Archive for January, 2007
January 30, 2007 – Many people have asked me what exactly is the long tail of investment strategies because that is what I advocate as the best and safest way to make huge gains in the stock market. I have started to update resources on our website, including some new pages soon that will contain illustrations that explain how I developed the proprietary long tail SmartKnowledgeU™ investment strategies we teach in our online curriculum. In the meantime, let me explain more here. Read more …
January 30th, 2007
January 28, 2007 – Most people when they read the above answer will think I’m crazy. In fact, I know a lot of people that told me they handed their money over to a firm after trying to manage their own portfolio and sustaining significant losses. But every person that had unsatisfactory results took the plunge without adequate preparation. They listened to the pundits on MSNBC, watched the Bloomberg Report, and read the Wall Street Journal and thought that they were sufficiently knowledgeable to be great stock pickers. Read more …
January 28th, 2007
January 25, 2007 – Well this week’s casual Friday Blog is not so much a blog about investing & martial arts as it is a blog about the investing & the film The Matrix. The Matrix is one of my favorite movies because besides the dialogue being so stellar, much of the Matrix is an allegory for real life. As in the movie, where millions are deceived by a computer generated grid called the Matrix, in the stock markets, an Investment Matrix exists that millions of investors follow that has no resemblance to reality as well. To get started, let’s take a look at some actual dialogue between Morpheus and Neo as they ponder the conundrum of the Matrix. Read more …
January 25th, 2007
January 25, 2007 – Just two weeks ago, on January 7th, I wrote a blog called “10 Reasons Why Dollar Denominated Bonds Aren’t as Safe as You Think”. This afternoon, on the U.S. markets, MarketWatch reported a sell off of U.S. Treasury bonds. Read more …
January 25th, 2007
January 25, 2007 – This past week, I saw a professional newsletter that stated that there was almost nothing good to buy right now. That most major markets including leading emerging markets in China and India were overbought and that a buying opportunity would not present itself until there were major corrections. Though I mostly agree with that statement as it pertains to traditional stocks, this comment reflects how narrowly focused the overwhelming majority of self-proclaimed investment “gurus” out there tend to be. Read more …
January 25th, 2007
January 23, 3007 - Just taking a contrarian position all the time doesn’t mean that you will be right. It takes a much deeper understanding that can be achieved by utilizing the proper information channels that are now available as the information world continues to flatten. Last year, Steve Forbes, publisher of the noted Forbes wealth magazine, went on record at the Las Vegas Gold Show that oil prices would reach $35 a barrel in 2006. Read more …
January 23rd, 2007
January 21, 2007 – Defined within the realm of the statistical Bell Curve, the long tail would reside in the skinny tail at the borders. The long tail, in regards to goods and services, refers to the evolution away from mainstream offerings towards more niche products and services. With the internet drastically reducing the costs of establishing distribution channels, the ability of entrepreneurs to focus more on the long tail sector to fit their customized needs is gaining increasing appeal. Read more …
January 21st, 2007
January 19, 2007 – I know that J.S. has blogged several times about Miyamoto Musashi, arguably the most famous samurai ever. I’m going to write about him as well in this article to illustrate the difference between the typical mindset of an investor versus what it should be.
I’m going to paraphrase a story I read about a young samurai that sought an apprenticeship under Musashi. Read more …
January 19th, 2007
January 18, 2007 – Most financial consultants that work for a large global investment firm need about U.S. $50 million of assets under management to make a decent living in a metropolitan region.
Using this as a benchmark, let’s break down what this figure means to you as a client. It’s highly unlikely that a financial consultant has clients that all have accounts of $1 million or more, so let’s assume that he or she does not accept clients with less than U.S. $250,000. This could create a hypothetical tier of clients as follows. Read more …
January 18th, 2007
January 16, 2007-
This is Part III, the final segment of the reasons why the long tail of investing will make you far wealthier than any traditional strategy or analysis. Read more …
January 16th, 2007
January 14, 2007 – In Part I of this three part series, I discussed how the long tail of investment analysis and strategies can help one understand the direction of the U.S. dollar. Here in Part II, I’ll discuss:
How I’ve Used the Long Tail of Investing to Repeatedly Predict the Price Behavior of the Gold
In the SmartKnowledgeU™ newsletter I delivered to subscribers on July 25th, I stated “We believe gold is a great asset to own as you all know by now. In an article you all received several weeks ago, I mentioned that it was a great time to consider buying gold. Read more …
January 14th, 2007
January 12, 2007 – Today, even though every Friday blog is usually reserved for martial arts musings and how that relates to investing, since we’ve been talking about the remarkable effectiveness of the long tail of investing and investment strategies, I’m going to take the liberty today to write about Bob Marley, a legend that resided in the long tail of music. Read more …
January 12th, 2007
January 11, 2007 - The sharp decline in energy prices in 2007 and the decline in gold has a lot of people running for the hills, including many hedge fund managers who don’t want to become the next Brian Hunter of Amaranth. I’ve stated this before and I’ll state it again. Precious metal ETFs and commodity futures are great for hedge fund managers but terrible for the average investor because hedge fund managers, for the most part, only care about trends and profits in their own wallet (but who doesn’t, right?). But by being able to buy and sell precious metals via ETFs, ETFs have increased volatility in these markets exponentially. Read more …
January 11th, 2007
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