Recently China officially overtook Japan to be the second largest economy behind the USA. CHINA has become the world’s second biggest economy according to data released on Monday August 16th. Japan’s economy fell behind China’s at market exchange rates in the second quarter. Japan’s data have been seasonally adjusted while those for China have not.… Continue reading Which One is More Prosperous – China v Japan
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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