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How Far Will Stocks Fall?
You don’t have a profit until you take a profit goes the old investing saying. If you have seen your portfolio rise in the wake of the Great Recession it may be time to take that profit. CNBC speculates that stocks could drop 25% or more.
The first month and a half of 2016 was brutal for the U.S. equity market, as the major averages plunged over 10 percent. But since hitting the February lows, the market has managed to hobble back, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above 18,000 for the first time on Monday.
The sad truth is that […]
Chinese Companies Hit by Yuan Devaluation
If you were thinking of investing in Chinese stocks, think again. China troubles are not over as Chinese companies are hit by the Yuan devaluation. Bloomberg Business reports that China Forex losses jump 13-fold and there is more to come.
The impact of August’s yuan devaluation has shown up in Chinese publicly traded companies’ annual results – and investors are bracing for more pain.
Some 980 listed Chinese companies reported combined foreign-exchange losses of 48.7 billion yuan ($7.5 billion) for last year, almost 13 times the amount in 2014, Bloomberg-compiled data show. Profits at those firms slumped 11 percent last year to […]
Is the South Korean Won a Good Surrogate for Betting Against China?
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As the Chinese stock market takes its pratfalls many investors wish they could trade Chinese stocks in that market. Some would wait for the market to bottom out in order to buy […]
Is Now the Time to Buy Energy Stocks?
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Supply and demand is everything in the energy business. And when Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran agree to a freeze in crude oil production oil prices go up and so do energy […]
Is It Time to Buy Canadian Stocks?
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Falling crude oil prices have decimated Canadian oil stocks and now Canadian bank stocks are following a global selloff. The Globe and Mail writes about the most recent travails of Canadian stocks.
Canada’s […]
Will 2016 Be the Year of Unstable Markets?
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Investors spent much of the last year worrying about a slowing Chinese economy, its effect on developing markets and a slowing global economy with pockets of recession. This year starts off with […]
Risk versus Profit in Fracking Shale Formations
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As oil prices fall we would like to look at risk versus profit in fracking shale formations. The United States crude oil production is near a four decade high. With production at […]
Market Effects of Paris Attacks
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The terrorist attacks in Paris took a terrible toll of human life. The fact that they were so thoroughly planned and precisely executed leads to concerns by law enforcement professionals that there […]
Invest in BUD SBMRY Beer Merger
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Years ago we suggested that investing in beer, that is to say investing in companies that brew and distribute beer, was a good idea.
Whether your beer of choice is made by Anheuser-Busch […]