Apple (AAPL) Has Had its Day
Whats-Hot-or-Not Periodically we publish our stock picks. Stocks that we like are “Hot” and listed below. Stocks not considered hot are removed. Apple Computer (AAPL) Has Had its day. When Apple was at $676.00, we suggested buying Put Options. It seemed that several factors were in play and market exuberance was pushing Apple higher, without a [...]
Dealing WIth The Debt in Europe – Understanding the EU
The Current Dilemma Greece continues its attempts at restructuring and civil unrest threatens, Spain’s unemployment continues to rise to unprecedented levels, and France is straining under labor unrest. An example of the struggle to squeeze every source for more revenue is a proposal in Hungary late last year Hungary Solicits the Chinese? European Union member [...]
The Fiscal Cliff Doesn’t Reduce Pork Barrel Projects
Today we reprint portions of a column from John Mauldin, How To Benefit From The Fiscal Cliff Pork Barrels By John Mauldin | January 17, 2013 In all of the emotional wrangling over the Fiscal Cliff, politicians may posture in front of the microphones, but behind the scenes, they calmly go about their business of [...]
Prosperity in 2013
We have often remarked on how the USA will lead the recovery and that the next economic cycle will make its way through the doom and gloom in today’s market. We now have visible evidence that this is starting to happen. European Debt Crisis Pundits continue to insist that the EU (European Economic Union) must [...]
The Golden Dawn in Greece – Making People Suffer has Predictable Results
The Golden Dawn There is a right wing nationalistic party in Greece called the Golden Dawn. In the last election, it garnered about 6% of the votes. This compares to 2% in previous support. In spite of significant outrageous conduct by The Golden Dawn, support continues to increase rapidly for this party. Some say it [...]
The Debt Jubilee – A Method to Reset the Debt
The Age of Instant Communication A feature of the revolutionary change in communications that has transformed society, is the almost instant universal awareness of every event, or concept. A recent discussion is a relatively new concept of governments printing a massive sum of money and depositing a proportionate amount of it in every citizen’s bank [...]
How You Can Understand the Stock Market & Some Good Stocks – An interview with SmallCapPower
Lawrence Cyna: Look for value in a depressed market Lawrence Cyna, CEO and Fund Manager of Cymor Strategic Growth Funds www.cymorfund.com , doesn’t lose any sleep over the current state of the markets. He takes it all in stride because he’s seen it before and knows he will likely see it again. In this exclusive [...]
The Commodity Cycle – How to View the Current Stock Market & The Secret Cartels That Rule the World
Urgent News to Gain our Attention We www.cymorfund.com are smitten daily with instant news from around the world. This overload of information colors our understanding of events occurring around us and makes the seeming urgency of today’s news distort our understanding of longer term trends. Whether Greece will leave the EU, or whether Japan has [...]
“USA is perfecting the formula for budget failure” – Some SImple Math
A Realization of Reality in the USA I reprint parts of a speech by a US Democratic Senator as it illustrates just how bad the deficit and debt can grow. We sometimes ridicule the Republican Party in the USA for being totally obstructionist. Yet when one realizes the scope of the problem, sometimes it is [...]
Stubborn Beliefs That Devastate Portfolios
Stubborn Beliefs That Devastate Portfolios Having heard so many diverse opinions at the NY Hard Asset Show, it occurs to me that there are some supposed “universal truths” held by investors that could affect investments. The issue is that the market over-reacts to expected events, and then over-compensates. Often, by the time investors have positioned [...]
Gold – Catching a Falling Knife Can Cut You Badly – New York Hard Asset Show
I recently attended the New York Hard Asset Show, which was quite interesting. There were many speakers and the viewpoints were quite divergent. The main theme was either a) all currencies were valueless because of printing money, of b) the USA is pulling out of the recession slowly and leave things be. An Analysis of [...]
Commodities & the Decline of the the TSXV – A Perspective
A Reprint of a View on the Commodities Market The following is reprinted from Pinnacle Digest. It is a perspective on how to view the current Junior Resources market. The message is that in this era of fear and uncertainty, a longer term perspective helps you understand the opportunities. Article Reprint from the Pinnacle Digest [...]
The Markets Crash Because of the Debt Ceiling – Not Bloody Likely
Obama v John Boehner Last night we watched the two most powerful political leaders in the USA each make a speech imploring the public to side with their version of how the impasse over raising the Debt Ceiling should be resolved. The Differences Between Them Both seemed to agree on the amount of debt reduction [...]
The Commodity Cycle & the New York Hard Asset Show
The New York Hard Asset Show Each year I attend the New York Hard Asset show in early May. As the name suggests, it is a gathering of people that think investments in paper currency are less preferable than investments in hard assets. The gathering is a mix of Letter Writers trying to illustrate their [...]
