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.

Posts Tagged ‘housing’

An Economic Outlook for 2010

2nd January 2010 by Simon Comments Off

We will touch on a lot of bases in this holiday issue of my weekly E-Letter. We start by looking at the latest economic data, and how hard it is to get a new job if you become unemployed. We also examine President Obama’s new “jobs program” that would spend what’s left of last year’s [...]

Issues of the Central Banks

1st September 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Important excerpt:
“Central banks may find themselves hiking into a weak recovery to quell asset prices, or they might compensate for the weakness in the interest rate and credit channels and allow asset prices to rise but risk inflating another bubble. Central banks could gain some much-needed flexibility by thinking outside the IT box – but [...]

The Ghost of Crude Oil Futures (Part 1)

26th December 2008 by unknown Comments Off

We do not give investment advice and our comments are an expression of opinion only and should not be construed in any manner whatsoever as recommendations to enter into a market position either stock , option, futures contract, bonds, …

ECONOMICROT

26th December 2008 by Randy Comments Off

Discussion of Housing Bubble, US Dollar, Debt, Trade Deficit, Oil , Gold , Consumer Spending, Central Banks, Inflation, Outsourcing and the Bleak Future of the US economy. This Blog and/or the articles contained within have been …

KeNo's Housing and Economic Portal: Friday December 26 Housing and …

25th December 2008 by Ken Comments Off

Oil prices rose briefly above $50 a barrel, recovering from a four-year low of $40.50 earlier this month. Oil later traded $1.30 down at $44.95 barrel on concerns that Opec’s cuts would not be enough to prevent further stock building …

The Unwelcome Xmas Guests :: The Market Oracle :: Financial …

24th December 2008 by unknown Comments Off

on Nov 30 and chart #1 from “Global stock market downside reversal point” on Nov 2, it is a certain fact that a great many deal of investors have lately become fascinated by the “buy signal” as it is featured below in chart #1 (see blue circle ) . … Meanwhile, according to chart #6 , we have another reason to seriously mind chart #5 and its question mark: indeed, it does look like OIL (another unwanted guest?) is quite logically leading the entire pack ( stocks and raw …

Gold Could Take-off During 2009 as Governments Print Money

23rd December 2008 by unknown Comments Off

THE SPOT PRICE of gold held in a tight $5 range early in London on Tuesday, recording an AM Fix of $844 an ounce as European stock markets bounced from yesterday’s sharp losses and crude oil ticked back below $39 per barrel. …

Financial Markets Review 2008 and Forecasts For 2009

23rd December 2008 by unknown Comments Off

Financial advice – Everyone’s saying ‘thank goodness that year’s over! Phew! That was terrible’. Of course, they’re also saying ‘No-one could possibly have predicted the downturn, the housing crash, the stock market collapse etc’. …

IEA Study: Global Energy Supplies Remain a Concern :: The Market …

22nd December 2008 by unknown Comments Off

The IEA expects crude oil demand in 2009 to remain roughly flat due to economic conditions. With a decline rate of 6.7%, and a demand of 85 million barrels per day, the world needs to discover or put online an additional 5 million … We do not give investment advice and our comments are an expression of opinion only and should not be construed in any manner whatsoever as recommendations to enter into a market position either stock , option, futures contract, bonds, …

Governments Powerless in the face of Price Deflation and Debt …

21st December 2008 by unknown 1 Comment

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Gold 2009 Trend Unknown Due to Global Deflation and ZIRP :: The …

19th December 2008 by unknown 1 Comment

As the Bank of Japan voted 7-to-1 to match this week’s record-low interest rates from the US Fed , the Tokyo government also moved to buy ¥20 trillion ($223bn) of stock – market shares held by Japanese banks. …

UK Economy Nosedives Pointing to Much Lower Sterling and Interest …

18th December 2008 by unknown Comments Off

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Bernanke's Quantitative Easing Good for Gold and Silver :: The …

18th December 2008 by unknown Comments Off

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Gold and Gold Stocks 2009 Boost from Central Bank Quantitative …

17th December 2008 by unknown 1 Comment

Best Financial Markets Analysis Article The US Fed just cut its Fed Funds target to 0 to .25% and is also likely to use other means to lower interest rates in the US such as buying long term US Treasuries and other bonds directly. …

The Birth of a New Stocks Bull Market? :: The Market Oracle …

16th December 2008 by unknown Comments Off

27, 2007 on the “Greenspan Panic” when the stock market took a huge 1-day hit on the former Fed Chairman’s bearish credit market comments. Of course that day proved to be the worst of the panic and the stock market bottomed shortly …