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Correction done? Don’t bet on it!
On March 20th, I published the following quote in my regular money.ca blog entitled: Reacting to headlines is perilous! Most worrisome: Jim Cramer (wait long enough and you’ll eventually be right) is more wound up than a four-year old high … Continue reading
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Tagged behavioural, benchmark, biases, bond, bubble, bubbles, bullish, consumer, correction, earnings, easy money, fair value, fed, financial, fundamentals, GDP, Index, invesment, investors, mal, malvin, markets, maverick, maverickinvestors.ca, money.ca, optimistic, performance, risk, s&p, S&P500, sentiment, spooner, stocks, World, yields
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Money Flows and Regulatory Overkill!
I was reading an interesting article about the U.S. JOBS (Jumpstart our Business Act) which in effect begins to unwind some of the so-called “investor protection” constraints imposed by the excessive reactionary measures contained in the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank laws. … Continue reading
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Tagged 500, appreciation, bankrupt, bonds, burden, crisis, dividend, economy, equities, financial, flows, fund, funds, governments, grade, institutions, investment, investors, layoffs, mal, malvin, market, mass, maverick, maverickinvestors.com, money, mutual, overkill, performance, psychology, regulatory, retail, reversion, RRSP, s&p, spooner, stocks, tax, unemployment, valuations, volatility, yields
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Institutional Investors missed the boat….yet again!
Just back from a nice ride on a rented Harley-Davidson motorcycle (in beautiful Arizona), I can’t say that I’m back in the swing of things just yet, but it sure did clear my head. Oh, and an occasional break does … Continue reading
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Tagged cash, companies, correction, crisis, europe, funds, global, growth, income, interest, investor, investors, macroeconomic, malvin, manager, market, markets, maverick, performance, performed, portfolio, products, rally, rates, risk, speak, spooner, stock, stocks, structured, U.S. economy, yields
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Goldman Sachs advice scares the beejeebies out of me!
“We think it’s time to say a ‘long good-bye’ to bonds, and embrace the ‘long good buy’ for equities” announces Goldman Sachs! This sort of pronouncement has the ability to turn someone who’s been a diehard bull since 2010 into … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, banker, bonds, buy, equities, ethical, financial, goldman, Greg Smith, guidebook, institutional, investors, mal, maverick, maverickinvestors, measurement, moral, new, oppenheimer, performance, prices, products, prospects, resignation, retail, returns, ripping, s&p, S&P 500, sachs, sell, spooner, stocks, strategist, Times, valuations, york
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GOLD? How to avoid BAD timing!
I deal with the sensitive issue of ‘timing’ in both my books, and many (if not all) of my commentaries on this Website. One of the key warning signs I presented last year was when bigger organizations (usually run by … Continue reading
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Tagged asset, banks, bullion, business, central, financial, fund, funds, gold, invest, investors, launch, mal, management, markets, maverickinvestors, maverickinvestors.com, performance, price, spooner, stocks, theme
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Fairfax – Folly of Risk Management Part Deux!
A mere three days after publishing my brief rant about The Folly of Risk Management we learned that Fairfax Financial Holdings lost a chunk of money on their investments because of the hedges in place. To be fair, these same … Continue reading
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Research in Motion TOP PICK? Is the guy whacko?
Who in their right mind would suggest Research in Motion as their TOP PICK for 2012? There’s no shortage of controversy to be sure surrounding the company. Yesterday I sat with good friends, man and wife, and SHE (Rayla) thought … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, American depositary receipt, analysts, capitalization, companies, exchange, funds, gain, hedge, in, income trust, institutional, investment, investors, mal, malvin, market, maverick, maverickinvestors.com, motion, one stock, percentage, performance, perkinelmer, pick, price-to-earnings, research, research in motion, returns, risk, short-sellers, spooner, stock, takeover, valued
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Hedge Funds: Are they sacrilegious? Ask the SEC!
Now I have your attention! The attack on fraudulent practices in the hedge fund industry by the SEC – perhaps too little and too late for thousands upon thousands of investors – may not do much good but certainly can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged commandments, Commission, courts, credentials, economic, enforcement, exchange, false, financial, fraud, fraudulent, fund, hedge, investigations, investors, law, liars, losses, managers, manipulating, markets, money, OSC, overstated, performance, producers, regulation, returns, risk, SEC, securities, sin, ten, valuations, volatile
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Bad funds today, stars tomorrow!
Over decades, I’ve been quoted in newspapers and television (and have also made dozens of presentations to various professional groups) suggesting that bad funds (defined as those with miserable track records at present, or dogs) offer the best potential for … Continue reading
Stocks moving up as others lose favour, Portugal and another Japan earthquake?
I’ve mentioned Ford Equity Research in prior commentaries, as one of many services and tools that allow one to compare what one thinks is going on (biased by news, TV and emotions) to what actually is going on. Years of … Continue reading
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