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My Checklist – Following my Blog of Dec 9/10 Capitalism is the ability of the private sector to raise money and invest that money in the private sector. One must differentiate between the good and the difficult parts of our system. The good must be recognized and honored. The bad must be addressed. As civilization...
In a recent blog, I tried to give an overview of what happened and why it happened. In writing that blog, it occurred to me that the subject of how to avoid future similar meltdowns is about as confused in the public’s minds as to the reasons why the meltdown occurred. If you Understand Why...
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...
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...
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...
We have often repeated that one has to take a longer term view of what is happening around us, and ignore the screaming headlines. There are some unmistakable trends occurring and one has merely to observe what is going on from a bit of an overview to understand what the future likely holds. Trend One...