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Lorimer_Wilson
Chris Mack writes: Are you one of the millions of people who lost money over the past decade in stocks and housing who is now buying bonds, annuities, and other fixed deposit credit based investments? If so you are probably doing so because you think it is the conservative thing to do but, in fact, you are really being a speculator buying an asset far above its intrinsic value with the idea that someone else will pay even more and such action is guaranteed to disappoint. Instead, you should make alternative investments the core of your portfolio. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Investors Strategies for Surviving Inflation in Gold, Stocks and Cash / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: The_Gold_Report
Finding undervalued blue chip companies with exposure to Asian growth ranks high on Porter Stansberry's to-do list these days. And it works as a hedge against inflation, too, according to the fellow who founded Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, because the companies' earnings and assets would grow as prices climb. There's a caveat, though. "If you're not willing to short stocks as well, don't buy stocks at all," he cautions readers of The Gold Report in this exclusive interview. "Stay in cash and gold."
Monday, September 27, 2010
Brazil, Commodities Bull Market, Are You Missing The Boat? / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Larry_Edelson
If you haven’t been investing in the gold market, like I’ve been telling you to do, then not only are you missing the boat …
… but the boat you are in, whatever it may be, is most likely sinking — weighed down by the effects of all the Fed’s money printing, which will continue as far as the eye can see.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Merger Frenzy and Food Riots Emerging Investment Themes / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Joseph_Dancy
Two investment themes have emerged over the last few months that are very positive for our portfolio. First, merger and acquisition activity has increased substantially. Secondly, the price of many agricultural commodities have increased and U.S. exports are booming – all very positive for the agricultural sector.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Investor European Escape Hatch From the U.S. Recession / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
When I speak with the U.S. subscribers to my Permanent Wealth Investor advisory service, there's one bit of wisdom that I repeat time and again: Just because you're living through a recession doesn't mean that your money has to.
If that's a high-falutin way of telling folks to invest globally, so be it. The reality is that there are other places to invest than in the U.S. economy - and many of those "other" spots offer much better returns.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
China Turning Up The Heat On Bordeaux Futures / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Static_Chaos
Booming demand from emerging economies--especially China-- in addition to near-perfect weather in western France, is sending prices of Bordeaux soaring 28% within a one-month time.
WSJ reported that Château Lafite Rothschild's 2009 Bordeaux began its advance sales in early July at $18,000 a case. They were sold out in four days and the same case now is going for $23,000 (see graph from WSJ).
Friday, September 03, 2010
Buy and Hold Investment Strategy Can Still Be Effective / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: John_Browne
As Americans have justifiably lost faith in the stock market, the classic buy-and-hold investment strategy has fallen from favor. The problem is that retail investors are wrongly equating the performance of stocks as a class with the trajectory of American stocks in particular. Fortunately, buy-and-hold still works in many parts of the world. If you are an American, just don't try it at home.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Think Small Cap Stocks When Investing International / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Ron_Rowland
You won’t be surprised when I say the U.S. markets are lousy right now. Can you find niches that are performing well? Sure — I often highlight these for you when I see them. But most U.S. stocks and sectors are going sideways at best. Moreover, I don’t see the situation changing in the near future.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Stock Market Investment Opportunities in the Bad News? / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Frank_Holmes
There’s been plenty of bleak news coming out of the equity markets and the U.S. economy as a whole. Are there opportunities hidden within that bad news? Are we now in one of those “blood in the streets” scenarios that Rothschild (and many investors after him) found so appealing?Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, August 22, 2010
China U.S. Investing Strategy After Unocal / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Dian_L_Chu
After state-owned CNOOC was blocked from the Unocal acquisition in 2005, China has instead turned toward other countries such as Australia, Canada and Brazil for its natural resource strategic investments.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Long-Term Investment Case for Stocks and Commodities Stronger than Case for Bonds / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Chris_Ciovacco
In their understandably concerned state of mind in the present day, investors may have lost sight of the longer-term drivers of asset prices. Bonds, especially U.S. Treasuries, have merit presently as high levels of debt have sparked concerns about deflation. However, in the long-run, the case for stocks, commodities, commodity-related currencies, and precious metals looks quite a bit stronger than the case for bonds.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Stock Market Performance, The Efficient Transfer of Wealth / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Doug_Wakefield
The following is a test. This will take less than a couple of minutes to test your mental sanity. Based on our current juncture in history, I believe this will prove of value.