Monthly September, 2010
GOLD We have been suggesting since the blog started that junior resource stocks are the place to be. . We have also suggested that junior gold stocks are a favored sector. Our belief is based upon many factors, including * a worldwide concern about the value of paper money, * the decreasing amount of gold...
We receive a lot of email and advertisements. The following comments came from a solicitation from VectorVest on September 27, 2010. The comments mirror some of our thoughts and we thought we would just post them as is and add a few comments. The following big lies have been repeated so long and so often...
Buy stocks, mutual funds, or hedge funds Mutual fund managers get paid based on the amount of money they manage. They don’t get paid on performance, or record, or anything else that is based on how well they are doing. They get paid on how much money they manage. That is why ‘Buy and Hold’...
The Price of Gold As we remarked in our previous blog, the commodity ‘gold’ keeps rising and setting new price heights. However, the trading value of companies that mine, process or search for this precious metal have stagnated or actually fallen. If one considers that the price of the metal has doubled or tripled or...
How Junior Resource Stocks Have Performed Many junior resource stocks are running at or near 52-week highs, and the sector boasts some spectacular individual performances. Returns for producing or near-production stocks for the twelve months to the end of August are running at around 50%, and have shown good results since the start of this...
Today’s headlines Sep 10/10 – Bloomberg Businessweek – Asian Stocks Gain on Japanese Growth, U.S. Jobless Claims Data Sep 10/10 – Reuters – – China’s imports leap, cutting trade surplus Sep 10/10 – Bloomberg Businessweek – Junk Debt ‘Best Bet’ as Issuance Nears Record: Credit Markets The World is Improving – Just as we Said...
What Do Managers of Mutual Funds Invest In? This is a most interesting subject. The way mutual funds are promoted is to give the impression that the managers are continually researching stocks and buying and selling then. To some extent this is true. To a larger extent the number of stocks that the manager invests...