Category: Investing 2009
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Closing the Doors on Return Chasers: Mutual Fund Inflows Create Problems / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Paul_Petillo
Like a torrential downpour can overwhelm gutters, flood streets and generally create the kind of havoc only water can, too much money flowing into mutual funds can also leave a mark on both new investors and those of record.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Copenhagen 2009 and the Stock Markets / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Richard_Shaw
We don’t know if the furor over climate, economic and sovereignty issues coming to a head over the impending December Copenhagen climate treaty is correct, incorrect, exaggerated or spot-on.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Looking for Potential Sinkers in the S&P 1500 Stocks Index / Companies / Investing 2009
By: Richard_Shaw
This is a practical follow-up to our recent article on volume as an indicator, and on divergence between volume and price action in particular.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Why It’s Almost Time to Buy These Left for Dead Stocks / Companies / Investing 2009
By: Q1_Publishing
The last time this happened investors made 10 to 20 times their money.
Now an opportunity for similar gains is fast approaching.
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
U.S. and China Stock ETFs Volume and Money Flow Analysis / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Richard_Shaw
In our last article, we estimated the probable price range of the S&P 500 based on historical and implied volatility, and suggested that the positive area of the range was more likely than the negative area for the next few weeks, because of the moving average trend indicators and the declining volatility of the 1-month and 3-month CBOE volatility indexes.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Looking Beyond Bankrupt Banks At These Zombie Free Zones / Companies / Investing 2009
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: Quantum Fund co-founder George Soros had it right on Monday, when he said the U.S. recovery would be held back by "basically bankrupt" banks and companies.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Jim Rogers Claims 20 Year Commodities Boom to Replace Financial Crash / Commodities / Investing 2009
By: Andrew_McKillop
In a Yang-Yin world where only two paradigms, models or states are possible - obviously not the real world - commodity boom should replace financial crash, like day follows night.
To some, including Jim Rogers, this is already in the works. Speaking from Singapore in interview with the UK Daily Telegraph on 8 October, he forecast a commodities boom able to last 20 years. He said: "Commodities are the best place to be, if you ask me, based on supply and demand". He also believes crude oil will run out in 15 or 20 years "unless something happens", despite quite large recent discoveries and slow growing demand.
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
Is the United States on Sale? / Companies / Investing 2009
By: Money_Morning
William Patalon III writes:
When more than $14 billion in merger-and-acquisition deals were announced in a single day last week, U.S. stock prices zoomed as investors embraced a suddenly more-bullish outlook.
As last Monday demonstrated, any increase in dealmaking activity tends to move markets higher: With the chance of windfall profits from a surprise buyout, investors tend to bid up shares of companies that might be buyout candidates. It was the explosion of M&A deals two years ago that helped propel the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its Oct. 12, 2007 record high of 14,093.08.
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
The Ultimate Stock Market Buy and Hold Investors are Betting Big Here / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Q1_Publishing
We’re entering earnings season once again and most investors are on edge.
Will companies be able to top estimates again? Earnings estimates are low, but they’re not as low as they were last quarter when 70% of the S&P 500 beat estimates.
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Friday, October 02, 2009
Good Investment Indicator for Uncovering Bargain Stocks / Companies / Investing 2009
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: For investors who fear that the markets have soared too far too fast, the thought that some stocks may still be cheap is hard to imagine - especially when it comes to China.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Portfolio Asset Allocation Analysis / Portfolio / Investing 2009
By: Richard_Shaw
It can be useful to know how the average other guy is allocating assets, whether you are inclined to follow the crowd or to do something else.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Miss the Stock Market Rally? Currencies an Alternative Investment Class / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Bryan_Rich
I normally talk only about currencies here in my Money and Markets column. But today I want to address some commonly held misconceptions many investors have about how their investment portfolios should be performing in today’s market.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
How to Profit from Three Desperate Companies / Companies / Investing 2009
By: DailyWealth
I heard an interesting story last week from the CFO of an insurance company I follow...
This company had insured a restaurant in Miami last year. It's a modest restaurant with a property value of $1.5 million. It's located six miles from the coast, which makes it "zone one" in terms of hurricane risk.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Stock Market Investing Buy and Hold Strategy, Is it Back / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: INO
The Game of Buy-and-Hold: It Is Over Forever
Hi, this is Adam Hewison and I have just returned from vacation in Maine. This is my first day at the office and my first video from the digital den.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Stock Market Investing, Not a Time for Buy and Hold / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Claus_Vogt
Many investors are finding that the current situation in the stock market is very difficult to read because the conclusions of different analytical approaches are unusually conflicting. So let’s review the three most important ones and discuss the relevance of each. Then I’ll tell you what I think is the best way to deal with them.