Europe Crisis - Greek Bond Haircut Is A Default In Every Sense

The Europe Crisis I believe continues unabated. The Greek restructuring of debt and subsequent second bailout I felt was probably 90% assured because no European Bureaucrat actually has any answer to the Europe Crisis.  This Greek Bond Haircut it is a default in every sense of the word. The dictionary defines default as: Noun: Failure to fulfill an obligation, esp. to repay a loan. Verb: Fail to fulfill an obligation such as to repay a loan. Europe Crisis Is A Question Of What Might Hurt Less The Bureaucrats who run Europe seemed to feel / Read More

 
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

I want to wish my readers a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2012. Christmas is a great time of year and I hope all are surrounded by loved ones this holiday season. It’s also a time to reflect back on 2011 as I am sure some readers would rather forget not getting out of the market in May before the bear returned to the market. But it was more than a bear market. It truly was the year of Europe and Congressional failures. Europe showed once again that they are / Read More

 
Market Timing / Market Direction - Forget The Debate

A recent comment from a reader, I felt deserved an article as a reply. On Dec 10 Toby wrote this comment on the article Financial Investment Using Market Timing Indicators Part 1 .  I liked his comment and decided to reply in a short article on market timing / market direction indicators. Here is Toby’s comment on market timing indicators and charting: “Chartists use technical indicators to help them discern patterns in the market, and thus increase their chances of determining the next direction of the market. The problem is, those indicators measure / Read More

 
Exile On Wall Street Is A Terrific Read

Exile On Wall Street is one of those books you can’t put down. It’s not often that I read a book that confirms what I have said for years. It’s just my opinion but I have long believed that analysts don’t know how to tell investors when to sell and truthfully they don’t want to. It does not serve their own interests. Former banking analyst Mike Mayo has written an excellent book titled, Exile On Wall Street in which he gives a captivating inside view of the workings of big bank brokerages, how / Read More

 
GM Stock - Mistakes Can Kill Your Portfolio

GM Stock is not for buy and hold investors. It is also not a stock for put sellers either. Personally I don’t think it is a stock for anyone other than the US Government that still owns a pile of it. Every once in a while I get emails from readers wondering about GM stock. It is down 50% from its high set in January of 2011 shortly after its IPO in November of 2010. I keep writing back the same article again and again. Forget GM stock is my advice. I plan / Read More

 
USA Debt VS World Debt - Ludicrous Arguments

I read an unusual article the other day about USA Debt versus World Debt. The author was comparing the USA Debt against World Debt to explain why USA Debt situation was so much better than the rest of the world. He went on to explain that while the USA Debt per person was higher than the rest of the world’s population, still American citizens are so much better off because they have some hope of some day being able to repay some of the debt without going bankrupt. He estimated that it could / Read More

 
Market Manipulation - You Bet!

Market Manipulation Concerns Investors Once in a while I receive emails from worried investors who complain about market manipulation. I always find this somewhat surprising because I honestly thought everyone understood that markets are manipulated. This is of course just my opinion but after investing for almost 4 decades I thought is was pretty obvious. Market manipulation has been around since the days of Rome when they traded everything from livestock and slaves to gold. What I cannot understand is why this is such a concern for investors. However while markets may be / Read More

 
Charities Are An Industry

Canadian Cancer Society Spends More On Fund Raising Than Research I have to admit that as I have gotten older I have contributed less and less to big name charities and contribute more to those charities that I see working within my own community or those that I know are not spending my hard earned cash paying salaries, advertising, mailing out junk mail, etc. I really like an organization that is staffed with volunteers. I give to the local food bank and I love giving to the Salvation Army when they have Thanksgiving, / Read More

 
Europe Debt Crisis / Investors Unprepared For Greek Debt Crisis

Should investors be concerned about the Greek Debt Crisis? After a recent visit to Greece, I believe investors should be worried about the Greek Debt Crisis and what will amount to a Europe Debt Crisis probably before year-end. Greece cannot afford the living standard that has been built on debt both sovereign and personal. I believe that stock markets and investors around the world are unprepared for the stock market collapses that will happen when Greece defaults. Europe’s Banks which hold at least 100 billion of Greek debt have been moved further down / Read More

 
Europe Debt Crisis / Greek Debt Crisis Tip Of The Iceberg For Derivatives

Greek Debt Crisis is just the tip of the iceberg according to a great article I read today in Forbes online magazine. Hedge fund manager Mark Mobius is quoted in the article as saying that nothing was solved from the last financial crisis and another lurks “just around the corner”. He points out that aside from the Greek Debt Crisis, global derivatives are probably total $600 trillion dollars with absolutely no regulations and no ideas how damaging they could be to not just the United States but economies around the world. Mark Mobius / Read More

 
Europe Debt Crisis / Greek Debt Crisis Swimming Naked

The Greek Debt Crisis continues to unfold yet many investors do not understand what is happening or really what it is about. Today’s Globe and Mail contained by far the best article I have read on the Greek Debt Crisis. Globe and Mail authors Brain Milner and Claire Neary must be congratulated for writing this insightful report. Select this Greek Debt Crisis link to read their article. One of the best description in their article is the old Warren Buffet saying that in a financial crisis you can see who’s swimming naked. In / Read More

 
Financial Investment Stocks - Dance Near The Exit

When I am in a financial investment as risky as stocks I pay attention to the world around me. Recently I read yet another article about the coming “hyperinflation”. Honestly the media tosses these terms about like the unexpected arrival of the mother-in-law banging on my door this weekend! Just a few months ago it was stagflation and in 2009 it was deflation. As this chatter makes it tough for most investors when they are in a financial investment like stocks. Stocks are the riskiest investment next to the pyramid scheme that my / Read More

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