New Video: Pick of the Week: Goldcorp (GG)
Greetings Invest With An Edge readers. I’ve loaded a short video with a fresh idea for you. With gold bullion breaking out, and gold miners following, it’s time to take advantage of the Ben Bernanke REFLATION theme. I hope you enjoy it, and I hope we can all profit from it too. Click here...
The Danger of Bear Market Rallies
The stock market appears to be pleased with today’s Federal Reserve action. Whether it will be enough to lift the benchmarks out of their recent funk remains to be seen. In any case, we are a long way from anything resembling a bull market. The best you can expect right now is a bear market...
WisdomTree Launches First GARP ETF
WisdomTree LargeCap Growth (ROI) is the newest ETF on the block and the first product to provide a Growth At A Reasonable Price (GARP) investment strategy in an ETF format. ROI began trading yesterday, December 4, bringing the number of ETFs currently listed in the U.S. to 848. Capitalization-weighted...
Is the Sage of Omaha Infallible?
Stock investors were slightly encouraged today by a New York Times guest column by the greatest of all investors, Warren Buffett. He says he is buying U.S. stocks in his personal account because they are now so undervalued. It’s classic Buffett action: “A simple rule dictates my buying: Be...
Is It Over Now?
Today brought a fitting end to one of the wildest weeks in stock market history. The Dow whipsawed up and down within a 1,000 point range, twice recovering from drops of 500 points or more and ending with a last-hour rally that made the 128 point closing loss look like a victory. The CBOE Volatility...
Re-Booting America
We are undergoing a significant change in America. Political and market forces are dramatically altering the psychology of each and every one of us. I am especially bullish for the long term as I think the moral and ethical fabric of society has been exposed, and we don’t like what we see. Investors...
Is it Too Late to Sell?
Did the market bottom today? Does a VIX near 60 signal capitulation? Are there some compelling buys out there? We don’t know if the bottom is in. Maybe it was today, maybe it is tomorrow. It might be next week. That said, it could be a major mistake to sell out and risk missing the...
End of the World or Buying Opportunity?
When the House declined to approve the bank bailout plan today, a stock market that was already headed downward went into a nosedive. The S&P 500 posted its biggest single-day percentage loss since 1987. The losses were broad and deep: 490 of the S&P 500 companies were down, and volume was...
Interview with the Chicago Tribune: My View of the International Markets
I was recently contacted by the Chicago Tribune for a story they were preparing on international investing. Below are the questions they posed along with my responses: ——– Has the lure of international investing suffered any lasting damage, or is this a passing difficulty? No, there...
Google Clicks Torpedo UAL Shares
UAL shares suddenly plunged -25% Monday morning after a news item appeared on Bloomberg screens that they were filing for bankruptcy. The problem with the “news” was that it was a headline and complete story from way back in 2002. Apparently Tribune Co’s South Florida Sun Sentinel’s...
