All Posts Tagged With: "investment analysis"
It Might Be Time For A Personal Investment Analysis
A lot of people have had to rethink their investment analysis since late last year as they’ve watched one “sure thing” stock after another fall prey to bad management, the faltering economy or investor panic.
At the risk of sounding cavalier, my approach to this economic turmoil can be summed up with the joke about the difference between a recession and a depression…
A recession is when you lose your job. A depression is when I lose my job.
Nothing much had hit close to home. Sure, businesses are struggling and many of my friends, family and acquaintances have had to cut back.…
11Nov2008 | Smart Profits Report | 3 comments | ContinuedBuy, Sell or Hold: iShares MSCI Brazil Index
Brazil’s economy has been given a second chance. And so have prospective investors.
Brazil will use that second chance well – shouldn’t we?
Although there are a number of ways to play this promising “BRIC” (Brazil, Russia, India and China) market, including some excellent companies, the best way to capitalize on Brazil’s terrific prospects is through the iShares MSCI Brazil Index (NYSE: EWZ).
In this special in-depth report – in which you will benefit from my special emerging markets expertise – I will demonstrate just why you will want to by this exchange-traded fund (ETF) in increasing increments between now and the end of…
27Oct2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedThe Three Rules That Will Lead to Long-Term Profits
During a two-year stretch every 20 years or so, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index can be expected to lose 35% or more of its value.
In 1974, according to research by Ibbotson Associates, that truism manifested itself as a 37.25% downdraft. It was even worse in 2002, when investors received a 41.65% haircut.
As bad as those downturns were, they were a mere shadow of the poleaxing investors received in 1932 – during the depths of the Great Depression – when the U.S. market plunged 80%.
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