Archive - Dec 2013 - Blog entry

If political protests focused on the real culprits of economic instability within their countries, then they could be immensely successful in bringing about real change. However, as long as they focus on distractions and the players of the game rather than the real culprits, politicians will continue to sell all of us "hope" and "change we can believe in" and continue laughing behind our backs all the way to the bank.

The "do-nothing Congress"?

Momentum stocks are the absolute best stocks to invest in from a risk and return standpoint, and there are 5 drivers for GM being a momentum stock 2014.

Don’t Be Foolish

Think sentiment in gold and silver are the same? They violently diverged this year. The difference could have a profound impact on your trades.

The biggest problem facing investors today is that “the rules” of the game change almost every year. What I mean is that any basic rule investors took for granted could be thrown out the window. Indeed, in the last five years we’ve seen:

A Christmas dispatch from Hona-Whoville...

Many Ponzi schemes work for a while, but it is only a matter of time before the tide goes rolling out to Sea.

A look ahead into 2014.  

This is one of the classic business and marketing failures of 2013.

And a Statist New Year!

A little followed development is revealing about the emerging financial architecture and the role of the dollar.  A dispassionate discussion.  

The technology sector has been one of the hottest plays for investors in 2013, and right now there is one tech firm that has the market’s full attention.

A Ponzi Noel...

What would we do without Zero Hedge?  Does anyone else notice the rapid deterioration of financial news media, especially in the US?  OK, we are not naive, there are biases in the media, traders from big ibanks talking up their positions, and trading is all about information arbitrage.  But financial news used to be really serious.  Traders could turn on a TV to see what the markets were doing.