Jim Cramer’s Call: Ultimate Bear Bottom Indicator?
The VIX hit 56 this morning in US and the stock market dropped an average of 4.5% in a day. Since the start of these, the market have dropped 30%. A good time to start bottom calling?
Jim Cramer seems to think not. But in a way, he might be indirecting calling for one:
Bullish investors should […]
Mark Mobius Sees Commodites Correction, Not End Of Boom
Emerging markets veteran Mark Mobius doesn’t think the recent selloff in commodities is the end of a boom which started back in 1999. Pratima Desai for Reuters UK wrote last week:
“When you have a long-term uptrend, excesses build up along the way. We are witnessing a correction,” said Mark Mobius, executive chairman at Templeton Asset […]
Barrick Gold Becomes An Oil Producer?
Barrick’s bid to acquire Cadence Energy surprised me at first. After all, Barrick is a gold miner, right?
The nature of the bid was surprisingly local. Cadence is a small oil driller; we’re talking tiny. They produce 3,600 barrels of oil a day. I mean, why bother? The short answer is this: Barrick is thinking globally, […]
What’s Wrong With Gold Stocks?
Earlier this year (”Gold Stocks Pay Off“), it seemed like the stars had lined up for gold stock investors. Gold equities looked cheap relative to bullion in mid-March, at least on the basis of the GLD/GDX ratio. The ratio, representing the price multiple of the SPDR Gold Shares Trust (NYSE: GLD) over the Market Vectors […]
Preventing Investment Mistakes: Ten Risk Minimizers
Most investment mistakes are caused by basic misunderstandings of the securities markets and by invalid performance expectations. The markets move in totally unpredictable cyclical patterns of varying duration and amplitude. Evaluating the performance of the two major classes of investment securities needs to be done separately because they are owned for differing purposes. Stock […]
Safety in Reits? Don’t count on it:Analysts
I’m bringing you this article that caught my attention on the business times. Certainly for dividend investors the opportunity in REITs have been getting good these few months with some REIT having yields up to 9-10%.
While searching for top yielders are important, it is worthwhile to choose based on growth prospects and value prospects as […]
Dividend Idea: SATS - Singapore Airport Terminal Services
Airline Ground Services and Inflight solutions provider have really taken a beating together with SIA Engineering and ST Engineering.
What is common between the 3 of them? A high possibility that sentiments are against them due to the slowing of US economy and demand for air travel and maintenance.
However, i think as a long term investor […]
Retirement Advice for Twenty Somethings
I thought i will put this up as well. Its a good article that its not all about saving and not having fun. its finding the right balance in life.
From Portfolio.com:
A reader writes:
As a “younger investor” myself looking for ways to
retire with millions (we can all dream), I’ve been trying to start
early and doing my […]
David Dreman:Bear Market Opportunities
These aren’t happy times, but they’re historic ones. The Dow Jones industrial average suffered its worst June since the Great Depression. In July it crossed the threshold into a bear market, dropping 22% from its October 2007 high.
The liquidity crisis continues to unfold, proving far worse than even the most pessimistic Wall Streeters expected. Several […]
Richard Russell’s Wisdom: Rich Man Poor Man
Richard Russell has been writing and publishing the Dow Theory Letters since 1958, and never has he missed an issue! It is the longest newsletter service continuously published by one person in the investment business. Richard is now 80 years old, and writes an extremely popular daily e-letter, full of commentary on the markets and […]
