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In a recent book titled “The Next Decade” by George Friedman, Mr. Friedman makes the point that the US remains the world economic power with 25% of the world economic production. His contention is that the US President must exert that power in many ways, always mindful that the USA is the world’s economic powerhouse....
The Price of Gold Stagnates Looking at the chart of the price of bullion (Gold) one sees that the current price is almost where it was several months ago, and nowhere near the high of 2011. It is currently resting slightly above $1,650, which is just a bit weaker than it was a few months...
Comments From Part I – Stop Losses Are Protection for investors – A Fallacy A stop loss is intended to prevent the investor from losing more than an expected amount, but more often than not, a stop loss is instead a guarantee that normal and reoccurring volatility in a stock will trigger the stop loss...
Stop Losses In its simplest form, a stop loss is a standing instruction to your broker that if a stock falls in value to a certain point, an order will be automatically executed to immediately sell that stock at the market price. The Purpose Of Stop Losses As part of the traditional psychology of investing...
An Over-Reaction to Current Debt Issues Those that are sophisticated enough and experienced enough, know that after every exuberance in an economic cycle, financial matters become so difficult that many come to the conclusion that “This Time It Is Different”. Analysts come to the conclusion that there is no escape from the inevitable and doom...
Employment Numbers are Still Difficult U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: U.S. Unemployment rises slightly to 7.9 Percent in October, U.S. total non-farm payroll employment increased by 171,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9 percent and the number of unemployed persons (12.3 million) were essentially unchanged in October, following declines in...
Advisers to Investing Readers will know that we often comment on the motivations of those that advise on where to invest, and what to invest in. They have their motivations and it is essential for investors to understand why your investment adviser recommends an investment and why a media pundit touts some stock or other....
The Panic Investment Cycle We have often repeated some basic principles of investing, including advising readers to recognize that every stock varies in price more as a result of emotion and other factors, than as a result of the company’s real business activities. The most important factor in buying or selling a security, is the...
The Fiscal Cliff Approaches With the US election now over, the Tea Party smacked down, and the Republicans licking their wounds, attention has shifted to the Fiscal Cliff. Should the politicians not reach agreement, a prearranged penalty system kicks in with large income tax rate increases and large expenditure cuts. Sort of a massive bluff...
Ucore Rare Metals Inc We have previously written about Ucore and it has one of our favorite picks for some time. Today an article was published in www.mining.com that highlights Ucore and Matamec Explorations Inc. For the largest part, this article mirrors our opinion on the rare earth sector. Buy When the Price is Low,...