What will you be investing in for the rest of the year?
Please let us know if you'll be:
A) Buying
B) Selling Short
C) Moving your money out of the market
D) Just leaving everything as is
The more details the better! :)
Answers
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Future1investor answered one year ago …
Now more than ever we will be concentrating on Alternative Energy and also on pollution controls. So we'll be buying in the very near future.
One company that stands out in this area is CER. Want more details?
This was written just today for a future blog post which you get first view of here:
I watched the video on this company as presented by the OTC Journal and the Former Chairman of the White House Climate Task Force for the Clinton Gore Administration.
As an advocate of alternative energies, I recognize the fact that oil and coal consumption is driving us to the event that actually gave the earth oil. That event is global warming.
In 2005, mounting scientific evidence is changing the theory that a comet or asteroid caused the extinction of the dinosaur. According to an online version of the journal Science, the researchers say they have found no evidence for an impact at the time of "the Great Dying" 250 million years ago. Instead, their research indicates the culprit might have been atmospheric warming because of greenhouse gases triggered by erupting volcanoes.
The extinction occurred at the boundary between the Permian and Triassic periods at a time when all land was concentrated in a supercontinent called Pangea. The Great Dying is considered the biggest catastrophe in the history of life on Earth, with 90 percent of all marine life and nearly three-quarters of land-based plant and animal life going extinct.
You then look at how the geologists describe the birth of oil and that is how oil began. Dead plant and animal life accumulated in thick layers and eventually were covered by layers of sand and silt. Over time, the immense weight of all of these layers compressed the lower layers into sedimentary rock. Bacterial actions, heat, and pressure converted the remains of the animals and plants into oil. After the continents were created we have the positioning of the great oil basins we have today.
The nation of China has undergone the bulk of their industrial revolution in just twenty years. In comparison, history shows us that their were two great industrial revolutions: 1) from 1750 until about 1850 and took place largely in England 2) from 1850 until about 1940 and occurred primarily in the United States as well as in continental Europe.
Today, those erupting volcanoes have been replaced by cars and factory smoke stacks largely in the United States and China. If we want to see a new birth of fresh oil, all we have to do is to continue on the road we are on now by consuming oil, coal, and natural gas at the same rate we have been for the last ten years. The problem is we aren't. We are consuming at a faster pace, thus accelerating the effects of global warming. Good news! We'll experience The Great Dying again sooner rather than later which will continue the cycle as before and provide a new cache of oil around the world, only this time in different locations than today. Problem is, we will all be killed off in the very early part this cycle. Human life on earth will cease to exist.
One small be noteworthy answer to this; a bandaid if you will is CHINA ENERGY RECOVERY.
They have proven technology in China and now have received buy orders internationally and have received millions in funding which will help them increase profits many-fold.
I say bandaid because no one solution will be enough to prevent global warming from advancing or stopping. I see competitors however coming online as CER is recognized by the world both in the stock markets and in the race towards pumping out alternative energies to stop pollution thus global warming.
CER however will be a significant player for traders/investors in the alternative energy sector as they have positioned themselves from a marketing point of view. Alternative Energies will be the next big profit center for the near term of ten to fifteen years.
Investors in the United States may take note as China exceeds the US in pollution creation. Did you know it takes about one week in the weather pattern for pollution from China to reach the United States?
CER is not just a pollution reducer but produces 2 - 3X the usable energy from the same fuel by capturing heat and gases. These go on to drive turbines to produce electricity, thus creating more energy and reducing new energy needs by the same manufacturer! CER technology also cleans the emissions and prevents the pollutants such as sulfuric acid that causes acid rain. This then helps manufacturers meet environmental regulations which are being instituted in China and countries across the globe.
The market is wide open with CER being at the forefront. My group will be watching this company very very closely. And if they go mainstream in the market then we will be one of the first to start investing for profits but there will be thousands doing the same!
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PECTOPAH answered one year ago …
In present conditions it's pretty tough to bet on anything but here goes...
I will be:
Shorting (about 50% of my portfolio):
2-6 months - retail: ARO, PLCE, FL, COST, ROST
Retail is showing great weakness amid economic data and a long way down.
Going long (5% of my portfolio)
2-3 weeks to 2-3 months - steel: X, CLF, AKS, MTL & food processing ADM.
Commodities were down since June-July and it looks like they may rebound amid the weakness of the dollar.
Rest of the money will be in cash, to maybe enter the commodities at a more depressed price and when the indicators will show upside potential.
3963 points
MNSL answered one year ago …
I think irrespective of the sectors, companies with good cash flow, less debt and demand for their products and services will out perform market in the next 12 months .and beyond.
Some of these super stocks will become leaders in the next Bull Run.
Even in the financial sector we can find outstanding financial l institutions worldwide now. These institutions have greater potential to expand their market share due to current credit mess and customers’ unwillingness to do business with financial giants.
One sector that we should stay away is commodity sector. I think commodity bear market will extend beyond 02 years now due to so many factors. Originally industry experts thought it will last less than 02 years.
I do not think any momentum, technical or fundamental investors will add commodity stocks to their portfolios according to their analysis
For most top commodity stocks lines of least resistance has broken towards sharp downturn. Technical analysts also see bear market in the commodity market. If we see on fundamental perspective demand is falling rapidly worldwide due to recession Next year will be worst year for the commodity market. According to Value investors commodity stocks are overpriced now.
Some sectors, companies will benefit most in the next 12 months and beyond through out the world.
3963 points
MNSL answered one year ago …
I like to add some more
I think we must do all of the following now.
We must buy quality stocks which are going to appreciate next 12 months and beyond.
We must sell stocks that gong to stagnate for the next 03 years and going to go down sharply in the next 12 months.
We must hold outstanding stocks for ever.
Depends on the markets where we are investing, we must apply investment strategy accordingly. So we can buy, hold and sell. I think some markets will begin their bull run sooner than later. Some markets will take longer period to recover. However these markets will have small rally time to time.
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rvilmur answered one year ago …
Because they are energy stocks and getting pounded now, the Canadian Energy Royalty Trusts are paying dividends of more than 20%. Unless oil drops below $60 a barrel, they should be able to continue the current payout rates. When the world becomes rational again, there should also be great capital gains from these stocks as the dividend rate goes back to a more normal 10% of the stock price. Tickers to look at are AAV, HTE, PVX, and PWE.
These are less suitable for IRA accounts because there is a 15% Canadian withholding tax. In a taxable account, you can claim a foreign tax credit and get most of that money returned by the reduction in your U.S. taxes.
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seyobnats answered one year ago …
After the election and we know what party will have to clean up after the GREEDY hedge funds who caused the current disaster with their extreme leverage of the financial markets, First the hedgers do their best to destroy our economy by leverging their bets on commodities, especially oil which is now below $80.00, down from $143.00, then they try to crash the financials and did a pretty good job of it. I hope they lost their shorts.
I think it will then be safe to re-enter the markets for quality industrial and commercial stocks for your IRA, 401(k) or other retirement accounts. There will also be some good mutual funds (those that have survived the current massacre). The whole world stock market is now ON SALE! as the department stores say, "Lowest prices of the season!!!"
If you are buying for these accounts and buy quality, you need not worry if the market goes a little lower before it rebounds. Remember, you don't have a Loss until you sell your stock. Your current statement only reflects what your current Cash position would be if you sold. If you Buy now, your stocks have almost no place to go but UP and there are several million dollarsa sitting on the side-lines waiting for a the rigtht time to Buy. Even if you are near retirement the maket will probably go up much sooner than that and you will have made a bundle.
So, BUY NOW!
