It’s not technically a new decade yet. But if the trade of the last decade was to sell stocks and buy gold, then maybe the best trade for the next ten years is to sell bonds and buy energy. Gas, coal, oil, conventional, unconventional, renewable, alternative. You have a whole portfolio of choices.
June 10th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 10 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "S&P 500"
China Performs a Kind of Financial Alchemy
“Chinese industrial output fell for four months between July and November, but has since recovered all those losses. A similar pattern has been seen in Korea, where industrial output suffered a sharp decline around year end but apparently made up about half of that over February and March.
May 19th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 10 comments | Continued
Buying Stocks for Dividends Makes Sense…
In fact, things got so bad back then, and companies were so reluctant to cut dividends (probably figuring that nobody in their right mind would buy their shares otherwise), that “in 1933, American earnings per share dropped below dividends”! Wow! The companies paid out more money to shareholders than the company made!
March 17th, 2009 | Mogambo Guru | 3 comments | Continued
Life Goes On
What is the stock market telling us? Has it fallen out of love with Obama? Is it terrified of his wealth redistribution policies? Is it stark raving mad? Or is it a perfectly rational reaction to a situation that lacks transparency in the banking sector and an obvious, easy way out of the economic hole we find ourselves on?
March 6th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 2 comments | Continued
I Love Your Optimism
I did not mention that there are only about 100 million non-government, non-taxpayer paid workers in the U.S.A., which means that there are only 100 million workers who can make a profit with which to pay taxes, which means that $5 trillion in government spending is a staggering $50,000 for Every Freaking One (EFO) of those non-government, non-taxpayer paid positions! And you think THAT is going to work out for the best?
February 27th, 2009 | Mogambo Guru | 1 comment | Continued
