Investing Tips
Potential Economic Devastation of the Ebola Virus
There is a virus on the loose in Africa that has a ninety percent mortality for anyone who contacts it. This is the Ebola virus. The virus which was previously confined to East Africa has now broken out in West Africa and spread into the most populous nation on the continent, Nigeria. This outbreak is […]
Sell Stocks before the Bubble Bursts
Is it time to sell stocks before the bubble bursts or buy more because they will be underpriced as the dollar loses value? The suggestion that one sell stocks before the bubble bursts is based on the fact that stocks are at a historic high. When stocks hit a historic high they tend to get […]
Asset Bubble Investment Risks
It is getting increasingly difficult to find low priced investments. At the root of this issue is that the largest economies of the world have been printing money and driving down interest rates. The primary reason for this is that roughly seven trillion in assets disappeared with the 2008 market crash. The USA, European nations […]
Three Ways to Profit from Stock Market Inefficiency
It is our belief that investors can profit from stock market inefficiency. That is to say, there are stocks that are not accurately priced given a full and accurate assessment. The view that you can profit from stock market inefficiency is at odds with the concept of an efficient stock market. According to Investopedia, the […]
Emerging Market Rebound
Is it time to invest in an emerging market rebound? Stock markets in Turkey, Brazil, Russia and Thailand have all popped up recently. Investors are pumping money into exchange traded funds in anticipation of a full blown emerging market rebound. The BRICS nations which include Russia and Brazil were the darlings of offshore investment a […]
Foreign Direct Investment in China
Investors are looking outside of China for places to do business and foreign direct investment in China is falling off. According to the online Wall Street Journal FREE MASTERCLASS: 3 Secrets to Take Control of Your Financial Future! China attracted less foreign direct investment in May compared with a year ago, according to new figures, […]
American Profit from Made in China
On this website we often take a look at offshore investing opportunities. An interesting international investment strategy is to stay home and invest in companies that have their goods manufactured in China. The point of this strategy is not just to profit from the low cost of Chinese labor and to run up the United […]
Offshore Investment Timing
We wrote recently about timing stock investments. The bottom line is that while fundamentals drive stock prices technical analysis of the market can accurately assess when an asset price has hit its top or bottom. This information is good to keep in mind for offshore investment timing. A case in point is Brazil which seemed […]
Trading Foreign Stocks
What is the value in trading foreign stocks when both the NYSE and NASDAQ offer lots and lots of US stocks? The point is that by trading foreign stocks an investor can take advantage of growth in various parts of the world at times when the markets are flat in the USA. During periods of […]
Investing in Russia – Crimea Fallout Part 3
This is the third in a series of articles about investing in Russia in light of the annexation of part of neighboring Ukraine by the Russian Federation. Our first article looked at the annexation of the Crimea from the perspective of Russian history. The second article considered the shorter term consequences of investing in Russia […]