Investing

Why Read This: An understanding of computer trading and its implications is important. This commentary will give you quick insight into it. Words: 421

We evaluate here the commentary of David Dreman at Forbes.com regarding the stock market via his archived articles since the beginning of 2001 [and what an accomplished record it is. He is tied for second place with Ken Fisher with a 64% accuracy rating which is well above the 46% rating of a list of 36 of his peers. Jack Schannep is the most accurate at 66%. Below are his market forecasts on specific sectors of the market over the years compared to how well said sectors actually did.] Words: 1706

Risk inherent to the entire market or market segment is referred to as systematic risk and modern portfolio theory says that a blend of investments has the potential to increase overall return for a given level of risk, and/or decrease risk for a given return that the investor is trying to achieve. The expected risk/return relationship is known as the efficient frontier. [If you have a portfolio of investments then you need to fully understand what all this really means and how you can apply it to your portfolio makeup to enhance returns under any circumstances. Let me do just that.] Words: 1325

We’re invested in gold stocks not just to make money, but for the chance to change our lifestyles and with their lackadaisical [dare I say dismal] year-to-date performance, one may begin to wonder if they’re still going to bring the magic. [Here are my views on the subject.] Words: 740

We all live extremely busy lives and often fail to keep up with the most informative articles posted on the internet. munKNEE.com searches the internet for such articles and posts the best in an edited and abridged format (every day for the sake of clarity and brevity) to ensure a fast and easy read. Below are links, with introductory paragraphs, to the 5 most popular for this past week in descending order. Words: 438

The world is on the verge of becoming a cauldron of Disorder [y]et the market is orderly for now and people refuse to fully acknowledge it. This inability to compartmentalize the "world reality" from the "market reality" is costing investors money. The world isn't likely to end well in the not too distant future but for now the market is doing just fine. Words: 610

Last month, Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel boldly claimed that there was a 70% chance that the DOW could reach 15,000 this year [and that] there's a 50% chance that it could reach 17,500 by the end of 2013. [Here are his reasons]. Words: 291

We are making a very important bottom here [in gold]. This is rock bottom sentiment and a buying opportunity... Gold has made a higher low in my opinion. It has not revisited the levels of last December and I think its setting up for a big move here. What is it that is still ahead of us that could take gold to new highs? [Let me explain.]

“There’s no cliff here. There’s no need to panic whatsoever...[In] the two previous bull markets in gold, 1980 and 1934, gold ended at essentially a 1/1 ratio with the Dow Jones and the Dow today is over 13,000. Would I be surprised to see gold past $10,000? No. I know it sounds crazy but it sounds a heck of a lot less crazy than it did five or six years ago.”

If the political situation in the Gulf worsens, there is virtually no limit to the upside for oil prices. The oil price could easily double. [In adition,] there are also supply constraints to worry about going forward. [As for gold, it] is headed much higher in the long-term. [Let me explain.]