Nicholas Vardy
September — “A Peculiarly Dangerous Month”
“October is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.” –Mark Twain Even as the U.S. and European stock markets hit five-month highs in August, many investors are getting nervous. By most technical measures, the market is overbought […]
Tightening Your Stops — And a Word of Caution
Global stock markets pulled back this past week, with the Dow Jones dropping 0.88%, and the S&P 500 falling 0.50%. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index also corrected 1.04%. Nevertheless, you had several strong performers in your Bull Market Alert portfolio which bucked the markets’ weakening uptrend. Your leveraged bet on biotechnology ProShares Ultra […]
A Secure 8.8% Yield — Paid Monthly
In an effort to further diversify your sources of income in DividendPro, this week let’s turn to a bet on the energy sector. Vanguard Natural Resources (VNR) is involved in the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas properties in the southern Appalachian Basin, southeast Kentucky, northeast Tennessee, the Permian Basin and west […]
3D Printing and Oil Bets Soar as Global Markets Stay Steady
It was a quiet week in global stock markets, with the Dow Jones up 0.24% and the S&P 500 ending the week 0.66% higher. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) ended the week pretty much where it started. The big gainer in your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio was again 3D printing sensation Stratasys (SSYS) […]
The “Other China” — Let 60 Million Overseas Chinese Make You Rich
Mainland China’s reputation as an investment destination has been taking a beating lately. A collapsing real estate bubble, tepid global demand for Chinese exports and trillions of dollars invested in superfluous infrastructure mean that the Chinese economy is heading toward a much harder landing than many China specialists expected. Wealthy Chinese themselves are voting with […]
My #1 Pick in Offshore Drilling — Alongside a $250 million bet by its Chairman
Last week, U.S. stock markets continued their winning ways, with the Dow Jones up 0.51% and the S&P 500 ending the week 0.87% higher. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index (EEM), however, was down 0.64% Your Bull Market Alert portfolio had a much stronger week. Your bet on the U.S. housing recovery with Standard Pacific […]