Archive for August, 2007
Watch List Addition: iShares Emerging Markets Index-EEM
Another sector of spectacular profits over the last 5 years has been emerging markets. The 5 year chart of (EEM: 41.51 +0.01 +0.02%) shows a steady upward trend with only minor pullbacks.
In my lifetime there have been some pretty terrible drops in emerging market prices, but the overall global market seems to make these individual [...]
Review: Claymore/SWM Canadian Energy Income Index ETF
When I first read about the Claymore/SWM Canadian Energy Income Index ETF (ENY: 17.95 +0.12 +0.67%) I was very intrigued. I have looked at both energy royalty trusts as a source of excellent income and Canadian oil sands companies as growth opportunities.
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The Best Banks In North America Probably Aren’t Where [...]
A Dash of Insight: Excellent Post
A Dash of Insight: Do Internet and Media Resources Help the Individual Investor?
Exerpt:
Individual investors face significant obstacles. In trading their own accounts they consistently under perform the major averages. Mostly this comes from chasing performance from the prior year, poor market timing (mostly selling bottoms), investing based upon questionable macro theories, and trying [...]
Watch List Addition: Energy Select Sector SPDR
If you look at the 5 year chart for the Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE: 58.47 -0.10 -0.17%) you see a 300% gain with very few pull backs. The energy companies have been very profitable as oil prices have gone up and stayed high.
So I will add (XLE: 58.47 -0.10 -0.17%) to my Watch List [...]
Stock Review: Silver Wheaton
Silver Wheaton Corp (SLW: 15.55 +0.26 +1.70%) is a pure play on silver mining with a unique business structure. The company has contracts with 5 different mines to purchase their silver production at a fixed contract price. These mines are in Mexico, Peru, Greece and Sweden are primarily mining another metal and silver is a [...]
