Tag Archives: tsunami

Gold versus wood – putting passion before wisdom; not for the ‘maverick’ investor.

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Mal Spooner

From Bloomberg yesterday: “Commodities across the board are rallying, aggravating the inflation outlook,” said Chae Un Soo, a Seoul-based trader at KEB Futures Co. “For now, more and more investors are looking to precious metals as a shelter.” Or the … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged bloomberg, coals, currency, diversify, dr. evil, energy, forest, fraser, gold, goldmember, goodman, guidebook, inflation, investors, Japan, lumber, mal, malvin, markets, maverick, metals, ned, precious, prices, products, railways, rallying, reserve, reuters, sellers, short, spooner, stock, stocks, timber, timberwest, tsunami, west | 1 Comment

Stocks retreat 1 day later-am I that good?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Mal Spooner

I am not that good – but the press sure is – the Wall Street Journal discovers a Bull Market a year later, and then: “April 5 (Bloomberg) — China raised interest rates for the fourth time since the end … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged bonds, china, economy, interest, Japan, market, maverick, opportunities, prediction, rates, stock, subprime, tsunami | 1 Comment

Falling consumer confidence is BULLISH!

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Mal Spooner

I just heard on the TV a disussion about the U.S. housing market these words: “There’s no hope of a recover in sight!” As I hinted in my previous posting, this isn’t such a bad thing. A maverick investor sees … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged bullish, confidence, consumer, economy, expectations, gas, housing, indicator, inflation, interest, investors, Japan, job, lagging, mal, malvin, markets, maverick, oil, prices, rates, recovery, spooner, stock, tsunami | Leave a comment

Can it get any worse? Does it matter for stocks and bonds?

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Mal Spooner

I neglected to include a chart in my last post I wanted to highlight. As mentioned before (read last posting by scrolling down) Japan added some downside leverage to a correction that was due anyway (discussed in my rants of … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged 500, bonds, commodities, earthquake, economy, global, guidebook, Harley, institutional, interest, investors, iron, Japan, labs, linamar, mal, malvin, market, markets, maverick, nickel, paladin, rates, rebuild, recovery, retail, S&P, spooner, steel, stocks, tsunami, uranium | 2 Comments

Japan catastrophe presents investor opportunity

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Mal Spooner

While most of the continent is on some sort of vacation (March break, family holiday) the Japanese and financial markets are in turmoil following the devastation. Japan is waiting for it all to end so they can begin to rebuild, while … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged correction, crisis, earthquake, economy, financial, global, guidebook, investor, investors, Japan, mal, malvin, markets, maverick, S&P, selection, spooner, stock, stocks, tsunami, value | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: tsunami

Gold versus wood – putting passion before wisdom; not for the ‘maverick’ investor.

Stocks retreat 1 day later-am I that good?

Falling consumer confidence is BULLISH!

Can it get any worse? Does it matter for stocks and bonds?

Japan catastrophe presents investor opportunity

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