October 15, 2007 – I’ve often mentioned that the U.S. stock market can APPEAR healthy even when the underlying economy is in worse shape than an alcoholic on a kidney dialysis machine. And this is just one of those instances right now. As markets continue to climb higher on manufactured, political-agenda serving government statistics and [...]

September 19, 2007 – “Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth. Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It stands as a protector of property rights” – Alan Greenspan, 1966, more than 20 years before he served as Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve from 1987-2006. Obviously, Alan Greenspan’s [...]

June 4, 2007 – If you look at our free stock picks from just one day, October 30, 2006, EVERY SINGLE STOCK WE PROFILED that day has gained a significant amount, and on average they gained 35%. As well, you can view returns of the stocks we profile in our investment newsletter here. In fact, [...]

December 28, 2006 – With the New Year on the horizon, in many global markets around the world, there will be choppy trading on low daily volume as many people take a break for the new year. Also, you may see abnormal peaks and dips in some stocks as institutions seize the low daily volume [...]

December 27, 2006 -Yes, I know I said you wouldn’t hear from me until the New Year, but here are three graphs that merit close attention so figured I might as well post an interim blog. With the Nasdaq Composite Bullish Percent Index, note that the 13 day SMA has just crossed the 20 day [...]

December 18, 2006 – It’s that time of the year when holidays are upon us, which translates into toy shortages and unpredictable market behavior in individual stocks. Because so many people take time off from work during the holidays, every holiday season, daily trading volume versus the average three-month daily trading volume for More on [...]

December 13, 2006- I remember a King of the Hill Episode (an American TV show) where the main character asks his Laotian neighbor, “Are you Japanese or Chinese?” The neighbor answers, “Laotian”, to which the Caucasian character immediately replies, “So. Are you Japanese or Chinese?” As I’m recalling this from memory, that might not be [...]

December 4, 2006 – This month, Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, spoke at the Fourth Conference of the International Research Forum on Monetary Policy in Washington, D.C. Interestingly, he noted that, “In informal terms, we are uncertain about where the economy has been, where it is now, and where [...]

December 2, 2006 – I’m sure that everyone who reads this, at some point and time, has been fed up with bank fees and paltry interest rates on savings accounts. The number one complaint I’ve always heard about banks is that the “fee you to death”. There’s a fee for going into a branch and [...]

October 30, 2006 – With the new politically manipulated and artificially created highs in the U.S. stock markets, which in turn has spurred optimism in other global markets, there has been much accompanying speculation about oil retreating to $40 a barrel oil and even to $20 a barrel (which I think will never happen). Personally, [...]

October 30, 2006 – “The United States is a damned country that deserves only to be cursed. It declares its own occupation of our lands legitimate, but brands our resistance as terrorist”- Ahmed Ibrahim, Libyan parliament deputy speaker, April 2006. I opened this blog with that comment to illustrate that money and greed will many [...]

October 24, 2006 – Some people have asked me, the Dow just keeps going higher and higher, people seem not to have a worry in the world about the U.S. markets, the VIX levels are extremely low, expert analysts are predicting 16,000 marks for the Dow and $20 a barrel oil, so why are you [...]

October 18, 2006 – As I’ve mentioned many times before, I expect to see a significant correction coming soon in the U.S. markets. Were it not for the imminent mid-term elections on Nov. 7th, I would call for strong and steep corrections to start within the next couple of weeks. However, the looming presence of [...]