Archive for August, 2007
Weekend Diversions: NestEggr
For those that haven’t noticed, I’ve begun writing on a new stock and investing community site called NestEggr. Basically, I’ve moved my oft-ignored Curious Investments blog which was hosted by InvestorsParadise to NestEggr and now write in it at least three times a week. Along with providing stock picks outside of the ones I focus [...]
read more »August 13-17, 2007: Week in Review
While I wrote several posts on creating defensive portfolios, I personally feel that there are many opportunities still available in the current markets and to a degree am very excited about the recent sell off as it should represent a nice buying opportunity. The week began with some moderation in the volatility. The market, overall, [...]
read more »Plays for the Current Market
It seems that everyone in the blogosphere is abuzz with tips on how to play the current market and, given how volatile the current “repricing of risk” has been, it can never hurt to be up to date on new ideas for your portfolio. As I’ll likely provide my own thoughts on the subject in [...]
read more »Picking Defensive Stocks
Not interested in changing your whole asset allocation model or just too lazy to learn about international markets and other less popular asset classes? Confident in your stock picking ability and would rather put together a portfolio of individual names? Well, in times of economic distress, you might want to narrow your hunting grounds. Recessions, [...]
read more »Feeling Defensive?
While I’m of the camp that believes that the subprime meltdown will be relatively contained and that the economy and the stock markets will get through this current correction without a collapse in prices, there’s really no way to know for sure. The last few weeks may triggered profit taking or stop losses in your [...]
read more »August 6-10, 2007: Week in Review
After such an interesting week in the equity markets, I can’t help but want to add my two cents to the flurry of market opinions being voiced in the blogosphere. Also, I figure it my be interesting to readers out there for there to be some more practical posts that actually deal with the markets [...]
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