Category: Investing 2012
The analysis published under this category are as follows.Thursday, March 01, 2012
The Most Important Investment You Can Make Right Now / Stock-Markets / Investing 2012
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: I was taken aback by the question: "What is the single most important investment I can make right now?"
Not by the question itself - I get that one a lot.
But because of who was asking it and what they excluded.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Five Savvy Ways Investors Can Conquer the Wall of Worry / Stock-Markets / Investing 2012
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: If you like extreme risk and consider living on the edge to be "normal," today's column isn't for you.
Today I'm writing to the millions of investors who are completely terrified by the prospect of what's next and who simply want their faith restored - not to mention their investments.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Whiskey and Cigarettes: The Best Way to Profit From Sin Stocks / Companies / Investing 2012
Jason Simpkins writes: The common misconception is that so-called "sin stocks" only perform well when the economy tanks.
But the truth is that purveyors of alcohol and tobacco take their lumps during a recession just like everybody else.
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
Where to Invest 2012 and What to Avoid / Stock-Markets / Investing 2012
Bloomberg TV Exclusive: Fortress fund manager Michael Novogratz talked about his fund's investment strategy with Bloomberg TVs Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle.
Novogratz talked about improving investing conditions for 2012, and said that "I bet January returns were great for most hedge funds because we're seeing a breakdown of correlation."
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Buy Timber Stocks and Watch Your Money Grow on Trees / Companies / Investing 2012
Don Miller writes: Chances are you've never considered timber stocks in your investing strategy.
But if that's the case, then you've been missing out.
Timber is a long-term investment that can reward your portfolio in good times, and protect it in bad.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
How Online Gamers Can Give Biotech Investors Big Gains / Companies / Investing 2012
Michael Robinson writes: A group of online gamers are onto something big. Very big.
So please don't think these "hobbies" are a complete waste of time and energy.
An online game called Foldit has actually helped to deliver a medical breakthrough that could change the future of biotech research.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Don’t Be A Wall Street Patsy, Understand How to Play the Game / Stock-Markets / Investing 2012
Shah Gilani writes: You want to know the truth? The truth is that Wall Street has stacked the deck against you.
That's why you need to understand how the game is played. Otherwise you'll end up a Wall Street patsy.
So, here's the truth along with some lessons that will help you play the game like a pro.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Taking Advantage of Tight Local Government Budgets / Companies / Investing 2012
Benjamin Shepherd writes: US state and local governments shed about 244,000 jobs in 2011 and 249,000 jobs in 2010, according to government data. Since the height of the global credit crunch in mid-2008, almost 670,000 state and local government jobs have been eliminated.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Five Stocks to Avoid Like the Plague / Companies / Investing 2012
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: There's no better time to take a good hard look at your portfolio than the beginning of a new year.
I know this may not be your first rodeo and chances are you've already done at least a little thinking about how your investments came through 2011, and what you'd like to achieve in 2012.
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
Is It Time to Buy These "Death Watch" Stocks? / Companies / Investing 2012
Kerri Shannon writes: Money Morning's Keith Fitz-Gerald joined Fox Business's Stuart Varney yesterday (Wednesday) to discuss three stocks Varney said were on "death watch" - including Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK), rumored to be on the brink of filing for bankruptcy.
Varney asked Fitz-Gerald if any of these companies presented a buy-when-it's-cheap opportunity, or if investors should steer clear.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
The Keys to Successful Investing in 2012 / Stock-Markets / Investing 2012
Turmoil in Europe, uneven US economic growth and unprecedented market volatility led many investors to reject stocks this year. Bad move. Stocks outperformed other asset classes in 2011 and will continue to do so in 2012. Yields on traditional savings vehicles are virtually nonexistent.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Plan to Keep Your Assets Safe From an Out-of-control Government / Stock-Markets / Investing 2012
Terry Coxon, Casey Research writes: By keeping all your assets in the country where you live, you commit, ahead of time, to ratify whatever policy your home government might adopt, no matter how objectionable, unreasonable or pernicious that policy happens to be. If the next new mandate is "Register today to get a nail pounded into your head," you're already signed up.
Americans, by and large, run all their affairs within the confines of the US. The US economy is so large and so varied that it's easy to assume that everything you want to do with your wealth can be done without crossing any borders. And people in the US, like people anywhere, live with the habits and attitudes developed over generations. They're only human. In the case of Americans, those habits grew out of long experience with a government that was small and that generally practiced the rare virtue of following its own laws. In a happy exception to mankind's experience with rulers, there was little to fear from it.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
How the Pentagon Will Create Space Travel Profits / Companies / Investing 2012
Michael Robinson writes: The mainstream media was all over Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen's recent announcement proclaiming he intends to "transform" the space industry.
But they missed the real story - one that will make a few savvy investors a small fortune.
If you want big profits from the next generation of space travel, keep an eye on new developments at a small but highly respected research arm of the Pentagon.
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Get Ahead of Semiconductor Industry Growth with These Seven Investments / Companies / Investing 2012
Larry D. Spears writes: The semiconductor industry struggled to maintain growth in 2011 - but that's starting to change.
The industry this year was stunted by slow global economic growth, reduced consumer demand, and supply-chain disruptions due to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Industry revenue was down 2.5 percentage points in the second quarter, mostly due to Japanese semiconductor companies that suffered facility damage.
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