CymorFund Blog
While we normally like to comment on current trends, occasionally there is the possibility of something abnormal happening. Currently, it is the massive bailout of Ireland by the European Economic Community and the IMF. Ireland Interest rates on Irish bonds or securities issued by Ireland have spiked recently as a result of the possible bailout,...
Follow the Historical Cycles There have always been cycles and there always will be cycles unless new massive regulation takes over that moderates the ability of Wall St, or the NEW Wall Street (wherever that may be) from making money. Essentially the money traders find a new thing to trade or to promote and they...
I have advised readers to watch junior silver companies. Companies that explore, or develop, or create silver resources. There have been a number of stocks that have risen quite dramatically in the last year, and a simple market scan will locate many of them. Whether you like our picks or wish to choose others, the...
In our last blog, we gave a few criteria as to how to choose good companies to invest in. These comments were hidden at the end of the blog and were not readily visible. We think they are worth repeating. THE TIME TO INVEST IS NOW THE PLACE TO INVEST IS IN JUNIOR RESOURCE STOCKS...
As we have remarked previously, the economic world is gradually recovering and normalizing. Crises come and go but the trend is recovery and the market long ago decided that we are in a recovery. The latest crisis is Ireland. The one before that was Chinese inflation. The one before that was poor numbers out of...
The Fed’s Asset Purchases The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced another round of planned asset purchases earlier this month. The FOMC expects to buy another $600 billion in long-term Treasuries by the end of 2Q11 ($75 billion per month), in addition to the $35 billion per month in reinvested principal payments from its portfolio...
A Complete Lack of Social Conscience The world suffered a tremendous shock in 2008 and 2009. Greedy and unconscionable financial industry executives did what they always do. They stole as much money from the unsuspecting as they could, and they paid zero attention to the effect of this theft on the societies that allowed them...
Today’s Headlines are Negative “NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks on Tuesday took their biggest single-day hit in more than three months as investors fretted about Ireland’s debt crisis and possible rate hikes in China. The US dollar showed surprising strength and gold fell.” Yesterday’s Headlines are Positive New York – Retail sales are increasing....
The buzzword today is caution. Caution about current misleading headlines. Caution about failing to seek out and follow the trends. The Effect of the US Fed Debt Purchases I previously commented on how it was so odd that the stock market jumped up at the same time as the price of gold jumped up, both...
US Debt and the Currency Wars Previously we have discussed the currency wars and the creation of new US debt. While the current amount of debt in US dollars is high, and has led to calls for a different standard of international trade, the US still remains the economic powerhouse of the world and the...