Sunday, August 1, 2010

Daily Markets - Cutting The Risk In Your Investment Portfolio

Daily Markets - Cutting The Risk In Your Investment Portfolio

Cutting The Risk In Your Investment Portfolio

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT

I normally talk only about currencies in my Money and Markets columns. But today I want to make an exception and address some commonly held misconceptions many investors have about their investments.

For the typical individual investor it’s easy to get caught up in the 24-hour a day media hype of the stock market. So it’s no surprise that  many live and die with the direction of the market. They’ve bought hook-line-and-sinker into the notion that blindly plowing money into stocks is … [visit site to read more]

Macro Blues Overshadows Crude Oil

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 04:44 PM PDT

Crude oil has been trading within the range of $75-$80 for the fourth consecutive week with investors now focusing on a slowing economy and rising inventories in the United States, one of the top two oil consumers in the world.

However, the latest data indications from these two areas are not at all encouraging, and I will discuss some of them in the following sections.

Rising Inventories

The latest EIA inventory report for the week ending July 23 showed a build of 7.3 million barrels … [visit site to read more]

Whitney Tilson T2 Shareholder Letter

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 03:36 PM PDT

Whitney Tilson

Below is whitney Tilson's T2 Hedge Fund Shareholder letter:
Our fund gained 3.5% net in July vs. 7.0% for the S&P 500, 7.2% for the Dow and 7.0% for the Nasdaq. Year to date, our fund is up 13.6% net vs. -0.1% for the S&P 500, 1.9% for the Dow and -0.2% for the Nasdaq.
Given our conservative positioning, our fund performed in line with what we'd expect: our long book was up with the market, but our short book dampened our returns somewhat. On the long side, winners … [visit site to read more]

U.S. Stock Market Performance And Jobless Recoveries

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 03:01 PM PDT

We are all familiar with the common expression, markets do not like surprises. As it relates to the current state of the labor markets, the number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance came in at 457,000 last week, which has again brought out comments from the media like “a figure that signals the labor market will be slow to improve even as the economy grows”. Is slow employment growth a surprise to anyone? Expectations from almost all quarters call for slow … [visit site to read more]

Economic Events For The Trading Week: August 2 - 6, 2010

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:01 PM PDT

The busy trading week ahead will bring a sequence of crucial U.S. economic data culminating with the U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls and Employment Situation report, which could provide further evidence that slow jobs creation and high unemployment could continue to restrain the Fed from raising rates and possibly even force the central bank into offering additional monetary policy stimulus.

In preparation for the new trading week, here is a list of the Top 10 spotlight economic events … [visit site to read more]
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