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by | March 12, 2014 · 2:11 pm

China fears

Japan`s Nikkei fell -2,6% today, as investors locked in some profits as caution over Chinese demand continued to hurt commodity stocks. Nikkei ended at 14,830,39 points. It`s all down in Europe too. Gold is up +1,22%.

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Shanghai copper fell by its 5% daily limit and London copper hit a 44-month low. Investors eyes are on mining stocks now because the world’s top user of copper (China) could unlock copper from financing deals and unleash more selling.

Credit Agricole said in a note that it looks bad, and that copper prices continue to be hit by China growth worries. Ukraine tensions have intensified with diplomatic efforts yielding no success and that makes investors nervous.

The U.S markets will open up in a negative territory today, putting the S&P 500 on track for a third day of declines. All this because of the China fear. Not all the investors are selling stocks. Some of them are always looking for bulls.

Take a look at Oxigene Inc (OXGN:O) today. That stock surged 145% before the opening bell, trading at $5,93. They have declared a contract with shareholders to purchase an aggregate of almost $12 million of units at a price of $2,05.

The share faced its lowest price of $2,09 during the latest trading session. The trading volume with the big jump is 8,54 million shares, compared with the average of 586,076 shares. The company`s market cap is $27,75 billion with 11,47 million shares outstanding.

Reports today:

 

10:30 AM ET Crude Oil Inventories
01:01 AM ET 10-y Bond Auction

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by | March 10, 2014 · 2:17 pm

Risky business

Copper is in red territory today, town -2,03%, followed by Crude oil (brent), which is down -0,80%. Gold and silver is up. Asia is trading down today. Hang Seng is down -1,75%, Shanghai is down -2,86%, while Nikkei closed down 1% at 15,120,14.

Asian markets tumbled today. People are worried about the Ukraine crises and some are disappointed about the surprisingly weak Chinese trade data released today. All this, despite the surprisingly good news from the U.S on friday. Nonfarm payrolls was better than expected.

The commodity-sensitive Australian and Canadian dollars suffered today, as copper of which China is a major consumer, reached a four-year low in Shanghai. Australian and Canadian dollars lost half a percent against a steady U.S dollar. The Chinese yuan opened down 0,5%.

Groupon Inc (Nadaq:GRPN), is still the market leader in the daily deal voucher sales, but the stock is declining while this stocks seems to be a risky stock. Most of the Groupon`s customers are often struggling merchant partner who can`t afford to pay.

In worst case, if many of them go bankrupt, then Groupon will lose a lot of money. In addition; Groupon will pay back the customers if the merchant fails, and unused vouchers has increased to $725 million.

Merchants need to offer discounts of 50%, and share 50% of the rest with Groupon. As you know, this is a risky business. Merchants do not earn money and have no control if too many vouchers are issued.

Groupon say they are «the morst effective local advertiser tool» available for marketers, but I think that the shoppers are the winners here. Mainly because the shoppers are one-time shoppers looking for good deal, better called «coupon hunters», which is not loyal repeated customers.

This can be a ticking bomb, and the stock is now trading at $8,60. The stock will open down today -0,58%. The stock is down -67,16% from the top, and so far this year the stock is down -26,90%. Groupon shows us that not everything in the social space is rosy.

Revenue growth and user growth is the king in the stock market.

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by | December 27, 2013 · 1:52 pm

Prepare for next year

It was not so hard to earn money in 2013 if you invested in U.S stocks. 9 out of 10 stocks in the S&P 500 was in positive territory. But everything associated with gold gave you losses. Did you sell the gold related investments in 2013 and what are you gonna do with it next year?

The gold is down about 30% in 2013, so owning a stake in a gold mine was not the smart way to make money this year. The worst U.S large Cap stocks was Newmont Mining. The second largest gold producer is down about 50%, and 30% of its corporate office staff is eliminated.

They are not only building cars in China. They are building factories to meet the demand for cars because the sales of automobiles are surging in China. The main partner of Ford Motor is Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. (000625). Changan`s earnings per share is up 400% and are the best International stock!

To be an investor is like being a school student. You have to do your homework every day. I don`t say you have to follow every stock you have in your portfolio with every tick of intraday trading.

What I prefer is to follow the stocks and the stock market for important changes over time. Sometimes it is important to evaluate and update the portfolio, like now, in the year end.

You can save money and take advantage of last minute tax savings in preparation of your portfolio. If you do all the things alone, you may do some work. You have to prepare your portfolio for the next year. I have created a few things to consider:

  1. Tax planning. Take a good look at your portfolio and check your winners and losers. You can offset capital gains with capital losses. If you have lost everything in one stock, you can sell it before the end of the year to offset any pending gains you may have on other stocks. Check the IRS rules and talk with a tax adviser before you take any tax decisions.

  1. Goals. What is your goals for 2014? What have happened so far this year? What do you think will happen next year? What is your plan for next year? Do you want to spend more money in the financial markets? How will your economy be next year? marriage or divorce? Some kids? What about you family situation? Some dramatic changes in 2013, or next year? You get the idea. Create a trading plan for 2014.

  2. The right balance. Do you have all you eggs in one bag? What is your mix today. Do you only go for stocks? Do you have bonds? Currency? Do you have the right mix in your portfolio or do you need some adjustments?

2013 have been a great year in the stock market. Many investors have done it better than the market in 2013. Is this going to continue next year? Try to follow the market and read the news and do as best as you can to understand them. Don`t always listen to everything people say on TV, and think by yourself. Be smart and look for great opportunities and be a winner in the market next year!

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by | December 6, 2013 · 2:30 pm

Virgin Galactic accepts Bitcoin

Sir Richard Branson is a cool guy. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores named Virgin Records. He started his own record label and later on Virgin Megastores. Branson`s Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980`s and he expanded the Virgin Records music label.

Branson is the 4th richest citizen of the United Kingdom, and have 400 different companies. One of them is Virgin Galactic, and that is the space-flight branch of Sir Richard Branson`s empire.

The interesting thing about this company right now is that they is planning to use the virtual currency Bitcoin to be used for buying tickets to space. “All of our future astronauts are pioneers in their own right, and this is one more way to be forward-thinking,” Richard Branson said.

He compared innovations in flight to innovations in currency and speculated that “the days of carrying cash and coins could soon be over”.

Bitcoin has a growing support from investors including China. They belive the decentralised currency could hold long-term promise as an alternative form of payment. Virgin Galactic is the highest-profile company to endorse the currency. Bitcoin is traded on MT Gox exchange and so far this year the currency have skyrocketed!

The first bubble started in October 3rd, 2010. The BTC price was $0,06. Then the price crashed down to $0,01 and a massive selloff and buying frenzy started. The third major bitcoin bubble is occurring right now. News today: Non-Farm Employment Change & Unemployment Rate at 8:30am, Preliminary UoM Consumer Sentiment at 9:55am.

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by | October 8, 2013 · 1:30 pm

Market update

Investors are not so patient, and Putin is not patient either. He told Obama to try to find a solution on the budget crises as soon as possible. Investors are tolking to Obama thru VIX. It`s going up as we now are in the second week with the shutdown. Gold is now at $1321, and it seems like investors are sitting on their hands now.

Russian President Putin warned Presiden Obama to solve the debt/budget crises as soon as possible. Many investors are now very nervous as we are in the second week with no solution on the budget crises.

The markets was up on friday, down again on monday. It goes a little bit up, and a little bit down. In sum, it goes sideways. So far. Investors are waiting for october 17. That date will be a date we will remember in the future I think.

December Comex gold was last up $13.80 at $1,323.80 an ounce. Spot gold was up $12.50 at $1324.25. A weak dollar were bullish for the gold yesterday as it rose up with good gains. As the markets go down, and the fear goes up, the safe-heaven precious metal goes up.

The world`s largest economy China will be back from it`s Golden Week holiday season, and that could increase the demand for the yellow metal. The holiday for India starts very soon, and that can affect the gold prices with the consumer spending in India.

We can`t get any U.S economic data because of the shutdown. The FOMC minutes will be launched on wednesday and other people from the Fed officials will be speaking later on this week. Investors will scrutinize every word they say and that will have a huge impact of the financial markets.

The U.S Treasury Department told the U.S government on thursday last week that default would damage the confidence to the U.S economy and in addition increase the government`s borrowing costs.

A default could allow rating agencies to downgrade the U.S debt, which in return can impact the Treasury market. It can affect the price of Treasury bonds and notes, and if they are used to hedge in commodity markets, then the investors need to pay more money. The American bonds are used as collateral by futures commission merchants. That`s why the commodity markets can be hit in a ripple effect.

Below you will see the new $100 bill. It`s the first redesign since 1996 with better security and harder to forge. Nice!

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