Simon Mellon, who’ll be heading up Bonner & Partners Family Office, our soon-to-be-launched money management and tax optimization service, is keeping in close contact with Notes HQ.
Investing bearish right now could help protect your savings. And just like fellow contrarians have been telling you all along, Ted Peroulakis suggests you broaden your horizons into contrarian investments like gold and silver.
While the market panics about deflation, Eric Fry says forward-looking investors can profit by swimming against the tide. The Inflation-protected Treasury bond ETF (NYSE:TIP) has never been cheaper, meaning a great chance for gains as the government’s mega bailouts feed through to higher prices.
“Booming markets foster illusions; bear markets pull back the curtain,” says Chris Mayer. Contrarian thinking gives a peak behind the curtain before everyone else. The key is to be unafraid to go against the crowd…
What if things weren’t as they seem?
Investors rely on predicting the outcome of events. Causation. If this happens, then that will.
But what if randomness and uncertainty were the real movers and shakers of future events? It’s a scary thought. But it’s one that could make you a wiser investor.
It’s all in the Ludic fallacy theory of controversial polymath Nassim Taleb.
Stock ‘guru’ Jim Cramer says it’s time for investors to get out of stocks.
According to a report on MSNBC, Cramer told Ann Curry on TODAY Monday: “Whatever money you may need for the next five years, please take it out of the stock market right now, this week. I do not believe that you should risk those assets in the stock market right now.”
The Big Picture blogger, Barry Ritholz, says Cramer’s strong sell recommendation could be a strong buy signal for contrarian investors.
It has been a wild ride for investors over the last couple of days. All eyes are on stocks and commodities as they get whacked by the meltdown on Wall Street and the government’s bungled attempts to ‘fix’ the situation. The investment-grade corporate bond market, meanwhile, is showing some great value, says Eric Roseman.
Hank Paulson’s bailout bill is in the dustbin thanks to the 94 Democrats and 133 Republicans in Congress who voted against it.Congressman Ron Paul (Rep.) pretty much summed it up in his speech before the doomed bailout bill.
He put the blame for the current crisis firmly on the shoulders of the “managed economy,” “an inflationary system,” “corporatism” and “a special interest system.”
He also warned that promoting more and more US government intervention would have “disastrous” consequences for the global economy and the US dollar.
See for yourself…
Traders remain nervous today despite approval from Congress on the final draft of Hank Paulson’s bank rescue bill. European stocks are heading towards three-week lows. US futures are down. Floyd Brown at Investment U says this is distracting from the long-term picture, and some great bargains, for contrarian investor.
“Maybe the Sky IS Falling” it says on the cover of the current issue of Fortune. “The Great American Slowdown” is on the cover of this week’s Economist. It is true. Times are bad.
