Information Overload As we muse about investing, and as we try and make sense of the overwhelming amount of information flow coming our way, two thoughts occur to us. The first is that “The media is the message”, and the second is that “The experts are usually wrong, the crowd is usually right.” Marshall McLuhan:… Continue reading The Crowd is Usually Right – The Experts are Usually Wrong
Tag: Investing for Growth & Value
An Evolution in the Precious Metals Sector, Stocks of Junior Silver Companies
The Big Guys are Buying the Little Guys We have suggested that junior metals mining, exploration and producers stocks are a very good place to invest currently. A recent phenomenon, while not unexpected, has drawn more interest to this sector. The long established major producing gold mines in South Africa and elsewhere are recording reduced… Continue reading An Evolution in the Precious Metals Sector, Stocks of Junior Silver Companies
The 4 Biggest Investment Lies
We receive a lot of email and advertisements. The following comments came from a solicitation from VectorVest on September 27, 2010. The comments mirror some of our thoughts and we thought we would just post them as is and add a few comments. The following big lies have been repeated so long and so often… Continue reading The 4 Biggest Investment Lies
Investing in Junior Resource Gold Stocks
How Junior Resource Stocks Have Performed Many junior resource stocks are running at or near 52-week highs, and the sector boasts some spectacular individual performances. Returns for producing or near-production stocks for the twelve months to the end of August are running at around 50%, and have shown good results since the start of this… Continue reading Investing in Junior Resource Gold Stocks
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… Continue reading What a difference a week makes.
Which One is More Prosperous – China v Japan
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
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
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
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.