Beware The Herd Mentality – The Only Sure Thing is a Lack of Surety – The Death Cross
It seems we are in a period of great uncertainty. Everywhere it seems there are signs of negativity. It seems the housing market is falling, European debt is getting out of control, debt continues to mount in the USA, and so on. The Death Cross A Death Cross is a technical indicator that is followed [...]
Robert Reich – August 8, 2011 Article Reprint – An Overview of the Current Economic Mess
We republish the Following article because it summarizes quite well the current stock market meltdown. We disagree with his conclusion and remain optimistic. This is a buying opportunity. Slouching Toward a Double Dip, For No Good Reason Monday, Robert Reich August 8, 2011 Imagine your house is burning. You call the fire department but your [...]
Take a Longer Perspective on the Stock Market Sell Off & The Fight Over Debt Reduction – a Very Good Thing
We at the Cymor Strategic Growth Funds urge caution in the face of the apparent current meltdown of the stock markets. This is the time of year, when almost annually and most certainly in the majority of years, the markets have weakness. Sometimes it is just a downward drifting, and sometimes it is more serious. [...]
Which Stocks to Invest In & How Important is the Risk Factor
Recent Weakness in Stock Prices If you read the newspapers, or if you look monthly at your portfolio statements, you will be aware that there has been quite a softening in the stock market. In particular, the stock price of banks, financial institutions and energy companies have somewhat softened. The price of juniors has also [...]
Are we Heading for a Downturn – A Contrarian View
A reader took issue with my optimistic view of the current world economy. Essentially my view is that we are in a long but sustaining recovery, that will continue despite bumps in the road. A Contrarian View The reader’s view was that what we are seeing was the effects of the massive injection of government [...]
The China Conundrum – How it Could Affect the Commodity Cycle
My last two blogs mentioned the unknowns regarding China. It seems that I am not the only one thinking along those lines. In the newspapers last weekend, there were columns devoted to China. The Issue Everyone assumes that China is the key driving force in the world regarding commodity demand, import / export transactions, currency [...]
Capitalism Needs Tweaking–Point #7 of 10 Self Insurance & Investor Safety
Will America Recover? Of Course ! I have long maintained that the inherent strengths of American and Western societies would prevail in the long run, and that we are currently in the trough leading to the next big wave of prosperity. The rights of property law, the basic belief in the freedom of the individual, [...]
Capitalism Needs Tweaking – Point #4 of 10 – The Income Tax System is used Ineffectually
There are large income tax incentive programs to Encourage Conservation of Energy, or to Promote Research and Development, or to Induce the Production of Ethanol, and so many other programs Yet our biggest issue is ignored under our income tax system – the devastation wrecked upon average citizens by the relentless economic cycles that ravage [...]
Gold, Silver and Commodity Prices
A Bubble in Commodity Prices? We Think Not We often hear speculation about whether commodity prices are in a bubble and whether investors should take their money off the table before the bubble bursts. We disagree. There are essential reasons that commodities have risen in price and why they will maintain current price trends, as [...]
Investing Insights
Important Themes from My 2010 Blog Firstly I wish to thank the readers for taking the time in this busy world to read this blog. I started writing in June 2010 with the thought that people buy an inexpensive household item only after comparison shopping and due consideration, yet people invest their life savings by [...]
The Recession is over. The Recovery and the Double Dip Recession Are Things of the Past
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) declared that the recession was over in June 2009. A V-shape recovery was stalled temporarily by the situation in Europe, but as we said before, the recovery is back on track and as momentum gradually accelerates, as people get their confidence back, and as the ‘next big thing’ [...]
What a difference a week makes.
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Double Dip Recession – Is it happening? Is fear ruling the market?
A Double Dip Recession It seems that all one hears about is the possibility of a double dip recession. Every day, the media is filled with statistics and headlines about positive or negative news and the pundits speculating about whether we are entering a double dip recession. Some months, housing starts are up, or down, [...]
Is there a Financial Crisis? Has the world Changed?
• Financial Doom & Gloom? Recognizing what is now occurring. • Defensive minded? • Currency crisis? Financial Doom & Gloom Let me start by saying that we are not believers in the financial doom and gloom of the world. To us, there have always been financial crises; there will always be financial crises. The value [...]
