Mar 16

Marc Faber is an investment analyst, he is best known for the Gloom Boom & Doom Report newsletter. The newsletter publishes Marc Faber investment advice and investment tips. Faber has been nick named ‘Doctor Doom’

Marc Faber Track Record

His market advice since 2000 is quite accurate.Faber predicted the rise of oil, precious metals, other commodities, emerging markets and especially China in his book Tomorrow’s Gold: Asia’s Age of Discovery. He also correctly predicted the slide of the U.S. dollar since 2002 and the 5/06 and 2/07 mini-corrections.

Marc Faber Investment Advice & Investment Tips

  1. Don’t confuse luck with insight – Faber is famous for advising his clients to get out of the stock market one week before the October 1987 crash. However Faber said that this prediction was “accidental”.
  2. Market Timing is very difficult
  3. There is no value in US bonds – His current tag-line is: ‘buy a $100 US bond and frame it to teach your children about inflation by watching the US bond value diminish to almost nothing over the next 20 years.
  4. Buy gold and other metals – He has said that investors should consider holding part of their wealth in the form of precious metals “because they can be carried”.
  5. Faber believes there are few value investments available, except for farmland and real estate in some emerging markets like Russia, Paraguay, and Uruguay

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Jan 04

Anyone who reads Daily Investment Tips regularly will know, one of our favorite stock picker is Jim Cramer. Every month we do analysis of his stock picks but this time, it is a new year and we bring you the best of Jim Cramer predictions & forecast for 2011.

Writing for the street website, Jim Cramer made the following bold predictions for 2011.

Jim Cramer Dow Prediction 2011

Jim Cramer expects the Dow to hit 13,365 next year– a 16% gain from current levels.

Jim Cramer Housing Prediction 2011

For some reason only known by Cramer he believes that housing will mount a comeback in 2011. He has picked Home Depot as one of his stock picks for 2011.

Jim Cramer Stock Predictions & Forecast 2011

Jim Cramer believes the following stocks will rise in 2011

  1. Alcoa
  2. Bank of America
  3. Boeing
  4. Caterpillar
  5. Chevron
  6. Coca-Cola
  7. Home Depot
  8. JPMorgan Chase
  9. 3M
  10. Verizon

Jim Cramer’s Stocks to under perform in 2011

  1. Kraft
  2. Cisco
  3. Merck
  4. Microsoft
  5. Pfizer
  6. Wal-mart.

To understand Cramer’s logic as to how he arrived to this conclusion make sure you read the detailed article at the street.

Before you act on this stock picks, remember Cramer’s warning, do you own home work, it is your money at stake.

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Oct 13

If you dont want to shell out money to subscribe to a high end investment newsletter then you can take the option of free investment newsletters. Just because these investment newsletters are free doesn’t mean they are junk, some like the ones owned by news organization are resource rich considering they are backed by a team of seasoned journalist & financial experts.

I have benefited alot by using some of these investment newsletters. They provide a doze of daily news, investment tips & market analysis.

1. New York Times Daily Investment Newsletter.

The New York Time online edition providers subscribers with daily email newletter. The newsletter contains various categories of news, among them business, investing and technology. Subscribers get access to all section of the papers.

2. Businessweek / Bloomberg Magazine Newletter

I have been a subscriber since 2002. Although it is not a source of breaking news it is a valuable source of deep research and analysis.See Businessweek/bloomberg

3. Forbes Investment Newletter

Love the Ken Fisher columns, currently ranked as one of the most accurate stock market forecasters.See Forbes.

4. MSN Money Investment Newletter

The site has plenty of resources. free investment newsletters provided by MSN Money’s regular writers. Check MSN Money

5. Motley Fool Investment Newsletter

This site has been around for a long time. I have always used them for research purposes. You just provide the site with your email and they will provide you with numerous newsletter and alert options. Check Motley Fool

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Aug 05

The latest news on Cocoa prices is Cocoa prices on London market are at 30 year high, and cocoa has already jumped 150 percent since 2008.

So what is driving this upward trend in cocoa prices?

According to an interesting piece in NYT.

In a stroke, a hedge fund manager here named Anthony Ward has all but cornered the market in cocoa. By one estimate, he has bought enough to make more than five billion chocolate bars.

Mr. Ward purchases have created a shortage of cocoa in the market and rival traders are crying foul, saying Mr. Ward is stockpiling cocoa in a bid to drive up already high prices so he can sell later at a big profit.

If the next cocoa harvest falls below expectation we should expect the prices of cocoa to shoot even higher.

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Jul 28

James C. Boogle is the founder of The Vanguard group,  a mutual fund that allows retail investors invest in the movement of S & P 500. The fund owns 500 stocks — all the companies that are included in the index.

James C. Boogle is a champion of investing in index funds. He believes index funds have three advantages over the traditional mutual funds.

The Advantages of Investing in Index fund.

Low Cost fees – Vanguard funds don’t charge commission fees to buy into the fund

Higher return to investor – Vanguard funds don’t hire expensive stock analysts, don’t rapidly move in and out of position. This saves on operational cost. The money saved is moved that is distributed to investors as gains.

Stable Return. Vanguard fund never claims to beat the index. The returns are average but stable.

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Jul 28

The Vanguard group is a mutual fund that allows retail investors invest in the movement of S & P 500.The fund owns 500 stocks — all the companies that are included in the index.

If you are interested in investing in Vanguard fund and you may be interested to know its advantages.

The Advantage of Investing in Index fund.

Low Cost fees – Vanguard funds don’t charge commission fees to buy into the fund

Higher return to investor – Vanguard funds don’t hire expensive stock analysts, don’t rapidly move in and out of position. This saves on operational cost. The money saved is moved that is distributed to investors as gains.

Stable Return. Vanguard fund never claims to beat the index. The returns are average but stable.

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Jul 06

Roger Coleman, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney was ranked number one on 2010 Barron list of top 100 financial advisors in the state of New York.

Roger Coleman Investing advice

Roger Coleman preaches diversification, and has his managers following a Morgan Stanley model for global allocation: about 30% in bonds; 45% in equities; and 25% in alternative investments.

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