Tag: Operation Twist
Big News This Week Gives Stocks A Boost
The excitement building for this week turned out to be much ado about nothing, but I don’t think investors are complaining. Earlier in the week, I wrote about how major events this week could spark significant market movement. Keep in mind, we had two extremely important global situations playing out. On one hand, the Greek […]
Central Banks To The Rescue!
That sound you hear is a huge, collective sigh of relief from investors after finally seeing a substantial rally in the market. The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all jumped over 2% yesterday. Whats more, the major indices have regained most of what they lost after last Fridays disastrous jobs report and ensuing selloff. So […]
Can The Fed Save The Market?
Well, this hasnt been the May most investors hoped for. In fact, its been pretty much an unmitigated disaster. For a good point of reference on how painful May has been so far, just look at the S&P 500. The bellwether index has essentially gone from 1,400 to 1,300 in two weeks. Ouch. The pummeling […]
Why Gold Is Heading Lower
Golds had an epic bull run over the past seven years. The precious metal rallied from just $400 an ounce, to reach a high of over $1,900 in September of 2011 a gain of over 380%! But to quote literary legend Robert Frost, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. And so […]
Inflation Is Nothing To Worry About
Recently, my colleague Brian Walker wrote this article on why golds price drop makes for a great buying opportunity. But one of the reasons he gives for investing in the precious metal is because he expects inflation to soar. More specifically, he believes Operation Twist, and other recent quantitative easing programs put forth by the […]
The Real Estate Bear Trap
Theres two important parts to investing in penny stocks. The first one everyone knows thats figuring out what to buy. The other part, very few people focus on. But I actually think its more important knowing what NOT to buy. Think of it this way knowing what not to buy can be very powerful. It […]
Will Operation Twist Impact Penny Stocks?
Is everyone ready to do the Twist? Operation Twist that is. The Fed announced their highly anticipated monetary program, known as Operation Twist, just this week. The strategys colorful name comes from its goal of twisting the yield curve. To put it more plainly, the Fed plans to sell short-term Treasuries and use the proceeds […]
