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Oil, Natural Gas & Silver on Your Radar Screens
Published on 2011-09-26 09:54:52
A Great Time for the Contrarian: Put Oil, Natural Gas & Silver on Your Radar Screens The recent stock market selloff was due to the U.S. Federal Reserve saying that the domestic economy faces some serious challenges over the next year. The central bank didn’t take much in the way of new policy action, because [...] > read more
How to Survive During This Economic Chaos
Published on 2011-09-26 09:42:24
The stock market sold off last Thursday. Even gold could not avoid the collapse, as the October gold futures plummeted to $1,700. We have the debt crisis in Europe, with Greece facing a default situation unless its austerity program is accepted by lenders. Moody’s downgraded eight Greek banks after several Italian banks were also downgraded. [...] > read more
Spending Remains an Issue; My Advice on Retail Investing
Published on 2011-09-20 08:50:07
By George Leong, B.Comm. The fact that consumer spending has not tanked in spite of unemployment being at over nine percent and expected to stay around this level through 2012, and continued weakness in housing is encouraging. When consumers are cautious, they tend to hold back on any major purchases, such as homes, vehicles, furniture, [...] > read more
Great…Just What We Need… More Money Printing
Published on 2011-09-16 08:55:29
By Michael Lombardi, MBA It’s a bird. No, it’s a plane. Maybe it’s Superman! Sorry, it’s none of these things; it’s your friendly central banker to the rescue again! Couldn’t believe the news yesterday morning… To calm banking concerns in Europe, mostly centered around the repercussions of a default by Greece, the European Central Bank, [...] > read more
Tonight: The Biggest Speech of His Life; What Investors Can Expect
Published on 2011-09-09 07:04:15
By Michael Lombardi, MBA Most Americans will be glued to the television tonight to see what the leader of the most powerful country in the world has to stay about his plan to get the economy going; in specific, to create jobs. There is no doubt in my mind: President Barack Obama will be a [...] > read more
China or Japan? My Investment Choice
Published on 2011-09-02 10:07:19
By George Leong, B.Comm. So…will it be sushi or dim sum? A friend said he was looking at investing in Japan and felt the country could return above-average returns along with moderate risk. He asked my opinion. Quickly, before he was able to finish his question, I said “China” without any hesitation. Buy Chinese stocks [...] > read more
The Biggest Bubble of Them All-Right Before Our Eyes
Published on 2011-09-02 07:36:18
By Michael Lombardi, MBA There’s an organization that’s been around for about 235 years. It’s more like a business today, taking in money and paying its bills. After World War II, this business really got into high gear. It started exporting its goods all over the world. It actually lent money to its trading partners. [...] > read more
Top Investment Strategy: Make Sure You Are Diversified
Published on 2011-08-31 04:33:26
By George Leong, B.Comm. Diversification is the key to success in the stock market, especially given the current negative bias. Whether you buy or short, or add put and call options, the key is akin to being a good pitcher—mix them up and you increase your chances of success. The reality is that it doesn’t [...] > read more
What Economic Crisis? This Is a Confidence Crisis
Published on 2011-08-28 23:51:10
By Michael Lombardi, MBA Let’s call a spade a spade. In the aftermath of our economic crisis, the U.S. government and Federal Reserve pulled out all the stops. God bless our politicians and our government. Not knowing what to do, most having never been in the situation before, once the U.S. economy collapsed in 2008 our [...] > read more
Agricultural Economy Boom
Published on 2011-08-28 23:42:35
By Mitchell Clark, B.Comm. It’s difficult in this economy to come across businesses that are not just doing well, but also doing really well at a time when traditional industry and the services sector are slow. Yet, they’re out there and it’s only because most people don’t see the products that they don’t notice. As we [...] > read more