Monthly April, 2012
Firstly let me apologize to my readers for the slight absence in publishing. China and the World Economy Have you noticed that figures coming out of China show a trend that varies with conventional wisdom. Inflation in China is a force that the Chinese government mentions and tries to combat. You don’t hear about that...
Caterpillar Earnings Report April 12, 2012 Wall Street Journal Business Report 3:12 PM March sales of construction excavators in China look ugly, plunging 47% Y//Y to 23.3K units, with Caterpillar (CAT) sales off 51%. The numbers may not bode well for CAT Q1 earnings (report date 4/25), or the DJIA, over which the stock has...
Cymorfund generally publishes Blogs on Investments, Economics, Trends, Commodities and the like. Forgive this digression, but there is so much information coming out recently about genetically modified foods, that today we digress. Genetically Altered Foods – The Dramatic Rise in Autism and in Allergies If one searches the web, there is a growing body of...
The Faults with Capitalism In my blog of March 13, 2011, as part of a series of 10 recommendations to improve our economic system, I spoke to the impropriety of public servants leaving public service and immediately becoming highly paid “consultants” or “lobbyists”. The Effects of Government Intervention and a Review Cymorfund’s Track Record for...
The Stock Market is Stumbling Today There has been somewhat of a meltdown in the markets this week. Both yesterday and today, saw major losses in the TSXV and in commodities. A wave of gloom and doom is spreading across the industry. The Seasonality of the Market Most securities professionals understand that historical trends have...
The Market Moves in Swings and Cycles That No-one has yet Figured Out When someone figures out what the future price of the stock market will be, it will a momentous day. Until them, I urge the investor to use the tried and true methods, which I describe hereafter. First, on a regular and repeating...