The book, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre immortalised Jesse Livermore’s exploits. I have never read it so I can’t be sure the following quote is even from that book. But wherever it comes from, it might be the most wise advice you’ll ever read about how to handle a bull market.
January 26th, 2012 | Greg Canavan | 3 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "precious metals"
Why Has Gold Been Down?
Shouldn’t gold be rising?
Yes, but nothing happens in a vacuum. There are some simple explanations as to why gold remains in a funk.
Is Gold Washed Up?
While stocks lost 12%, gold rose about 10%. For the 11th year in a row (we’ve lost track) our “sell stocks/buy gold” formula paid off. Between falling stocks and rising gold there’s a spread of 22%. Not bad.
January 4th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
6 Things Governments Might Do To You This Christmas
The break over Christmas is a pretty convenient time for politicians to spring something unexpected on you. Well, unexpected for those who don’t read the Daily Reckoning, that is.
So here is a list of things the governments of the world might unleash on you and your portfolio over the holidays:
December 24th, 2011 | Nickolai Hubble | 7 comments | Continued
Will 2012 Be The Return of Gold Stocks?
The fact that gold producers are paying a dividend on gold stocks is worth exploring. First, it means gold producers have cash flow. Now whether or not the best use of free cash flow is to return it to shareholders instead of pouring it into new exploration is for the punters to decide. But the fact is, gold is set to finish higher for the 11th straight year.
December 21st, 2011 | Dan Denning | 5 comments | Continued
Gold Are You In Or Out?
Hey…what’s going on with gold? The dollar up, gold down. When we checked yesterday the price was crashing through the $1,550 level.
December 16th, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
Gold Down 5 Per Cent: Thank You Mr Market!
‘But…but…I thought gold was a safe haven…’
If you’re having thoughts like that after gold’s horror $115 slide over the last 30 days… relax. Gold is, was and always will be a safe haven.
December 15th, 2011 | Greg Canavan | 1 comment | Continued
Energy, Resources and Real Asset Investing
Basic economics of scarcity, supply and demand, and investment demand won’t be less important in supporting commodities. But in a world of collapsing financial asset values, tangible assets are about to become the hotly contested objects of a great global strategic game.
December 9th, 2011 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
Trickle of Chinese Money into Australian Housing and Equities Small Compared to Growth in Bank Lending
Chinese bank lending surged by over US$1.35 trillion in 2009, according to Shaun Rein at Forbes. Much of that money went into stocks. And a lot of it went into Shanghai and Beijing real estate. Whether China bought itself a bubble is a very good question. One important point is that Chinese lending is based on savings…and isn’t borrowed (in U.S. fashion).
January 12th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
Whiff of Economic Recovery Sends Prices of Industrial Metals Soaring
“During the next few decades,” he says, “we will encounter serious problems mining many important metal minerals at the desired extraction rates. Amongst them are all precious metals…
November 25th, 2009 | Chris Mayer | 0 comments | Continued
Inflation is Our Future
On one hand, the deflationists are claiming that given the extremely high debt levels in the West, further inflation is impossible.
September 30th, 2009 | Puru Saxena | 4 comments | Continued
Your Actively Managed Superannuation Fund Cannot Beat the Market
There are at least two points worth noting in this survey, three actually. First, actively managed funds, on average, don’t beat the market. Unless you know a genius manager, paying for results doesn’t deliver them.
July 6th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 10 comments | Continued
House Prices Always Go Structurally Higher in Australia
What about housing? ANZ Bank published a report on the subject yesterday. Among other things, it declared that, “We expect dwelling prices to edge higher for much of the remainder of 2009 with upside risk presenting from intensification of strong fundamentals, a shift in price expectations and restoration of confidence.”
July 2nd, 2009 | Dan Denning | 75 comments | Continued
Gold Flourishes but Silver is the Real Precious Metal Story of Late
“In general,” says energy and oil expert Byron King, “the precious metals are up because the big-spending politicians in Washington have no respect for the US dollar. Break out the black crepe and armbands of mourning for the US dollar.
June 2nd, 2009 | Ian Mathias | 0 comments | Continued
DMCC and their Precious Metals Vault
Because from that distant desert kingdom comes word that the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has finished building a state-of-the-art precious metals vault, with world-class tracking and security systems.
May 28th, 2009 | Byron King | 0 comments | Continued


