Over the last six months or so, trading volume has been much higher than historical averages. Investors are uneasy, and they are moving their money around - in and out of sectors and/or changing asset allocations.
There is one group of companies that benefits from this.
Yesterday, I was speaking with a friend of mine who works [...]
Does the title of this article ring a bell? It should.
It’s from the cinema classic The Wizard of Oz. (You’ve seen it on TV… how many times?)
Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Man, and The Cowardly Lion are quaking in fear before the smoky, fire-drenched image of The Mighty Oz. But then Dorothy’s little dog, Toto, [...]
“Well, her pH looks good, and so does the CBC. But I’m worried about the electrolytes. You see here? They’re at 300. But there’s no reason she can’t go home. Just have her drink some Gatorade.”
And with that, the doctor left the exam room. (To be honest, the above is not a direct quote. I [...]
“Tom” said something that reinforced my belief that a bottom to this bear market is near. And it was music to a contrarian’s ear. What he said was: “The tone of our phone calls has completely changed. The emotion in the calls we get isn’t greed anymore, it is fear.”
Who is Tom? He works on [...]
One question keeps coming up when I talk to my friends and family these days: “How will I know when it is safe to get back into the market?” There is one indicator that I am watching closely right now that I think will provide the answer: the mutual fund inflows and outflows.
Since late July, [...]
Eight times, Ben Franklin crossed the Atlantic.
France, Spain, England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany - he hit them all. And his fame reached even further. His ideas were talked about in Sweden, Russia, China, and North Africa, all during his lifetime.
It was Ben who discovered the Gulf Stream. He also invented swim fins, the odometer, and [...]
An ETR reader writes: “Could your language columnist look into the correct usage of ‘complimentary’ and ‘complementary’?”
The word “complimentary,” with an “i,” means free. It’s also the adjectival form of “compliment,” an expression of praise. On the other hand, “complementary,” with an “e,” means completing or making up a whole. Here’s an example of the [...]
The market has been getting absolutely clobbered for the last year or so. Some very big names are trading at extremely low prices. Will some of them end up going out of business? Perhaps.
But that shouldn’t deter you. Taking a few chances with some of your speculative portfolio money could lead you to windfall profits.
I’m [...]
In last year’s best-seller Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, author Malcolm Gladwell points out that our “adaptive unconscious” is constantly making assessments about people and situations in just a matter of seconds.
He argues that these snap judgments are not just good, but extraordinary. For example, he cites a study showing that college students [...]
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