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The Cymor Strategic Growth Fund Blog will return after the holidays. Blogging re-commences in 2012....
Gold – The Great Gamble In two recent blogs, we warned readers that buying gold at this point in time was a large gamble, and was against the instincts that investors should have. In each case, we speculated that weakness in the price of gold was probable, although not definite. In the current world wide...
In this blog, we quote part of the December 2011 newsletter from Absolute Return Partners LLP. In their newsletter they review reports on the performance of Fund Managers from many countries, and conclude that for the most part, even the most famous fund managers, over a sustained period, are not worth investing with. Our view...
Gold is in the $1,700 per oz range currently. There is a divided view on whether it will rise to $5,000 an ounce, or fall to $500 an ounce. The Fear and The Media The most widely held view over recent years, is that because Western societies have printed money (thanks to Alan Greenspan –...
China’s Building Boom May be Coming to Earth Nov 2011 (Reuters) – The monumental, neo-Mongolian sculptures, empty plazas and hulking concrete shells of buildings in Ordos district, deep in the steppes of Inner Mongolia, are a potent symbol of how China’s property boom can turn to bust. Off the back of a thriving coal industry,...
I recently returned from visiting Detroit, Michigan. Detroit always seems to be a bit of a signpost for me. It seems to portray a minor microcosm of what is happening across the USA. Detroit Today What used to be referred to as “Motor City”, is now in the process of demolishing homes in the hopes...
Yesterday the DOW Jumped Up by 259 Points Two days ago, it fell by 300 points. Feels like a roller coaster ride. Whatever today’s news, the markets react, and react violently. Either they jump up, or cascade down. It Used to be Greek Default That Was Important Every day, the EU was going to advance...
Pardon my facetiousness in today’s header. It just seems so ridiculous to read these daily scary headlines. In all of the current headlines, it seems as if we lurch from crisis headline to crisis headline. It’s Not the Greeks Now, It’s the Italians Think about the headlines over the last several months. Hardly a week...
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...