Bears on Chinese Economy Start Growling

News is starting to trickle through the financial press this morning that several well known hedge fund managers are placing bets against the Chinese Yuan.  That’s a fancy way of saying that they expect the value of the Yuan to decline.  Such a thing would be in...

Update on the Twin Debt Fears

The summer solstice of 2011 will be remembered by investors as the day that the world’s twin debt fears, those of the United States and Greece, subsided.  What has changed? United States Tuesday saw U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner state that he was...

Index of Leading Indicators Rises

Conference Board data show that their index of U.S. leading indicators for economic growth in the next 3 to 6 months rose in May by 0.8%.  This compares to economist expectations of a rise of 0.3%. Analysis: Eight of the ten components that make up the index rose. ...

Research In Motion, A Case Study Revisited

Yesterday I used Research In Motion as a case study for several of the tools I share in my book, The Intuitive Investor: A Radical Guide for Manifesting Wealth.  But wait, there’s more! Specifically, I wanted to talk today about: How “the market” is...