Tag Archives: selling

Private Equity/Debt Cockroaches emerging.

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Mal Spooner

I published here (in late January) and on SeekingAlpha.com a warning that the surge in private equity (with with emphasis on “private” or illiquid) in the past decade would reek havoc for institutional and individual investors alike. We’re beginning to … Continue reading →

Posted in markets, Random Thoughts | Tagged bearish, coronavirus, debt, equity, funding, funds, liquidity, private, selling, stock market, valuation | 2 Comments

ls it the perfect storm? Did someone hit the sell everything button?

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Mal Spooner

U.S. fund manager Peter Tchir sent a note to his clients entitled: “Did Someone Hit the Sell Everything Button?” His biggest concern (and everyone’s) is the sudden change in behavior – panic selling. Younger money managers likely haven’t experienced the … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts, stocks | Tagged bond market, coronavirus, gold, market, maverickinvestors.com maverick investment, panic, sellers, selling, stock market | Leave a comment

Did your strategist predict this market? Get a new strategist!

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Mal Spooner

Below is a commentary I published on March 8th. Like Warren Buffet, I was especially worried about the bond market. During the months before I posted the article, huge inflows into fixed income funds took place. Suddenly investors began selling … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged 500, banks, barclays, bonds, bubble, capital, cash, companies, compliance, crisis, derivatives, EFT, equities, fixed, flows, income, insurance, interest, investors, losses, mal, malvinspooner, market, maverick, maverickinvestors.com, post-financial, prices, rates, redemptions, rise, s&p, selling, spooner, stock, stocks, treasury, ubs, US$, yield | Leave a comment

Ready to take on some investment risk? Instead ‘do the opposite!’

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Mal Spooner

For decades I taught younger portfolio managers and trading professionals that the best investment strategy is always to “Do the Opposite.” Virtually every summer this would mean buying while others are selling and bids are few and far between; most … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged bearish, bonds, buying, china, commodities, consensus, data, economy, election, equities, financial, flows, fundamental, funds, futures, gain, global, headlines, housing, investors, mal, malvin, managers, market, maverick, maverickinvestors.com, portfolio, professionals, QE3, returns, risk, selling, sentiment, spooner, stocks, strategists, technicals, trading | 5 Comments

How I predicted the decline in GOLD price!

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Mal Spooner

The gold price has declined from the roughly $1750 level back in February to less than $1550 (more than 10% in 3 months). It could be a screaming buy, but I’d discourage anyone from jumping in at this juncture. What … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged bullion, commodity, copper, demand, europe, forecast, gold, Greece, higher, interest, investors, lag, mal, malvin, markets, maverick, maverickinvestors.com, metals, oil, overvalued, precious, prediction, price, rates, rebound, resources, rock, selling, silver, spooner, stocks, supply, undervalued, volatile | 2 Comments

Short Gold, go LONG Currencies?

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Mal Spooner

Central banks stockpiling bullion? Based on their historically really bad timing, looks like the price of gold has more room to move……DOWN! “The Central Bank Gold Agreement (also known as the Washington Agreement on Gold) was announced on September 26, … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged agreement, america, bank, banks, brazil, bullion, buying, central, china, currencies, currency, debt, destabilizing, diversify, diversifying, euro, europe, gold, India, investors, mal, malvin, maverick, metals, precious, price, resources, selling, south, spooner, stockpiles, world gold council | Leave a comment

Short Selling: Poop and Scoop!

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Mal Spooner

The latest battle against short-sellers has been declared by Rui Feng, CEO of Silvercorp Metals Inc. The company operates silver mines in China. Sino-Forest’s woes (as happens in so many instances) opens the door to spread fear about any public … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged and, ban, corporate, dump, economic, encouraged, enron, ethical, fraudulent, investors, lehman, mal, malvin, maverick, ownership, pump, regulatory, selling, short, silvercorp, sino-forest, sopranos, spooner | Leave a comment

Europe short-selling ban? Ban all of it everywhere!

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Mal Spooner

From Financial Times: Friday 21.30 BST. “Global stocks are rallying as a partial short-selling ban helps European banks rebound – reducing financial system contagion fears – but lingering concerns about global growth and wariness over recent intense volatility are keeping … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged anarchy, ban, banks, Bear, belgium, capital, contagion, debt, destruction, europe, European, financial, fixing, france, gambling, game, generale, gle, global, guidebook, investors, italy, lehman, loans, London, looting, mal, markets, maverick, ratio, regulators, riots, selling, shares, short, short-selling, societe, spain, spooner, States, Stearns, TARP, the, United | Leave a comment

So I was right about trimming oil, metals but what to BUY? How do I Pick Stocks?

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Mal Spooner

So my warning over past couple of weeks of a meltdown in resources has come to pass (well, begun anyway). I can promise you NOBODY will sign in to acknowledge it. Why? If you’re also a maverick investor/advisor – you’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged bank, banks, chart, correction, financial, guidebook, industry, interest, investors, maverick, metals, mortgage, oil, picking, rates, resources, selling, short, spread, spreads, stock, Xceed | 1 Comment

Why upgrading your Harley’s tranny is same as fixing your portfolio.

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Mal Spooner

An old friend of mine asked me a good question: Hey Mal appreciate your opinion on OPTI TSX. Have some money invested. Not too much. What is your opinion take the loss and cash out. Or ride it out hoping … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged banks, canadian, copper, Davidson, economy, exports, falconbridge, fix, gnp, gold, growth, Harley, Harley-Davidson, inco, libya, LSE, merge, north, opti, portfolio, sell, selling, stocks, transmission, TSX | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: selling

Private Equity/Debt Cockroaches emerging.

ls it the perfect storm? Did someone hit the sell everything button?

Did your strategist predict this market? Get a new strategist!

Ready to take on some investment risk? Instead ‘do the opposite!’

How I predicted the decline in GOLD price!

Short Gold, go LONG Currencies?

Short Selling: Poop and Scoop!

Europe short-selling ban? Ban all of it everywhere!

So I was right about trimming oil, metals but what to BUY? How do I Pick Stocks?

Why upgrading your Harley’s tranny is same as fixing your portfolio.

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