(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) SPAIN IS THE BEST PERFORMING MARKET August 17, 2012 Since July 24th bottom, the Spanish market is up about 25%. The up move continues this morning.
There are plenty of reasons to buy gold; buying gold just because Paulson and Soros bought gold is a fool’s game. For years, I have analyzed Form 13F Reports filed by institutional investment managers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). An institutional investment manager exercising discretion over $100 million
It is no surprise that Apple will launch iPhone 5 soon. The debut is widely expected on September 12, 2012. The surprise is that Nokia (NOK) and Microsoft (MSFT) are planning to beat the iPhone to the punch. Microsoft and Nokia have sent out a notice of a press event in New York on September 5, 2012. As
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert Gold and silver are running up on overnight comments from Chinese premier Wen that indicated higher likelihood of stimulus in China. Interestingly gold trading data from Shanghai overnight shows that Chinese investors dismissed Wen’s comments. However, American gold momo
The most recent run in gold and silver is based on the belief that the central banks all over the globe are once again about to ease. When the most recent run up started, there was sound basis for the belief as economic data was weak. However, the recent data
A popular axiom among long-only investors is to “buy low sell high.” For those investors who are equally interested in making money from both markets going up and markets going down, the parallel axiom is, “short-sell high and buy-to-cover low.” In the short-term, the stock market is overbought, and it
Apple‘s iPad reigns supreme in the tablet world, but an iPad killer may now be on the horizon. Market share estimates vary but most estimates see Apple steadily holding about 70% of the market share. The onslaught of Nexus 7 from Google, even at the low $199 price point has not
Apple (AAPL) iPhone 5 may be thinner than originally expectated due to the use of new “in-cell” display technology. The United States Patent and Trademark Office today granted Apple patent number 8,243,027 on the technology. The present display technology uses multiple layers to perform display and touch functions. The conductive layers
Astute long-term investors are getting increasingly tired of quantitative easing (QE) or similar monetary moves from the Federal Reserve Bank, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, and the People’s Bank of China. In an environment where assets are artificially inflated, investors have increasingly turned to gold.
This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert Gold and silver are falling hard this morning. As of this writing gold is at $1596 and silver is at $27.65. The reason behind the fall is that economic data both from the U.S. and Europe has come out better