Archive for J. Christoph Amberger
China Earthquake: The economic aftershocks
A Chinese friend of mine spent most of last week on the phone, checking up on family. He’s from Sichuan, the Chinese province most affected by last Monday’s earthquake. The death toll is now expected to exceed 50,000. But millions…
19May2008 | J. Christoph Amberger | 0 comments | ContinuedRecession-Proof Stocks: Buy Brasil Telecom SA (BTM:NYSE) below $35
This company has one of the best P/E ratios of any North American-traded stock. It has one of the top PEG rates. It pays a dividend of over 4%. And analysts give it a one-year target of $61.50 — an…
6May2008 | J. Christoph Amberger | 0 comments | ContinuedDollar Reversal: Prepare for oil and gold prices to drop this week!
Net shorts on a decline in the euro came in at 21,315 on April 29 — compared with net longs of 18,907 a week earlier, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Currency strategists now expect the dollar reversal…
5May2008 | J. Christoph Amberger | 0 comments | ContinuedGlobal Recession: China’s manufacturing base is in crisis
If you follow the financial media, especially the output of dollar-phobe analysts, you might think that “Pork problems perturbing Peking” are the worst concern China is dealing with right now. But rising prices for moo-shoo pork due to increasing middle…
23Apr2008 | J. Christoph Amberger | 0 comments | ContinuedPenthouse IPO: Forbes is joining the party
Blogger’s Note: I just checked my list of upcoming IPOs for the second quarter of 2008. Would you be surprised that there is almost nothing on that list at this point? Looks like underwriters expect that the Visa IPO managed…
10Apr2008 | J. Christoph Amberger | 0 comments | ContinuedIndium IPO: Buy or pass on this rare-metal IPO?
There is a difference between investing and hoarding. Investors and traders buy and sell equities and assets to make money. Hoarders pile up assets in the hope of values rising. Converting them back into money is often not a priority.
The…
28Mar2008 | J. Christoph Amberger | 0 comments | ContinuedBanking Crisis: The global dimension
Back in the early 1990s, they defined an optimist as an investment banker who ironed five shirts on a Sunday night.
What goes around comes around.
After years of record revenues, record profits, and record bonuses, the banking is suffering from that…
27Mar2008 | J. Christoph Amberger | 0 comments | ContinuedProfiting from Oil Stocks: Apache (APA:NYSE) is on a roll!
Back on June 26, 2006, I recommended that my readers invest in a little-known domestic oil stock. Back then it traded for $63.76.
Nine months after Hurricane Katrina had devastated New Orleans and four months after the tealeaf readers of the…
9Mar2008 | J. Christoph Amberger | 0 comments | ContinuedCanadian Gold Mining Stocks: Tiny Chinese-Canadian Mining Stock Could Double by December
“A tiny $3 gold miner sits on $3.7 billion in measured gold reserves… and China’s thirst for gold could propel its stock price up to $20 by December 19, 2008. Buy this Toronto-listed mining start-up now, before its full production…
28Feb2008 | J. Christoph Amberger | 0 comments | ContinuedLunar Horoscope for the World Economy: “Don’t worry about 2008,” say Chinese: “Next year will be tops!”
The Year of the Mouse threatens to see a build-up of international tensions, natural and air disasters, and a more turbulent stock market, soothsayers and analysts say.
As the Year of the Pig ends, followers of Chinese feng shui will be…
11Feb2008 | J. Christoph Amberger | 0 comments | ContinuedJanuary Market Crash — This was just a prelude to the Global Crisis of 2009
A couple of days ago, Asian and European stock markets experienced their biggest multi-day declines since April 1990. Tokyo, Bombay, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, London… all lost five, seven, even 8% and billions of dollars in valuation within a few hours…
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