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May 2, 2013 Sell in May and Go Away A tried and true investing maxim is “sell in May and go away.” Loosely translated, this means that in most years, the stock market has a seasonality to it that is quite reliable in predicting the rise and fall of the market. Essentially history has taught...
Firstly let me apologize to my readers for the slight absence in publishing. China and the World Economy Have you noticed that figures coming out of China show a trend that varies with conventional wisdom. Inflation in China is a force that the Chinese government mentions and tries to combat. You don’t hear about that...
Caterpillar Earnings Report April 12, 2012 Wall Street Journal Business Report 3:12 PM March sales of construction excavators in China look ugly, plunging 47% Y//Y to 23.3K units, with Caterpillar (CAT) sales off 51%. The numbers may not bode well for CAT Q1 earnings (report date 4/25), or the DJIA, over which the stock has...
Cymorfund generally publishes Blogs on Investments, Economics, Trends, Commodities and the like. Forgive this digression, but there is so much information coming out recently about genetically modified foods, that today we digress. Genetically Altered Foods – The Dramatic Rise in Autism and in Allergies If one searches the web, there is a growing body of...
The Faults with Capitalism In my blog of March 13, 2011, as part of a series of 10 recommendations to improve our economic system, I spoke to the impropriety of public servants leaving public service and immediately becoming highly paid “consultants” or “lobbyists”. The Effects of Government Intervention and a Review Cymorfund’s Track Record for...
The Stock Market is Stumbling Today There has been somewhat of a meltdown in the markets this week. Both yesterday and today, saw major losses in the TSXV and in commodities. A wave of gloom and doom is spreading across the industry. The Seasonality of the Market Most securities professionals understand that historical trends have...
The Market Moves in Swings and Cycles That No-one has yet Figured Out When someone figures out what the future price of the stock market will be, it will a momentous day. Until them, I urge the investor to use the tried and true methods, which I describe hereafter. First, on a regular and repeating...
March 27, 1980 _ Silver Markets Tumble The anniversary – 32 years ago – of when infamous Bunky Hunt, the Oil Baron of Texas, came to the end of his efforts to corner the silver market. The price of silver fell 10% in a single day, which was cause for World Wide Headlines in 1980....
The Hunt for Muppets While most Americans associate the Muppets with Jim Hensen’s furry creatures, it turns out that “muppets” is slang for “stupid people” in Britain, where GregSmith worked in the bank’s London office. Most people on the street are focusing on Goldman’s Response, and on whether #Goldman Sachs is really still trying to...
Weakness in China Someone sent a note to me about China, in which they pointed out current weakness in China, fear of housing deflation, and some other weaknesses. They then complimented me on publishing Blogs long ago on the coming troubles in China, on the massive undisclosed debts of state-owned enterprises, and the inefficiencies in...