I have received a number of emails from readers wondering why gold is rallying as inflation has dropped into negative territory. In the past, gold has been mostly associated with being an inflation hedge, but it can be a hedge during times of great turmoil as well, as this article from 24/7 Wall Street examines (hat tip to reader Richard …
Sunday Musings: The Value Of Feedback
Last Sunday, I talked about the impossibility of being able to please all the people all of the time with my blogging efforts. I received a lot of commentary and emails, some of which you can review here. Feedback is a valuable component of any business or any writer whether he gets paid for his efforts or makes a voluntary …
The Value Of Selling
In regards to my recent post “7 Years Of Wealth Wiped Out,” reader VR had this comment: It’s almost funny when I try to talk people out of buy-and-hold strategy and point them to your blog for market-timing. Everyone is afraid of missing out on a big rally. They don’t really mind losing more than 50% of their investment to …
No Load Fund/ETF Tracker updated through 2/19/2009
My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpContinued worry about the survival of the banking system pulled the major indexes deeper into bear territory. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs remains below its trend line (red) by -10.40% thereby confirming the current bear market trend. The international index now remains -20.43% below its own trend line, …
Another Fraudulent Scheme
MSN Money reported that another alleged fraud has taken place (sorry, no link): The Securities and Exchange Commission accused Robert Allen Stanford, chief of the Stanford Financial Group, a large Houston money-management firm, today of conducting “a massive ongoing fraud” in the sale of about $8 billion of high-yielding certificates of deposit held in the firm’s bank in Antigua. The …
Honing In On Last Year’s Lows
The markets took it on the chin yesterday with all major indexes heading sharply south and honing in on last November’s lows. Actually, the Dow came within 31 hundredth of a point of taking out the November 20th level. The November low of 752 of the S&P; 500 held up so far, but we have moved within striking distance. Causing …