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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...
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...
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,...
Today, We Debunk Some Myths There is a large industry of media types that talks incessantly of what to do in the stock market, or what is expected and therefore how you should trade, or what you should buy or sell. All of this activity is generated by people wanting to know how to make...
Knowing Basic Rules of Investing The purpose that I had in mind when I began this blog in 2010, was to give investors some insight into how the markets worked. Several blogs gave readers basic investing guidelines that were tried and true, and which stood the test of time. In my readings this week, I...
Will Gold Reach $2,500 an Ounce Common wisdom is a belief that gold is poised to rise in value, and that you had better buy gold for your security. Advertisements heard regularly on US and Canadian radio advertise how to buy gold for your portfolio. Gold Funds and Silver Funds, Gold and Silver ETF’s and...