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: Wealth
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’… Continue reading The Recession is over. The Recovery and the Double Dip Recession Are Things of the Past
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
Mutual Fund or ETF Benchmarks, Alpha and Performance – Incentives for Mutual Fund Managers
Buy stocks, mutual funds, or hedge funds Mutual fund managers get paid based on the amount of money they manage. They don’t get paid on performance, or record, or anything else that is based on how well they are doing. They get paid on how much money they manage. That is why ‘Buy and Hold’… Continue reading Mutual Fund or ETF Benchmarks, Alpha and Performance – Incentives for Mutual Fund Managers
Junior Resource Stocks Compared to Gold
The Price of Gold As we remarked in our previous blog, the commodity ‘gold’ keeps rising and setting new price heights. However, the trading value of companies that mine, process or search for this precious metal have stagnated or actually fallen. If one considers that the price of the metal has doubled or tripled or… Continue reading Junior Resource Stocks Compared to Gold
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.
A Explanation of What Most Portfolios Are Comprised Of & Why – Continued
What Do Managers of Mutual Funds Invest In? This is a most interesting subject. The way mutual funds are promoted is to give the impression that the managers are continually researching stocks and buying and selling then. To some extent this is true. To a larger extent the number of stocks that the manager invests… Continue reading A Explanation of What Most Portfolios Are Comprised Of & Why – Continued
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