Archive for May, 2008
Buying on dips, or Why does this darn stock keep going down?
There are two stocks in my Income Portfolio for this site that have me completely baffled. Their stock prices continue to erode and I am at a loss to find a good reason. These two point out some of the challenges of investing in smaller cap stocks where often the only news available is the [...]
Different looks at housing supply
I have been reading with great interest recent articles on the current housing market. The recent Case-Shiller report shows average home prices have fallen 14% over the last year and there is currently an 11 month “inventory” of 4.55 million homes. This report has widespread news reporting, but there are other reports out there that [...]
New Energy Finance – NEX – Weekly Review
Each week I review the past week’s performance of the WilderHill Global New Energy Innovation Index (NEX). The index consists of approximately 90 renewable and clean energy companies from over 20 countries. The index can be invested in through the PowerShares Global Clean Energy Fund (PBD: 14.88 0.00 0.00%). All returns are for the week [...]
Twisting numbers to fit your theory
Bill Rempel, a.k.a. NO DooDahs! » S&P 500 Earnings Ex-What?
I really like reading Bill Rempel. He is a very smart guy with more interest in finding ways to make money rather than expound a personal theory of the current financial condition. In the article linked above, he takes to task those who want to disregard [...]
Will California lead housing turn around?
Unsold single-family homes rise to 23-year high in April – MarketWatch
The MarketWatch article linked above shows that nationally unsold home inventories are still rising. This is the opposite of the news I wrote on for the Sacramento market, where unsold inventory has fallen by about 25% over the last year. Sacramento is one of the [...]
