An Update on Why There Will be No Double Dip Recession & How to Use LEAPS

Aug 17 2010 A Continuation of More Good News than Bad The following is an extract from today’s news. “We’ve got a cornucopia of good news. We had upbeat guidance from the largest retailer on the planet, M&A activity is picking up, and economic data that blew away all concerns about deflation,” said Art Hogan,… Continue reading An Update on Why There Will be No Double Dip Recession & How to Use LEAPS

History Determines that Gold Miners are the Place to Invest

Our Current Credit Contraction We are in the midst of a credit contraction. The great trading institutions on Wall St have gone broke, changed their nature or merged with other firms. Banks everywhere are under examination as to whether they are sufficiently capitalized. Loans by financial institutions are all being examined to see their validity.… Continue reading History Determines that Gold Miners are the Place to Invest

Why Investors Find it so Difficult to Understand the Market

The Confusion of Listening to the Media To illustrate the difficulty of the investor in choosing what investment path to choose, I thought I would mention just a few of the recent headlines. These headlines are chosen at random, with no particular purpose, except to show how reading current views, or listening to talking heads,… Continue reading Why Investors Find it so Difficult to Understand the Market

Commentary on Hedge Funds

Value Investing – The Problem with Most Hedge Funds In my very first blog, my closing sentence was “In the mania to get the latest and the best, most Hedge Funds are too busy by half to see value and how to achieve great returns.” Value Investing Compared to Leverage, Margin, and Fancy Gimmicks Cymor… Continue reading Commentary on Hedge Funds

Some Thoughts about Oil, Natural Gas and Alternate Energy

Is the Place to be Energy? Or energy Service Companies? Fracking One of my favorite magazines is Forbes, and one of my favorite columnists is Ken Fisher. In the July 19, 2010 issue, Ken makes some comments about the changing nature of gas and oil exploration. To summarize his comments (forgive me if I misquote),… Continue reading Some Thoughts about Oil, Natural Gas and Alternate Energy

The Real Opportunity to Gain Wealth

A Fair Amount of Economic Warnings Being Sounded Today Recently there has been a lot written about the mounting amount of debt in Western and Japanese economies. California has just again taken emergency steps. Republicans are faulting President Obama with mounting deficits (although it was a Republican administration that started this unprecedented amount of money… Continue reading The Real Opportunity to Gain Wealth

This Is a Cycle – Like all Previous Cycles

I found this article published today and it reminded me of what I have written in this blog.  I thought I would simply copy and paste it as today’s blog as it illustrates exactly what we have written. This is a Cycle, Like all Previous Cycles An Interesting Article from Today’s “Report on Business” “Europe… Continue reading This Is a Cycle – Like all Previous Cycles

Buy When Fear Rules The Market.

“Buy when there is blood on the streets even when the blood is your own.” Baron Rothschild In previous writings, we commented on whether investors should worry about a further fall in the markets, or a double dip in the markets. We suggested that those that had the courage to look for bargains could be… Continue reading Buy When Fear Rules The Market.

Double Dip Recession? No Way Jose. Become wealthy instead.

Spending Depends on Feeling Secure Financially Regardless of today’s statistics or of what the pundits say, there is a fear today that the stability of jobs, or of retirement income, or of the sufficiency of savings, will not be sufficient for a person’s well being in the future. So people are reluctant to increase their… Continue reading Double Dip Recession? No Way Jose. Become wealthy instead.

A Double Dip Recession – Is it happening? The Market is Changing – as it always does – Part II

How Do Governments Pay off Debt? The world is indeed struggling economically, and there are signs of lack of demand and of economic malaise. No doubt there are many bumps in the road ahead, and much pain to be endured. However, whether one agrees with the policy or not, government spending money that we don’t… Continue reading A Double Dip Recession – Is it happening? The Market is Changing – as it always does – Part II