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What mechanism is used by countries to control the value of their currency?

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:32:17 -0400

In an article about treasuries recently, i read "China increased its holdings by 3.2 percent, the most since November, buying Treasuries with its reserves to control the level of the yuan. The currency, which was pegged at about 8 to the dollar until July 2005, has traded between 6.8 and 6.9 since last June. It closed May 29 at 6.8291 to the dollar. 'To some extent they have to buy Treasuries because they want to support their currency peg,' said Carl Lantz, an interest-rate strategist in New York at Credit Suisse Securities USA LLC. The firm is also a primary dealer. " How exactly does this work?

Time to buy some RIMM

Fri, 22 May 2009 00:35:43 -0400

I was just looking at RIMM again, and i was surprised to learn that comparing Q1 2009 to Q1 2008, they increased revenue from 1882.7 million to 3463.2 million, an 84% increase. Yet with a PE ratio of only 23, they're priced as if their growth stage is near an end. Its seems to me like their situation in terms of profits and revenue are significantly better then before the recession, yet they're trading at half the price. What do you make of that; Is RIMM severely undervalued, or is there a factor I'm missing here? For a long term buy, what are your thoughts on Research in motion?

If gm/chrysler go down, it means more business for the other major players. Whose best set to benefit?

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:44:47 -0400

Which companies will benefit most from GM and Chrysler being out of the picture when the recession is over?

Where can i find detailed BP charts for various industries?

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:40:03 -0400

I know stock charts has bullish percent indexes for some for the main 9 sectors, but i was looking for something more specific...

Do you add to profitable positions if you think theres more money to be made?

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:41:56 -0400

Talking both short side and long side. if your long 100 shares of a $100 company, with a stop loss at 90, and it goes to $130, then do you buy more stock to maintain the overall risk level when you move up your stop loss, or do you take profits? This is assuming you believe it has much higher to go.

Does anyone have experience with Monte Carlo portfolio simulators? Know of any good free ones?

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:00:30 -0400

I'm trying to expand my knowledge of portfolio allocation, and after reading a couple good articles regarding projected portfolio return vs. standard deviation, I think i should look more deeply into this, and experiment a bit with potential portfolios. Does anyone have experience with Monto Carlo portfolio simulators, and suggestions for any free ones?

Do you think the SPX will be higher, or lower then it is now by Jan 2012?

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:46:48 -0500

Will the mortgage resets coming up in 2010-2012 be as destructive as this one?

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:32:47 -0500

The next wave is nearly as large as this one, but the big difference seems to be that the wave coming 2010-2012 has very little subprime mortgages resetting, and a much larger percentage of option adjustable rate and Alt-A mortgages resetting. What is the difference between subprime, opion adjustable rate, and Alt-A mortgages, and do you think the second wave will be as destructive as the one we're currently experiancing? Here is where i found a chart of the mortgage resets: http://www.irvinehousingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/monthly-mortga ge-resets.jpg

Why is the ratio of stocks making 52 week highs-lows so different then that for mutual funds?

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:39:32 -0500

I just took a glance at stock charts, specifically this page right here... http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.scan According to this page, there are 34 stocks making new 52 week highs on the Nasdaq, NYSE, AMEX, and TSE, and only 25 making new 52 week lows, for a 34 to 25 ratio (that almost sounds bullish). Yet only 4 mutual funds are making 52 week highs, and 101 are making 52 week lows. What is the significance of this information?

MYGN a buy on a pullback?

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:33:36 -0500

When examining insider buys and sells, is the dollar figure the most important?

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:58:39 -0500

Or would factors such as percentage of the insiders total wealth, increase (decrease) in total percentage ownership, or some other metric be more useful?

How do you think the recent IEA report will influence oil prices and the overall markets?

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:13:13 -0500

http://www.iea.org/

What are your thoughts on Agrium?

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:20:40 -0400

I'm looking more towards the short term, but a long term viewpoint would be useful as well.

Google announces earnings thursday... Think it will come in good or bad?

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:57:09 -0400

On thursday, Google announces earnings. I'm thinking heavy volatility is just about guaranteed here. So which way will it swing? Think they'll beat earnings, miss earnings, or come close to earnings?

Calling a bottom premature?

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:38:48 -0400

Examining previous bear markets, i've been examing how far they fell. the 2000-2003 bear market had the S&P index went from 1527 to 800, a drop of 48%. In the early 80s, the S&P index went from 140 to 103, a drop of 26%. From 73 to 75, it went from 120 to 62, a drop of 48%. from 69 to 71, it went from 108 to 72, a drop of 33%. The drop in the beginning of the new millenium was due to the dot com bubble, and that affected a narrow segment of the market compared to the current issues. The drops in the 70s were due to high oil prices, which we're also currently experiencing. Given the severity of previous drops and their causes, what % drop do you think will occur here, and how valid would you say this form of analysis is? for charts of the S&P index back to 1960, see: http://stockcharts.com/charts/historical/spx1960.html for charts of the dow index back to 1900, see: http://stockcharts.com/charts/historical/djia1900.html