The News is Generally Negative One reads much in the financial news currently about the global slowdown, about the European Debt Crisis, about inflation in China, about Japan’s difficulties, and so much more bad news. One has to wonder why the stock market has shown such strength since March 2009. Is this the first time… Continue reading Commodities Are Still the Place to Be
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Gold – Buy Junior Stocks?
Recent Mania for the metal Silver In the recent mania for silver, gold quite surprisingly has become almost forgotten. We have gotten used to the metal trading at $1,500 per oz, and it has become somewhat humdrum. Silver zoomed beyond reason, then plummeted as exchanges grew fearful of another meltdown and as a result raised… Continue reading Gold – Buy Junior Stocks?
Buy Oil, Buy Commodities, Buy Value
I engaged in some commentary with US Republicans recently, who were adamant that the way out of their dilemma was draconian cuts in spending. They believed that if vested pensions couldn’t be honored, they shouldn’t be. They believed that if the State Government couldn’t meet its obligations, it shouldn’t. It should just pay for current… Continue reading Buy Oil, Buy Commodities, Buy Value
Silver – an amazing rise, but there are legitimate reasons. Join the investing crowd.
As readers know, I have mentioned silver and some silver picks previously. The meteoric rise of silver seems to rush upward relentlessly. It’s above $40 now and shows no sign of weakness. Silver stocks (juniors especially) are showing impressive gains. Silver had an astounding 78 percent increase in price in 2010. A rebound in total… Continue reading Silver – an amazing rise, but there are legitimate reasons. Join the investing crowd.
Silver is HOT, The World Looks a bit Rocky.
Maybe it’s time to Consider Some Safety. We have talked often about where we believe the next wave of wealth is coming from. It is resources, precious metals, base metals, commodities, food, rare earths and so on. It is different way of thought than the tried and true. Historically Safe Investments Historically people moved to… Continue reading Silver is HOT, The World Looks a bit Rocky.
Market Volatility
Market Volatility There remains much fear in the markets. Much has been written about the debts of Western nations (read our recent blog) and instability. Recently, there have been a number of articles about China’s inflation, and also fears raised about the terrible tragedy of the earthquake and Tsunami in Japan. Let me summarize much… Continue reading Market Volatility
Gold, Silver & Base Metals
Have Gold & Silver Started to Fall in Price? The current thought in the US and most of the world is that the debt crisis is abating (as we said so long ago), and in the early part of 2011, the price of gold, silver and metals has slipped a bit. January was not a… Continue reading Gold, Silver & Base Metals
An Examination of the TSX LSE “Merger” – Continued
The Shining Example of the Canadian Banks If you ask people around the world, who best survived the 2008 economic meltdown, the universal answer is the Canadian banks. They remained solid, financially stable, and essentially protected the Canadian economy. This should be a lesson to the Canadian government. All the foreign companies pulled back their… Continue reading An Examination of the TSX LSE “Merger” – Continued
Investing Guidelines – Stellar Returns, Don’t use margin, Don’t lose capital
We achieved a Return on Investment this year that far exceeded our expectations. Our numbers were so good, that it hard to expect to achieve similar results in future years. Having regard to this success, we thought we might start the New Year by listing some basic policies that we religiously follow. These guidelines should… Continue reading Investing Guidelines – Stellar Returns, Don’t use margin, Don’t lose capital
Looking at the Market on a Trend Basis
Today’s Headlines are Negative “NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks on Tuesday took their biggest single-day hit in more than three months as investors fretted about Ireland’s debt crisis and possible rate hikes in China. The US dollar showed surprising strength and gold fell.” Yesterday’s Headlines are Positive New York – Retail sales are increasing.… Continue reading Looking at the Market on a Trend Basis