The Drums of War... and Where to Hide From the Fiscal Cliff

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Sunday, December 23, 2012

In the current edition of the Investment U Weekly Update, Investment Analyst and Host of The Oxford Club's Market Wake-Up Call, Steve McDonald, runs down the key issues affecting the global economy - and your investments. (Click the image to play.) This week, you'll find... Time to Look at the Cheapest Market in Asia Painfully Boring Stocks Outpacing Everything Else... The "Slap In The Face" Award: Chained CPI Edition... You can check it out in this video. Sponsored Why Are Goliaths of High Tech Courting This Mystery "David" Company? Consumer electronics giants including Apple and Samsung are now partnering with a small tech company in the Midwest. When you find out why, I think you'll be quite surprised. It could send this company's bargain $9 stock soaring in the coming months. The faster you move, the more you stand to make. Go here now for our brand-new report. Here are the top stories that were featured in our Investment U Daily this week... Alexander Green Chief Investment Strategist Can You Make a Fortune in Penny Stocks? At first glance, penny stocks seem to make sense. After all, it's easier for a 50-cent stock to go to a dollar than for a $50 stock to go to $100, right? No. It's not. Over the years, dozens of studies have shown that lower-priced stocks don't do better than higher-priced stocks. In fact, they do considerably worse. Ironically, it's not easier for a 50-cent stock to go to a dollar. But it is a whole lot easier for it to go to zero. There are other reasons why making a fortune in penny stocks is easier said than done... Click here to read full story The Drums of War by Andrew Snyder Editorial Director, Investment U If you were close to the Mississippi River today, you may have heard the explosive opening salvo of the nation's war for water. For decades, Americans have contemplated the idea of a war over the world's most abundant resource. As our population grows, it's only a matter of time before our national consumption exceeds our availability of fresh drinking water. At least that's the commonly touted logic. But like so many things we try to predict and prepare for, the real issue is a topic few folks (including investors) have bothered to contemplate. It's the liquid equivalent of a "black swan" event... Click here to read full story Marc Lichtenfeld Associate Investment Director Why I Disagree with Alexander Green In his column last Friday, titled Would You Invest in the "Math of God?" Alex took aim at technical analyst Tom DeMark, his use of Fibonacci sequences and the A-list names in finance who follow him. I'm somewhat familiar with DeMark's work, but don't have a strong opinion on it. So this column isn't a defense of DeMark per se, but of the usefulness of stock charts in trading and investing. And later I'll show how it's properly used... Click here to read full story Carl Delfeld Senior Analyst Is Japan Finally Turning the Corner? Here's some political trivia you can use at your next holiday cocktail party: Who's the only U.S. president to lose re-election and then come back to win again? Grover Cleveland. In fact, while saying goodbye to the White House staff, the young and vivacious Mrs. Cleveland's last words were, "We'll be back." In Japan, a comeback happened just last Sunday as Mr. Shinzo Abe, thrown out with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in 2007, will return as prime minister after a smashing victory and supermajority in the Diet's lower house. But is this good news for Japan's stock market, which is down 40% since Mr. Abe left in 2007? What about its economy? Click here to read full story Where to Hide From the Fiscal Cliff by David Eller Analyst, Investment U I don't think I'm overreacting when I say our stock market has been acting like a blender set on pulse. The S&P closed near 1440, with five of the last six days seeing minor moves and the index not far off of the September high - meanwhile the fiscal cliff is still unresolved. We don't have a clear direction in either the short or the long term. Even worse, the direction is being controlled by politicians as fiscal cliff sound bites act like the finger pressing the blender's pulse button. Why bother fighting this war? The fact is, you don't have to... Click here to read full story Be sure to check out some of the other investment stories that we've published this week on our website at: www.InvestmentU.com Is Twitter Making the Stock Market Predictable? Under Armour (NYSE: UA): Hype You Should Actually Believe In How Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) Will Disrupt the NFC Market in 2013 Will Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Rebound in 2013?

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