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(SIVR) Is Silver Set to Beat Out Gold?

InvestmentU — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:02:04 +0000

by Tony D’Altorio, Investment U Research Monday, October 25, 2010 Silver has served as a measure of value and currency for over 4,000 years. As early as around 600 B.C., citizens of Lydia used it for coins. But while hardly new, it’s still giving investors something to talk about these days. In the past month, [...]

(SIVR) Is Silver Set to Beat Out Gold?

(GLD) Gold’s Two-Faced Disappointment

InvestmentU — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:27:40 +0000

With the price of gold again pulling back from its 18-month highs this morning, we start to see more cracks in the bullish $2000 an ounce gold argument. But that shouldn’t surprise. Gold is a two sided, two-faced coin that has very distinct personalities. On one side, we have the hedge against inflation, a reserve [...]

(GLD) Gold’s Two-Faced Disappointment

(LD) Five Ways to Profit from China’s Environmental Crackdown

InvestmentU — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:21:14 +0000

Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research China has an environmental problem, something the government has known about it for years. For some time now, polluters have dumped massive amounts of toxic waste into China’s air and water. And since Beijing mandated economic growth at all costs, those emissions of toxic waste have remained unchecked with no [...]

(LD) Five Ways to Profit from China’s Environmental Crackdown

(SKF) Big Moves For Bank Stocks

InvestmentU — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:50:08 +0000

by Ryan Cole, Investment U Research Team I’m sure by now, you’ve heard that September is the worst month for stocks. October gets the press, with its biggest, single-day calamities, but September still stands as the clear Biggest Loser. And mark my words: That matters. Simply put, this September is shaping up like a bloodbath: [...]

(SKF) Big Moves For Bank Stocks

(EWJ) Japan’s Historic Moment Creates Historic Confusion

InvestmentU — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:00:17 +0000

by Ryan Cole, Investment U Research Team The dust is settling in Japan, and the only thing we know for sure is that no one can agree… on anything. With the new government in office – the first real time Japan has been ruled by any group other than the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since [...]

(EWJ) Japan’s Historic Moment Creates Historic Confusion

(GLD) The World of Commodities: The Future Of The Gold, Silver, Corn & Sugar Markets

InvestmentU — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:05:07 +0000

by Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist When you have a mix of bullish fundamental factors backed up by the usual bout of speculation, you’ve got a juicy recipe for higher prices. The world of commodities is a prime example of this. And nowhere is this trend more evident at the moment than in the sugar market. [...]

(GLD) The World of Commodities: The Future Of The Gold, Silver, Corn & Sugar Markets

(FXA) An Australian Dollar Play on China’s Growth

InvestmentU — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:28:50 +0000

Tony Daltorio, The Investment U Research Team Despite the continuing negative sentiment toward China from much of Wall Street, China’s remarkable economic growth continues unabated. While Wall Street “experts” focus solely on the export-oriented eastern cities in China, they are missing the rapid growth occurring in other parts of China with the government’s “Go West” [...]

(FXA) An Australian Dollar Play on China’s Growth

(USO) These Three Commodities Are Set to Move – Are You Ready to Profit?

InvestmentU — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:06:36 +0000

by Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist If you’re looking for what I call a “blast-off” move, look no further than the sugar market. Since April, the commodity has embarked on an extreme upside move, shooting to highs not seen since sugar hit $0.45 per pound in 1981. The chart below illustrates it perfectly… Sugar Chart: http://www.investmentu.com/images/sugar_082509.gif [...]

(USO) These Three Commodities Are Set to Move – Are You Ready to Profit?

(XLV) Healthcare Debate – Some Potential Stock Winners

vitalstocks — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:10:04 +0000

The ongoing debate about health care has become more focused on ideological lines than on what realistically can and should be done. Though not surprising, it is unfortunate. It would be wonderful if the conversation shifted to what changes can realistically be made and what changes should be made to prevent a worsening crisis. Here [...]

(XLV) Healthcare Debate – Some Potential Stock Winners

(FXP) Get out of China – The entire economy is about to implode

InvestmentU — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:05:42 +0000

Ryan Cole, The Investment U Research Team Get out of China, now. The entire economy is about to implode. Let me explain. The accepted story is that China is going to lead the world out of this recession. It’s successfully decoupled from the U.S., and GDP is going to grow about 8% this year, even [...]

(FXP) Get out of China – The entire economy is about to implode

(USL) Profiting From Oil – Peak or Not

InvestmentU — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:22:10 +0000

Tony Daltorio, The Investment U Research Team It seems like the only times that the financial media talks about oil is when they mention either demand destruction in the United States or an inventory buildup of fuel, etc. in the United States. The financial media is doing a real disservice to millions of investors in [...]

(USL) Profiting From Oil – Peak or Not

(IYE) Taxes Are Going Up… Here’s Three Ways to Play the Coming Tax Increase

InvestmentU — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:13:11 +0000

by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist Taxes are going to go up. I’m not happy about it, and I’m sure most Americans are as steamed as I am. But here’s the stark reality: The money Uncle Sam gets from personal taxes, payroll deductions, corporate taxes and various other duties is a little more than half of [...]

(IYE) Taxes Are Going Up… Here’s Three Ways to Play the Coming Tax Increase

Weekly Review – Risky assets last week again marched higher

prieur — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:35:02 +0000

Risky assets last week again marched higher to the tune of economic data supporting the argument of a global economic recovery. A realization among investors that the economic transition from recession to recovery was gaining momentum resulted in many global stock markets and commodities scaling fresh peaks for the year. Source: Steve Breen The S&P [...]

Weekly Review – Risky assets last week again marched higher

($BHP) How to Prepare for the Storm Brewing in Copper

InvestmentU — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:55:33 +0000

Tony Daltorio, The Investment U Research Team There is a copper-red sky this morning – it reminds me that a serious “storm” is brewing for Copper. Copper is one of the most important commodities in the world. It is a key component of the engine powering the vehicle called ‘global economic growth.’ The widely used [...]

($BHP) How to Prepare for the Storm Brewing in Copper

(UNG) Commodity Futures: Playing The Grains & Orange Juice Markets

InvestmentU — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:29:51 +0000

by Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist I’d like to focus today’s segment on the markets that typically see heightened activity during the summer months, due to the fact that it’s their prime growing season. Specifically, that means the grains and orange juice markets. As we’ve mentioned before, these products are heavily dependent on the weather for [...]

(UNG) Commodity Futures: Playing The Grains & Orange Juice Markets

(EWV) Japan’s Darkest Days Lay Ahead

InvestmentU — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:11:51 +0000

Ryan Cole, The Investment U Research Team Bet against Japan. It pains me to say it. I lived in Japan for five years – great years. I love the country, I love the people, I love the cherry blossoms in spring and the festivals in the streets and the poetic dewdrop in my window each [...]

(EWV) Japan’s Darkest Days Lay Ahead

(TUR) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (June 29 – July 5, 2009)

prieur — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:02:31 +0000

“Words from the Wise” this week again comes to you in a shortened format as I am still on the road in Europe and do not have access to my normal research resources. Although only brief commentary is provided, a full dose of excerpts from interesting news items and quotes from market commentators is included. [...]

(TUR) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (June 29 – July 5, 2009)

(PIN) Ups and downs on financial markets were plentiful during the past week

prieur — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:10:52 +0000

Ups and downs on financial markets were plentiful during the past week, but investor sentiment, on balance, brightened on the back of constructive financial and economic data – capped by a better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report on Friday. “It appears that the global economy has finally found the ripcord,” said Rebecca Wilder (News N Economics) [...]

(PIN) Ups and downs on financial markets were plentiful during the past week

(SLV) Seven Reasons A Boom in Silver is Beginning

InvestmentU — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:04:08 +0000

Joe Kunkle, The Investment U Research Team With gold and oil hogging the “commodities spotlight,” silver is too often forgotten. However, a new trend is emerging that indicates a major rally may be starting in silver prices and silver related stocks. Over the past few weeks we’ve seen more and more data that supports a [...]

(SLV) Seven Reasons A Boom in Silver is Beginning

(EWH) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (May 25 – 31, 2009)

prieur — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:57:30 +0000

Government bonds dominated action on financial markets during the past holiday-shortened week, as angst about inflation and massive issuance propelled yields to six-month highs in the US, Europe and Japan. Bonds and other safe-haven assets such as the US dollar were out of favor as signs of a bottoming of global economies, albeit tentative, emboldened [...]

(EWH) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (May 25 – 31, 2009)

(THD) Investing in Thailand: Revolutionizing Global ETF Investments

InvestmentU — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:56:17 +0000

Ryan Cole, The Investment U Research Team Buy when there’s blood in the streets, indeed. Every investor knows the phrase, but very few have the required fortitude to actually put it in practice. When there’s blood on the streets, most investors bail and head for cover as fast as they can. But the sentiment goes [...]

(THD) Investing in Thailand: Revolutionizing Global ETF Investments

(EWH) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (May 25 – 31, 2009)

prieur — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:13:34 +0000

(EWH) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (May 25 – 31, 2009)

(TBT) It’s Time To Short Tresuries With Inverse ETF’s

PeakStocks.com — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:48:08 +0000

Today is a day to give thanks. I know it’s a little early for Thanksgiving, but I’m talking about being thankful to Uncle Sam and the U.S. government for the bountiful opportunity they have given us to make huge loads of money in a relatively short amount of time. I’m talking about shorting U.S. debt [...]

(TBT) It’s Time To Short Tresuries With Inverse ETF’s

(XLF) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (May 4 – 10, 2009)

prieur — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:37:22 +0000

One of the definitions of “stress” offered by the Merriam-Webster dictionary is “bodily or mental tension resulting from factors that tend to alter an existent equilibrium”. Well, any bodily or mental tension investors might have been suffering from as a result of financial factors were shrugged off on Thursday with the announcement by US regulators [...]

(XLF) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (May 4 – 10, 2009)

(XHB) Housing Recovery Here We Come

InvestmentU — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:02:50 +0000

by The Investment U Research Team It was rumored that market recovery wouldn’t occur until the housing market turned itself around. For months it seemed a popular thing to say. And why not? It makes sense that in order for millions of Americans to move forward, we needed to have a strong foundation first. Homes [...]

(XHB) Housing Recovery Here We Come

(DTD) Stock Dividends: Eliminating the Reasons Your Investments Fail

InvestmentU — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:35:48 +0000

by Alexander Green, Oxford Club Investment Director Believe it or not, when it comes to the stock market, most investors prefer glamour to profits. Why do I say this? Tell the average investor about a company with a cutting-edge technology, an exciting Phase III drug or a new gold strike and they’re all ears. But [...]

(DTD) Stock Dividends: Eliminating the Reasons Your Investments Fail

(KBE) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (February 9 – 15, 2009)

prieur — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:20:05 +0000

“Words from the Wise” this week comes to you from my abode in a visibly depressed Europe, from where I am compiling this report as welcome relief from gloomy conversations with taxi drivers and cheerless meals in deserted eateries. Events during the past few days were dominated by the announcement of US Treasury Secretary Timothy [...]

(KBE) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (February 9 – 15, 2009)

(USO) The Wrong Way to Profit From Oil

InvestmentU — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:06:46 +0000

by Matt Weinschenk, Senior Analyst, The White Cap Report Tuesday, January 27, 2009: Issue # 923 Editor’s Note: Last Saturday, we sent out a special broadcast on an oil situation called “contango.” We’ve received a lot of response from that broadcast. Many investors have jumped on the contango bandwagon in recent days. But not all [...]

(USO) The Wrong Way to Profit From Oil

(GLD) Gold Prices Creep Over $900

InvestmentU — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:47 +0000

It’s been no secret that gold prices have been creeping up lately. At just over $900 per troy ounce, gold has run up over $90 in the past 16 days. And while we haven’t reached last year’s record price of $1002.80, moving over $900 is significant. To put things in perspective, gold has only moved [...]

(GLD) Gold Prices Creep Over $900

(XLF) How You Can Profit From Maximum Pessimism

InvestmentU — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:42:59 +0000

Stock Profits from Today’s “Maximum Pessimism” by Louis Basenese, Advisory Panelist Senior Analyst, The Oxford Club Wednesday, January 21, 2009: Issue #919 Yesterday was a train wreck for State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). The stock cratered 59%. But don’t read too much into it… Sure, the company’s quarterly results sent most investors into shock. A [...]

(XLF) How You Can Profit From Maximum Pessimism

(KOL) Renewable Energy Reality: Coal

InvestmentU — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:24:33 +0000

Renewable Energy Reality: Coal by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist Friday, January 9, 2008: Issue #913 The Obama administration has made a big deal about renewable energy. Over the next several years, the new President has plans to spend roughly $150 billion promoting and enabling its growth. And with $700 billion flowing from the United States [...]

(KOL) Renewable Energy Reality: Coal

(TBT) Fun With ETF’s

PeakStocks.com — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:20:11 +0000

The recent turmoil and volatility has presented us with a ton of great ways to play the market, interest rates, oil prices and an economic turnaround both in the U.S. and abroad. In this post I wanted to go over a few ETF’s (Exchange Traded Funds) in particular, one directly dealing with interest rates and [...]

(TBT) Fun With ETF’s

(LQD) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (January 5 – 11, 2009)

prieur — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:20:04 +0000

Global stock markets reversed course during the last three days of the first full trading week of 2009 as investors were confronted with dreadful economic data, escalating layoffs and a bleak earnings outlook. As investor sentiment soured, the MSCI World Index and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index declined by 2.5% and 1.7% respectively during “turnaround [...]

(LQD) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (January 5 – 11, 2009)

(GLD) Picture du Jour: Gold or platinum?

prieur — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:00:05 +0000

“Au” and “Pt” may be dull chemical elements, but gold and platinum have certainly played their respective parts during the unfolding of the financial crisis. Revisiting the metals’ movements, it is clear from the table below that gold’s decline was much smaller than that of platinum – as platinum suffered from the deterioration in the [...]

(GLD) Picture du Jour: Gold or platinum?

(PFF) Bond Market’s Glimpse Into 2009

InvestmentU — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:18:06 +0000

Bond Market’s Glimpse Into 2009 On Friday, Treasuries posted their first weekly loss since October – even as Middle East tensions pushed yields up again. As the year draws to a close, Treasuries have come out as the clear asset-class winner in 2008. But they may have reached their peak in popularity when investors rushed [...]

(PFF) Bond Market’s Glimpse Into 2009

(USO) How to Keep your Gas Prices Low

InvestmentU — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:08:12 +0000

How to Keep your Gas Prices Low by Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director, Money Morning Thursday, December 18, 2008: Issue #903 Editors Note: Oil and gas are back in the headlines today. But we’ve heard very few good ways investors can take advantage of what – in all likelihood – will be a temporary price dip. [...]

(USO) How to Keep your Gas Prices Low

(USO) Will The Price of Oil Per Barrel Drop to $20?

InvestmentU — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:03:21 +0000

Will The Price of Oil Per Barrel Drop to $20? In a sharp reversal from earlier this year, when traders were looking at $147 barrels of oil and pundits claimed it would never go below $100 ever again, the price of crude oil continues to make new lows. Oil hovers around $43.71 per barrel and looks [...]

(USO) Will The Price of Oil Per Barrel Drop to $20?

(PBS) Video-o-rama: Is the worst of the credit crisis over?

prieur — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:40:10 +0000

A heavy batch of interesting video clips has appeared over the past few days as pundits were debating whether the worst of the credit crisis was over and what to make of the stock market’s bounce. I am again pre-empting the customary Sunday edition of the “Words from the Wise” post by sharing with you [...]

(PBS) Video-o-rama: Is the worst of the credit crisis over?

(DHS) (LLL) – L-3 Communications – ended June with record funded backlog of $11 billion

Shawn — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:20:17 +0000

One of the recent contracts awarded to L-3 Communications (LLL) was an $18 million contract by the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD), Royal Air Force. L-3 continues to outperform its peers in both the growth and income categories. The company’s ROE of 13% is above the industry average of 11%. Its dividend yield of 1.1% [...]

(DHS) (LLL) – L-3 Communications – ended June with record funded backlog of $11 billion

Dead Men Walking

prieur — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:55:35 +0000

This post is a guest contribution by Bennet Sedacca*, President of Atlantic Advisors Asset Management Dead Man Walking – Originally, a phrase in a poem by Thomas Hardy in 1909, but later in a work of non-fiction by Sister Helen Prejean, A Roman catholic nun and one of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille. [...]

Dead Men Walking