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Timing Your Stock Purchases
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Timing is the most difficult thing to master in investing. Almost any item, bought at the right time, will
produce profits. Most people lose money because they fail in timing their purchases...
Three Phases of a Bull Market
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Have you ever wondered when to get into an investment and when to get out? Almost every bull market
has 3 distinct phases and if you can learn to recognize them it will greatly improve your odds of success. ...
In the last article we discussed how investments generally go through 3 stages during their bull markets. In
this article, we look at the stages of the last gold bull market in an attempt to understand the current one.
Timing Your Gold and Silver Purchases
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Professional investors buy when investments are discounted and out of favor. Novices get excited and chase
high prices higher. In this article, we'll review some principles that will help you buy like a professional.
With a little knowledge and a few simple tools, it's possible to time your gold and silver purchases in a way
that maximizes your profit potential. Today I would like to share some of these tools with you. ...
If you're in the stock market, then you've probably had a rough ride since January. The broad market indexes
have taken a pretty heavy beating since then. Why is this happening? Because we're in a bear market! ...
In March 2008, the price of silver spiked to almost $21.50. At that time, I encouraged investors to refrain from
buying silver. However, it now looks like a buying opportunity may soon present itself. ...  
How To Buy Silver
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
You may have heard by now that silver is a unique opportunity among investments. There are many ways to
buy silver. Let me take you through the basics of each. But first, here are a few reasons why I like the metal...
Monday's rise in silver's price might have been frustrating for investors looking to buy. However, the summer
isn't over yet. Let's look at the U.S. dollar to see what the next few months have in store for gold and silver.
In today's entry, I review how I set up a trade for a gold stock called Agnico Eagle (AEM), which I bought
yesterday morning. I also talk a bit about inverse ETFs, which go up as the market drops. ...
Trading Blog: Anatomy of a Trade
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Today might be an important day for the precious metals and their mining shares. First, the U.S. dollar is
trading at the very bottom of its trading range. Second, the metals appear to be close to breaking out...
In the last Market Update, we issued an alert stating that precious metals and their stocks appeared to be close
to breaking out of their corrective patterns. This breakout occurred on Thursday and was confirmed on Friday.
I recently discovered a free, web-based course on Technical Analysis basics. Technical Analysis is the art of
reading charts. I've personally found Technical Analysis to be a reliable way of making money in stocks. ...
In this market update, I briefly discuss the breakdown in oil, the pull back in the precious metals sector, and
the stock market's recent rally.
Although there might still be some downside in precious metals and their stocks, I think that any downside
is likely to be minimal. As such, I've begun scaling into some gold stocks. ...
Trading Blog: I'm Buying Gold Stocks
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Some of you may be wondering what's going on in the commodities sector, particularly with commodity
stocks such as gold and silver. Such corrections, however, are not uncommon...
For those of you who are looking to buy, it's probably time to start thinking about an entry. As for me,
I'm going to spend part of the day looking at gold stocks for a suitable entry point. ...
Rather than writing an updated commentary on the metals myself, I was happy to see that Clive Maund
has written a couple of excellent gold and silver market updates yesterday and posted them to his site. ...
In this informal update, I discuss the recent bounce in precious metals and how I played the bounce. I
also look at the recent (and sudden) shortage of precious metals among dealers.
This article discusses the recent commodities sell-off, the secret cause of silver's recent crash (amid
widespread silver shortages), and my thoughts concerning the U.S. stock market, which I recently shorted.
Investing for the Long Term
Friday, September 12th, 2008
In volatile times such as these, it helps to look to history for context. It's my opinion that we're experiencing
a pullback in a long-term secular bull market. This article outlines my strategy for such pullbacks.
I took nice profits this morning on my short positions, which I held via the Proshares ultrashort ETFs,
SDS and DXD. Here are some of the reasons I decided to book some profits. ...
I've mentioned this several times in the past couple of months, but it's worth repeating until it's over:
We're in a bear market here, and bear markets go down. That's just what they do. ...
Comments on Recent Developments
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
We're seeing the type of crash that is witnessed once every few decades. As of yesterday's close, the
Dow had dropped 40% from last year's highs. By any definition that is a crash ...
Some of the most successful investors in the world don't spend a lot of time thinking. Why, you ask?
Because they have a system that does much of the thinking for them. ...
This article considers where the current financial crisis might lead and suggests three long-term
investment ideas that should do quite well in the aftermaths of the crisis.
Predictions and Ideas For the Future
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
I respect commentators who can predict (with reasonable consistency) the economic futures of
markets. Although few people have this gift, Jim Rogers certainly does, and his record proves it. ...
We're getting to the point where there ought to be a sizeable bounce in the oil sector (unless a 73%
loss is not enough). I've chosen some oil trusts which are currently generating over 30% in dividends.
Trading Blog: Scaling Into Oil Trusts
Monday, December 8th, 2008