The odds of returning [to] the gloom-and-doom scenario of 2008 is quite unlikely but [I have identified several events which could occur and derail your portfolio unless they are closely monitored. Here they are.] Words: 674
June 11th, 2011 | Posted in Investing,Stock Indices | Read More »
The Dow:Gold ratio is defined as the ratio of the price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average divided by the price of gold [or] how many ounces of gold it takes to buy the 30-stock Dow. The current Dow:Gold ratio of 8.5 is up 21.1% from its 17-year March 6, 2009 low of 7.0 and 81% below its 1999 peak of 44.77. [What does the future hold? Higher gold prices, lower stock prices or vice versa?] Words: 400
March 31st, 2011 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Investing | Read More »
[An analysis of the] 15 Dow recoveries since the origin of this legendary index in 1896 (excluding the Crash of 1929 which was an outlier), adjusted for inflation/deflation shows, in the chart below, that the current 470 day recovery (at time of writing) since its low in March 2009 is the 3rd best compared to all the other recoveries over the same period. That being said are we in for another one or two lows before the recovery takes off for good?] Words: 499
January 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Investing,Stock Indices | Read More »
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Index – the oldest stock exchange in the U.S. and most influential in the world – consists of 30 companies and has an extremely interesting and distressing history regarding its beginnings, transformation and structural development which has all the trappings of what is commonly referred to as pyramid or Ponzi scheme. Words: 1233
January 12th, 2011 | Posted in Investing,Stock Indices | Read More »
My technical analyses of the future direction of the U.S. dollar, the price of gold and the American and Chinese stock markets suggest that the near term should be somewhat choppy but with a favorable upward bias for gold and the markets. Let me illustrate my findings with the following charts and explanations. Words: 965
December 6th, 2010 | Posted in Gold/Silver,Investing,Stock Indices | Read More »
Larry Edelson’s proprietary cycle analyses suggests that we could experience declines in the Dow 30 and S&P 500 to 9,000 and 1,000, respectively, by April of 2011; a potential decline in the price of gold to as low as $1126 by August of 2011 and a decline in the price of crude oil to as low as $69 next year – before taking off to record highs. Words: 781
November 29th, 2010 | Posted in Gold/Silver,Investing,Oil and Gas,Stock Indices | Read More »
Most investors didn’t take warnings about the future of the economy and the financial marketplace – warnings that a ‘Category 6 Fiscal Storm’, a ‘Debt-Driven Meltdown’, a ‘Systemic Banking Crisis’, a ‘Financial Train Wreck’, a ‘God-Awful Fiscal Storm’, etc. was in store for the U.S. – seriously until it began. Perhaps this time around, before the other shoe drops, we should become more informed so we will be better positioned to survive and prosper regardless of what comes next. Words: 2128
March 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Asset Allocation,Economy,Investing | Read More »
Investors have a short memory, in 1995, the DJIA was around 4000. Today our economy, it could be argued, is actually weaker than it was back then. Words: 427
February 15th, 2010 | Posted in Stock Indices | Read More »