Geithner Inadvertently Signals Gold Going Much Higher, What to Buy Now

The Obama administration dispatched high-level members back onto the Sunday morning talk show circuit following a few bits of positive economic news.

On Thursday, it was announced GDP is back on the climb. That was followed with the claim one million jobs were created or saved due to stimulus spending. And that’s right on pace to meet the goal (imagine that?). So the best marketers don’t want to let an opportunity to take credit for the free exchange of goods and services between individuals.

But on NBC’s Meet the Press, Treasury Secretary Geithner may have inadvertently signaled the gold bull market…

The Only Cheap Sector Left

It’s a tough time to be looking for contrarian opportunities.

Almost every sector has done exceptionally well.

Car rental companies have delivered 500%+ returns from their lows. Banks and real estate stocks just go higher and higher. Oil’s inching closer to $80 a barrel. Natural gas has recovered nicely from its summer beating.

Even long-time contrarian standbys like gold and silver stocks have, in many cases, bounced back to their 2008 highs.

The breadth of the rally has been exceptional. The run over the last six months has pushed the S&P 500 P/E ratio from below 15 in March to above…

Did You Miss the 62% Run-Up in the Stock Market?

I normally talk only about currencies here in my Money and Markets column. But today I want to address some commonly held misconceptions many investors have about how their investment portfolios should be performing in today’s market.

For the typical individual investor it’s easy to get caught up in the hype of the stock market. These days the hype is generated 24 hours a day across major media channels. And after the major decline driven by the global financial crisis, the attention to stock prices has perhaps never been greater.

But the market has roared back 62 percent in just seven months.…

Is This the Time to Be a Contrarian?

Many successful investors and speculators, like Warren Buffett and George Soros, are said to be contrarians. But what does this really mean? And is it true?

Let’s have a look at the concept of contrarianism to find out whether it can give us some guidance during these exciting times …

Contrarians are investors with deep knowledge and strong self-efficacy. They possess a rare nature: They’re willing and capable of forming an independent opinion and sticking to it. Even if a huge majority of analysts, journalists, colleagues, and friends hold an opposite point of view.

As the legendary Wall Street analyst Henry…

Buy “Low-Density” … How to Take the Guesswork Out of Valuing Stocks

I don’t care what investing legend you idolize and try to emulate – Buffett, Graham, Rogers, Lynch – they all share a common recommendation.

Always buy undervalued stocks and sell them when they’re overvalued. Or more commonly: “Buy low, sell high.” Of course, if you’ve invested for more than a week, you know this is easier said than done.

Undervalued (cheap) and overvalued (expensive) are such subjective measures when it comes to investing. Most times we end up guessing and most times we end up overpaying.

But today, let me show you one amazingly simple way to always buy stocks that are truly…