Category Archives: Investing

Read this Before you Invest in Stock

I was recently told by a friend that she had bought Apple stock in March of this year, at $200 a share, and later sold it for $300 a share, making a profit of 50% in 8 short months. I asked her how much she bought and she said 10 shares (for a total cost [...]

Why I Don’t Buy Stocks Anymore

Apart from the reason listed here, put simply: Sum Zero. According to Divya Narenda, its founder, Sum Zero is a “Wikipedia-like” investment idea database structured within a social network dedicated to the buyside. In other words, if you are an analyst, portfolio manager or researcher you can access their system and discuss stocks with other [...]

Next Bubble Watch

As if there hasn’t been enough talk of bubbles recently, we thought we would draw your attention to Alternative Investments. Two Swiss economists, Philippe Masset and Jean-Philippe Weisskopf, analyzed the prices of wine in comparison to the Russell 3000 index (odd comparison) and found that wine would have had the highest return between the two [...]

Yes Virginia, Markets are Efficient

In the wake of the recent controversy surrounding Free Markets, and more specifically, the “How could we be so stupid as to believe markets could work?” statements, we feel it is time to clear the air and make a couple blanket statements: Efficient Markets does Not mean continuous growth It is excusable in a way. [...]

How to invest in Currencies – Kiplinger’s method

Along the same vein of our last article on this subject, we continue to find amusing investment tips in Kiplinger’s: Page 31 of their February 2010 edition is called: Make a Buck off a Sagging Dollar – by Andrew Tanzer This articles states how, since the US Dollar is falling, what alternatives an investor should [...]