Stock Investing
Manufacturing Contraction Threatens Investments
The economic “chickens” may have come home to roost as a US manufacturing contraction threatens investments. The Institute for Supply Management report on the manufacturing sector shows that June of 2012 produced the first fall in demand in almost three years (July of 2009). ISM’s purchasing manager’s index is a closely watched measure of current […]
Invest in Arena and Its Anti-obesity Drug
As many as a third of adults in the USA are obese and one in six children shares the problem. Type II diabetes, high blood, pressure, heart failure, and other diseases are worsened by obesity. Now the FDA has approved a new drug, made by Arena Pharmaceuticals, for obesity. The question for investors is if […]
End of Euro Zone Austerity
According to news sources, Moody’s is about to downgrade Spain’s debt rating, again. Greece is still struggling with austerity measures imposed by the EU in return for bailout funds. The Euro Zone appears to be poised for another recession. Does this mean the end of Euro Zone austerity? The issue in Spain is the same […]
Invest Offshore in Mexico
As the US economy languishes at eight percent unemployment investors look offshore for opportunity. Offshore in this case simply refers to outside of the USA. This is an important point because a great opportunity today is to invest offshore in Mexico. Mexico is currently hosting the G20 summit. The nation is negotiating to be a […]
Invest in a Euro Zone Recovery
Is it time to invest in a Euro Zone recovery? Things have been looking pretty dismal in the Euro Zone for the last couple of years. Leaders have been scrambling to bail out nations across its Southern tier, Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Italy, as well as Ireland. The worst of the lot was Greece. Then, […]
High European Bond Rates
There is a lot of skepticism about high interest rates in Spain, Italy and high European bond rates in general these days. The problem is that the Euro debt crisis is far from over. Bond investors are requiring higher and higher interest rates to continue to invest in European junk bonds . The recent rescue […]
Facebook IPO Flop
In light of the recent Facebook IPO flop we revisit the popular social media site. In February we posed the question, “ Is Facebook a good investment ?” It was our opinion then and our opinion now that Facebook will provide value for long term investors only if it finds effective ways to monetize its […]
Investing in Active Stocks
Beware when investing in active stocks. When a stock hits the front pages of the financial news because of high trading volume it may not be because the company is doing well. A current example is JPMorgan. The largest bank in the United States, JPMorgan Chase is in the news because of trading losses of […]
Invest in the Dollar
As the debt dilemma continues and the Euro Zone increases its lending limit again the dollar is rising. Is it time to invest in the dollar? To invest in the dollar does not mean that a long term investor needs to become a Forex trader. But it does mean that he may want to look […]