Culturally Bankrupt
Culturally Bankrupt. That is the title of November’s Comprehensive Market Review which has just been posted here. What I mean is that it is accepted in our culture to take on debt and live beyond our means. Of course, it is not just the US. The announcement out of Europe yesterday proves it. The EU is creating more…
There is Never One Cockroach.
There is never one cockroach. It’s not the first cockroach that homeowners worry about, it’s the hundreds or thousands they cannot see that they worry about. In this country, we started seeing our first “financial” cockroaches in the likes Washington Mutual in 2008. Two weeks ago, the lights were turned on in Europe and we…
Darwin’s Investment Strategy
Has your portfolio gone down for the past ten years? I can tell you why. In fact I can specifically tell you why and you won’t even have to pay me a dime. I’ll do it for free and right now. You will learn why after you click here and watch this presentation. WARNING: This…
A Dazed and Confused Stock market
My monthly comprehensive market review has been posted. A dazed and confused stock market ends the month of September and the third quarter of 2011 lower. There is no easy way of saying it, the past three months have been tough and I think the 4th quarter could actually be worse. So what are…
Correction or Crash?
Correction or Crash? The difference between a correction and a crash is usually your portfolio. Was this week a correction or a crash? It depends. Do you know the general trend of your portfolio for the last five years? If your portfolio has been sideways to down over that time period then this week was…
Investment Whiplash
Investment Whiplash High frequency trading, burning European banks and continued government manipulation… is it any wonder the average conventional investor’s portfolio is getting whipped around like a rag doll? Join me in my monthly Comprehensive Market Review where I speak plainly and clearly about what changes are happening and why your portfolio’s future is based on how good you…
Blame It on the Boomers
Blame It on the Boomers You may have heard that we will not have another recession but instead a “protracted recovery”. Don’t get giddy yet. I think we will have another recession…and soon. And in this day and age of finger wagging and scapegoating, I know just whom to blame. Blame it on the Boomers.…
Have A Coke And A Smile
Have a Coke and a Smile Save yourself the calories and the tooth decay and buy the stock instead. The companies that have weathered the storm in the last four weeks are well established, big name companies with rising dividends. Just look at the price chart above. The yellow line (the bottom line in the…
Crash Test Dummies
Crash Test Dummies Do you want to crash-proof your portfolio? A lot can be learned from a near disaster. The last 15 trading days in the stock market has been an actual disaster for many investors. In the past three weeks the S&P500 fell from 1356 to 1100 bringing down world equities and eliminating $5.5…
All Is Well, Remain Calm…?
Is this what your week in the market has felt like? Watch below. . How can you remain calm when there is chaos all around? Here’s what I recommend you do today. 1) Make sure all of your individual stock positions and sector holdings have a 25% trailing stop loss on them. And then when…
