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We begin with a famous quote from Warren Buffet “We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful”. Recently, Mr. Buffet confirmed that he has been a buyer of equities during the current period of weakness. Another famous quote from Baron Rothschild “Buy When There...
An Overview of Current Markets As fear of debt crises, and fear of currency crises, dominate the news, this is combined with a month (September) that is the worst month of the year historically for stock markets. Another factor is the seeming paralysis in the USA, which not surprisingly is remarkably similar to the paralysis...
In the first segment of this interview, the subject was “Gold, The Great Gamble”. In the 2nd segment, we discussed what type of stocks to pick and why. In this last segment, we give specific stock picks. SmallCapPower.com: Do you prefer producers, near-term producers or pure exploration plays? Cyna: Number one choice is near-term producers....
In the first segment of this interview, the subject was “Gold, The Great Gamble”. In this segment, we discuss what type of stocks to pick and why. In the next and last segment, we give specific stock picks. SmallCapPower.com: Gentlemen, your fund specializes in small-cap resource stocks. Why do you focus on that segment of...
On October 14, 2011 SmallCapPower published an interview with us as to whether to invest in gold. Part I of that interview follows. Cymor Strategic Growth Funds CEO Larry Cyna, and Special Advisor David Toles offer practical advice on playing the small-cap space, replete with some small-cap names to get you started (Part 3 of...
We often get questions about ‘safety’ in investing. As we have stated before, the word ‘safe’ is a misnomer when one is talking about the stock market. We need only repeat some recent blogs to illustrate the point. First, major meltdowns occur with such regularity that they are the norm rather than the unusual. Meltdowns...
In parts I & II of this blog, we discussed the debt crisis in Europe, the historical effect of similar crises in the past, and the probable effect this time. In this final installment, we look at other obvious disturbing signs that are being ignored in the discussions, and we arrive at our conclusion. Looking...
In the previous blog, we had both a historical perspective on the effect of a nation’s debt default, and some perspective on the effect if a country defaults. Now we look at Europe’s difficulties. The European Debt Crisis I agree that Europe has troubles. If you travel through the southern European countries, you see lots...
Investing in Anything Investing is a bit of a crap shoot at any time, because our fate is never determined by ourselves. The issue is always what “risk” there is. Risk is always the determining factor. When you invest in something, the final determination of whether to make that investment, is the amount of risk...
Who Are the Experts? It is a basic human need to seek comfort in the advice of those that ‘know better’ – someone more knowledgeable. To this end, people are always seeking the advice of experts on every field. This human need has spawned countless experts anxious to pontificate on financial matters. I have remarked...