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Is the Baby Bull Ready to Pull in its Horns?
Hope you enjoyed the first anniversary for the baby bull market that began on March 9 last year, when things hit rock bottom. The S&P 500 is up 69 percent since hitting a 12-year low of 676.53, the biggest rally for the index since the Great Depression. We hope jobs are next. Without jobs, the rally won’t be sustained. And another small problem. Fund managers are nearly out of cash.
March 11, 2010 • Read More!
Having a Dog in the Hunt
All many energy analysts can talk about is the Marcellus Shale, the underground formation that runs from New York through Pennsylvania that holds a vast untapped reservoir of natural gas. Several deals involving the Marcellus have just been announced, and you may wonder if we have a dog in this hunt, to use an old Southern expression. Well, we do, and oddly enough our dog is from Norway!
February 23, 2010 • Read More!
Building a Better Driller
We occasionally point out for your interest and viewing pleasure a highly speculative stock that has caught our eye and that we think has strong potential. We’re usually very early in these discoveries, and for those of you who have been with us for a while, you know that patience can pay off big time. This time, we’re highlighting a company we discovered that has patented a superior drilling technology that is just now being discovered by major oil services companies.
January 8, 2010 • Read More!
A Rising Energy Star in China
Updated again. The price of oil has broken through a key barrier of $76 a barrel, and the experts tell us it’s going higher, possibly to $90 a barrel. One way to offset the rising prices of energy is to find the best bargains in the energy sector. We added a new company to our Fairest Shares Portfolio on October 20, an oil producing and oilfield services company in China with an astonishing growth rate. It is now up well over 100%.
January 6, 2010 • Read More!
Looking for Greener Pastures
Update: In our search for greener pastures, we traveled (virtually) to China to find an organic fertilizer company. The company’s products use humic acid, a natural organic ingredient that promotes soil fertility. This is a rapidly growing company that is increasing its efficiency and production capacity. We’re happy to say that the stock has jumped more than 30% since we first mentioned it in September, including more than 20% on Nov. 18. And this stock is just beginning to grow.
November 18, 2009 • Read More!
Looking for a Super Bowl Stock Boost
We happen to be big New Orleans Saints fans. So after we recovered our voices following the Super Bowl, we started thinking about how many folks we’d seen around the country, and particularly in Louisiana and Mississippi, wearing Saints paraphernalia. So where were these folks buying their souvenir T-shirts and jerseys? Will the Saints add a “halo” effect to a certain sports stock? We just learned that they did!
March 12, 2010 • Read More!
Whale Watching Can Be Dangerous to Your Financial Health
It might be unusual to be injured while watching whales in the Atlantic Ocean, but it’s still important to be cautious when watching the whales of the market as they surface in rough financial seas.
March 11, 2010 • Read More!
Some Investing Lessons from the Recession: What We Won’t Give Up
The recession that began in the U.S. at the end of 2007 and that spread around the world has brought some important lessons about investing. And it has also brought some important lessons about human behavior, as investing cannot be separated from human needs, desires and decision-making. There are some things we’ll give up, and some things we won’t.
March 4, 2010 • Read More!
Stock-Shopping for Olympic Gold
The Olympics can be an investing opportunity: for the host city or country, for the sponsoring companies, and for the individual investors who are looking for winners in stocks as well as athletic competitors.
February 18, 2010 • Read More!
Trend-Watching in the Snow
We’ll be watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics tonight with one purpose: to judge the coolness of the outfits worn by the American athletes. Why: So we can decide if Polo Ralph Lauren (RL), which designed the outfits and will be marketing spinoffs, will get a stock boost, or halo effect, from the Olympics. We’ll be posting more as the games go on.
February 12, 2010 • Read More!
The Secret to Safe and Easy Portfolios
Because the market has been bouncing around like crazy, we want to remind new investors of the importance of buying low—and of diversification. We’re going to reveal one of the best-kept but most important secrets of investing. This is one that most brokers and fund managers would prefer that you not know. It’s simple, it’s easy, it’s safe, and it’s cheap. It’s used by some of the richest people in the country. Here it is: Index Funds.
February 1, 2010 • Read More!
A Measure of Fear in the Market
Want to know if Mr. Market is running scared? Well, obviously, one way is to look at the major indexes, like the Dow and Nasdaq. Another way is to look at volatility, which is measured by something called the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX). You can even invest in the VIX through an ETN (exchange-traded note) with the ticker symbol VXX.
January 22, 2010 • Read More!
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