Investing Articles

When Everybody has Got the Blues
By Nick Nicolaas

Yes, when everybody has got the blues then - - - you have to start looking at the positives. This has not been a great time for the Juniors. For the past two years although commodity prices have steadily gone up, commodities were not a sexy item as far as the general public was concerned - - - but now the general public are starting to realize that commodities may very well be sexy.
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These are very exciting times
By Ellis Martin

I couldn't be more excited about the current downfall in the markets. I'm extremely optimistic, giddy even. At this writing I see that the TSX Venture exchange has dropped almost 10% in just 3 hours this morning. I believe that there is a massive sell-off panic as retail investors believe that they should be more liquid right now and they are afraid of what they think is coming. They are taking losses instead of holding on to their precious shares. The lemmings are jumping off the cliff into the abyss. Paired with this is the short selling that must be happening during this time. Short sellers are hitting a plethora of companies with the almost certain knowledge that when it comes time for them to pay for the shares that they've sold short, they'll pay a lesser price than what they sold them for, thus winning, and they'll continue to do this as long as they can. This is especially true if the market continues to fall as a result of so many factors, the most important being the mass media hype about the failing mortgage and housing industry in the US. This is being driven by the media and huge profits are being made by short selling right now. What a manipulation! But, I could just be dreaming all of this logic up. The short sellers win on the way down and they and other investors win again on the way up when they buy in after the bottom is hit, surely to be followed by yet another sharp increase in stock and commodity prices in the resource sector.
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Luxury at a Fraction of the Cost
By Myles Lawlor

The term “shared ownership,” sometimes referred to as “fractional ownership,” is becoming a household phrase as the concept catapults into the 21st century. With prices skyrocketing, and a hectic work pace cutting leisure time to a minimum, the idea of sharing the cost and use of luxury items makes sense. And that’s what this type of ownership is – asset-sharing that enables purchasers to enjoy items they might not be able to otherwise afford, for a more realistic amount of time than sole ownership offers.

It started years ago with the sharing of jets, and creative-thinkers have jumped on the shared/fractional bandwagon for other expensive items such as jewelry. Think about it – how many times each year will a woman wear a $40,000 necklace? There are even asset-sharing handbag clubs for those who want to carry Luis Vuitton and Prada without carrying steep credit card charges to do so. Through www.shouldercandy.com you can “own” a $600.00 Marc Jacobs chocolate leather satchel for $ 65.00 for the first week and $25.00 for every week after that.

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Summer Potential Bargain Opportunities in the Resource Market
By Ellis Martin

Stock market trends are very often cyclical, as cyclical as the seasons and frequently tied to them. Summer is practically here and after a healthy winter and spring rally for many stocks there are those investors that are cashing out some of their profits in the market. Why shouldn’t they?

Well, if stocks are up and there is no company news pending on the immediate horizon, isn’t it time to sell at the time where many others divest and liquidate some of their holdings? This is what many retail investors with various levels of sophistication may believe, especially as they plan their own summer vacations. This is why every year certain public sectors trail off a bit during the summer. Profit-taking and summer vacation. Exotic summer vacations are expensive.
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