Category — Banks
Why Bank Stocks have Outperformed Resource Stocks…
May 21, 2013 Comments Off
The Next Wall Street Financial Scandal Has Arrived.
May 6, 2013 Comments Off
Is The Australian Economy The New Switzerland?
April 21, 2013 Comments Off
Why Crime Pays for ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Banks.
April 7, 2013 Comments Off
Just Like Cyprus: How the Australian Government Turned on its Citizens.
March 22, 2013 Comments Off
How to Protect Yourself from the Bond Bubble Bust.
January 31, 2013 Comments Off
Gold, Silver and Fractional Reserve Banking.
January 28, 2013 Comments Off
Bill Gross: Beware the Central Banks Bond Playing Game.
January 25, 2013 Comments Off
CBA Shares ‘Priced for Perfection’: Sell Now.
Investing is supposed to be risky. It’s the risk that enables the returns.
If you wait until an investment has no perceived risk, then you’re buying the investment at a premium…the investment is ‘priced for perfection’.
Trouble is (and this is the paradox of investing) when an investment reaches this point, where it appears nothing can possibly go wrong, that’s when things can go wrong. And when that happens, because it’s so unexpected, it can result in big price moves…
Why CBA Shareholders Should Heed This Lesson
That’s why we offer caution to investors in Commonwealth Bank [ASX: CBA]. Two weeks ago the newspapers went bonkers at the news CBA was now valued at $100 billion.
As the Sydney Morning Herald reported:
‘The bank’s shares rose to its highest-ever value — $63.24 — at the close of trading on Thursday, as the ASX200 reached a 19-month high and the market continued to rally following the US Congress’ temporary aversion of the “fiscal cliff” crisis.’
That’s got to be good news. As the report continued: [Read more →]
January 19, 2013 Comments Off
The Four Central Bank Lies to Look Out for in 2013.
The world’s powerful central banks are playing a very dangerous game. Trying to manage inflation expectations while pursuing downright inflationary policies has caused, and is set to cause, a great deal of volatility in the market this year.
But as I said on Monday, there’s good money to be made for those who can stay a couple of steps ahead of the central planners.
Today I want to show you how central banks will try to pull the wool over your eyes this year. And what you can do to make sure you stay ahead of them.
How Central Banks are the Puppets of PoliticiansLet’s get one thing straight from the start. Though most central banks claim to be independent, they are nothing of the sort.
When it comes down to it, the politicians call the shots. And the politicians generally favour what’s known as ‘dovish’ policy. That is low interest rates and all the easing-type stuff we’ve come to expect. [Read more →]
January 14, 2013 Comments Off