The Truth About Bankers’ Bonuses (How You’re Getting Screwed By Banks and Government)
Above is a video I posted of a live and heated debate on Al Jazeera TV on Friday about the controversial issue of bankers bonuses. As a trader I sympathise with my colleague Peter Schiff that we should not have bailed out the banks and let them fail. He does have a good point that [...]
Recession | Which Stage Of The Economic Cycle Are We In?
Most people assume that there are only two stages in the economic cycles: “Boom” and “Bust” – referred to as “expansion” and “contraction” by economists. This two-stage assumption is refuted by some economists who argue that we actually go through five stages: Early Expansion Middle Expansion Late Expansion Early Contraction Late Contraction
Recession | How To Make Money In A Recession: UltraShort ProShares ETFs
If you are worried about a recession and how that will affect you and your investments, then one option would be to take long positions with the ProShares ETFs. Personally, I still like selling short on stocks and stock index futures, but I know that many people do not. So here is a great article [...]
Recession | How To Profit From A Stock Market Crash by Selling Short (Part 2)
Commonly people buy the stocks of a company in order to make money as the stock rises in value. This is also known as “going long”. However, selling short is the method whereby you can make money when stock prices are falling. This is known as “going short”. This is often viewed as risky by [...]
Recession | How To Make Money In A Recession (Part 1)
In this post and video (above) I will show you how you can identify industries which are doing well at any given period of time. The video focuses on the industries that may do well in a recession from a fundamental point of view. However, care must be taken that no industry is truly safe [...]
People Can Be Poor Judges Of A Recession’s End
Psst! Have you heard yet? The recession has finally ended. Yes, and it did not end just now, but actually in June 2009! As hard to swallow as this may be, such were the findings released on Monday of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), an economic group whose job it is to determine [...]
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Stock Market News- Hong Kong opens lower as bank shares weaken; Hang Seng Index down 0.3% May 21, 2013
- Oklahoma tornado kills at least 37, including children: reports May 21, 2013
- Japan stocks pull back after recent gains; Nikkei Average down 0.6% May 21, 2013
- Apple avoided billions of dollars in U.S. taxes, Senate panel finds May 20, 2013
- Apple pays no tax on much of its overseas income, Senate panel finds May 20, 2013
- U.S. stocks end in the red; S&P 500 lower for fourth session in May May 20, 2013
- Apple to tell Congress it doesn't use tax gimmicks May 20, 2013
- Gold futures vanquish Monday declines and turn higher May 20, 2013
- Small-cap-stock gauge Russell 2000 tops 1,000 mark for first time May 20, 2013
- U.K. stock-market benchmark FTSE 100 closes at highest level since 2000 May 20, 2013
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