Investing

Investors have a short memory, in 1995, the DJIA was around 4000. Today our economy, it could be argued, is actually weaker than it was back then. Words: 427

I am convinced that we are still relatively early in a secular commodity bull market. In fact, with the modernization of Chindia and numerous other less-developed nations, I expect this bull market will be one for the record books. Fundamental demand coupled with inflation will push resource prices to unimaginable heights. Words: 805

SPY, QQQQ, DIA, IWM, EFA and EEM. These are the six ETFs every investor ought to know. Get familiar with them. Add them to your watch list, and be aware of how they could fit into your portfolio. Words: 1015

With the global economy growing, with federal deficits exploding, and with central banks printing money like there’s no tomorrow, there can be little doubt that rising markets will also bring rising interest rates. Who gets hurt when interest rates rise? The answer is all borrowers with debts coming due because they must pay more to roll them over and all lenders who have extended medium- or long-term credit at fixed rates because they suffer an immediate loss in the market value of their loans. Words: 928

Whether the stock market is topping out and the economy's 2010 trajectory will disappoint is subject to debate but what probably can't be debated - and something that truly astonishes me - is the brief period of time in which we have moved from fear to greed. There are four classical stages in a move from market bottom to market top and then back again. How do they apply to the situation this time around? Words: 573

To be a succesful investor you need to have the right attitude, know what mistakes to avoid, develop some winning traits, identify some key investment themes for the year and develop and execute a plan around them. Words: 1606

The leverage of gold mining shares over the price performance of gold itself and the added leverage of the warrants of such companies over the stock price performance supports the possibility of amazing gains for the right warrants of the right junior miners. Words: 1106

The 'Next 11' (N-11) is a list of fast-growing countries identified by Goldman Sachs as potentially good investments in the coming years. Words: 682