I shifted shorting strategy on my VIX-linked investments to reflect shifting market sentiment. Here's how.
With global tensions rising, I doubt President Obama will be able to cut even 1% of the core defense budget in 2013.
The question to ask, I think, is “If I were a ground squirrel just awakened from hibernation, would I like valuations today?”
Market indices have had a good run in January and many stocks are breaking out to new 52-week highs.
We recently had a chance to ask Tom Yorke of Oceanic Capital where he sees markets headed through the rest of 2012.
It's "one of the most important opportunities for investors to buy stocks that we've seen over our investing lifetimes."
Investors can still make a decent profit under these conditions, assuming they choose investments wisely and pay a reasonable price.
Now that the US is starting to recover, it is the European debt crisis that is pressuring stock prices.