From 1950 through 1980, Japan was considered an emerging market. Over this 30-year period, GDP in Japan increased by an average of 7.4% a year. And stock market returns were staggering. The Japanese market had a 70-fold increase in value!
Interest rates are so low right now that they have nowhere to go but up. But rising rates spell trouble for bond fund investors. Why? It’s like a teeter-totter.
Our energy world will never be the same again, thanks to BP. But in re-examining our energy priorities, one sector remains ignored and all-but forgotten. And no way that should be the case, says our own Laura Rodini, IDE’s Chief Operating Officer. For the surprising lesson of BP’s Gulf Disaster, read below.
July 30, 2010
Chevron is a global integrated oil company which has interests in exploration, production, refining, marketing, and petrochemicals. The company owns seven refineries and one asphalt plant, and has interests in 10 international refineries. Plus, Chevron has a network of approximately 25,000 retail gas stations worldwide. The company is doing a good job
July 13, 2010
Alcoa kicked off earnings season yesterday. With our options specialist Ted Peroulakis having just made a nice bundle of cash on the company, we thought this would be a good time to revisit a recent interview we did with Ted.
July 12, 2010
The market is now valued at just 12 times forward earnings. Over the last hundred years or so, price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios have averaged around 15. Right now we’re looking at the lowest P/E since the late 80s! And if you bought stocks then, you were up 16.5% in 1988 and 31.6% in 1989!
July 8, 2010
BP’s horrific oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has generated a lot of hyperbole. No, it doesn’t spell the end of oil’s reign. And, no, it’s not offshore oil’s Three Mile Island. Offshore oil drilling will proceed (but admittedly with much higher costs). And, no, it shouldn’t even cause the demise of BP.
July 6, 2010
I don’t understand how people can get all revved up about watching the World Cup on television. I Tivoed the match between the United States and Ghana. More than 90 minutes and just three goals?
July 1, 2010
THE S&P 500 SPDRs (SPY) looks pretty ugly from a technical perspective. The SPY has a bearish confirmed down-trendline, which is an overall bearish sell signal. And the 50-day simple moving average (SMA) could drop below the 200-day (SMA), which is a negative indicator called a “Death Cross”.
Added on July 2, 2010
