Stock Capitalist

Les and Simon are a couple of “Stock Capitalists” that scour thru literally hundreds of stock market related sites, newsletters, e-mails, blogs, etc… and “siphon” out great ideas, quotes, recommendations, and stock market related information. They have been trading the stock market for more than 20 years and offer some of their insight and best articles of interest.

Archive for May, 2006

Conspiracy Theories and the Global Stock Market Melt-down | Gary …

23rd May 2006 by Gary Dorsch Comments Off

If Russia, Iran, and Venezuela decide to switch to Euros for future oil transactions, it could force the Federal Reserve to hike the fed funds rate to much higher levels to defend the US dollar in the foreign exchange markets. ….. It would probably take a sustained global stock market sell-off of 10% or more to knock the “Commodity Super Cycle” and gold off their four year upward trajectory. Evidence of a slowdown in the booming Chinese and Indian economies, …

Central Bankers' Worst Nightmare – the Gold and Bond Vigilantes …

12th May 2006 by Gary Dorsch Comments Off

Bernanke Signals a Pause in Fed Rate Hike Campaign. But one should remember, that every Fed chairman is presented with a financial crisis or two during his tenure, and the former Princeton Economics professor, Ben Bernanke will probably be tested with some …. With the demise of Persian Gulf stock markets over the past six months, Arab oil kingdoms turned to gold , lifting its price from a low of 6.7 barrels per ounce in September 2005, to 9.7 barrels /oz at last week. …