During the last two years (2008-2010) we’ve seen the stock market as well as the housing market and financial institutions go through a very rough period of correction. Now in the second half of 2010, average investors are wondering if they should start investing again. Well it depends on what you’re going to invest in.
We are no where at there bottom or the worse of it yet, but at the same time I’m looking at many different investments I may want to get in on. I will say though that the stock market is not one of them at this time. In my opinion, there is no reason for the DOW to be over 10,000 and I do expect it to come back down below 9000. When I do not know, but it will be there in due time.
What about precious metals? There is only a limited amount of gold in this world and it’s one of the few things that will retain it’s value (if not go up) in our present economic condition. I’ve been building a portfolio of just different precious metals. If you’re looking to buy gold make sure you are buying actual gold pieces and not some paper stock that trades off of gold. Between the two, only actual gold will be worth anything when and if our economy crashes.
As for the housing industry, I suggest you take your time and look for solid and profitable deals. The housing market will not turn around any time soon so you will have plenty of time to find the right one for you. We will see foreclosures going on for years to come so prices will stay in the general area if not come down even more. As an investor, you will need to look at properties that will return to good value in five to eight years from now. The days of flipping houses are on hold and will be that way for some time.
Stay away from investing in any financial institution since they are still not sure of what will happen in time with all the government regulations that will be coming down the line. So is it time to start investing? Yes if you take your time and study what it is you want to invest in.
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Joel Greenblatt’s most recent book, “Magic Formula Investing” deals with the basic philosophy of buying stocks from high earning companies cheaply that will then yield high returns on your investment. There exist only one Magic Formula Fund which is reporting recording stocks as of this day .
This idea follows the launch of his online money management company, Formula Investing, last October, in which he offers clients “a unique stock screening system, and a disciplined approach to managing portfolios of high value stock” for them. He is also the author of “The Little Book That Beats The Market”, which was on the NY Times bestseller list, as well as “You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits”, published back in 1997.
Born in Great Neck on the north shore of Long Island on December 13, 1957, Greenblatt, served as the former chairman of Alliant Techsystems, and is the founder of the New York Securities Auction Corp. He also began Gotham Captial, a hedge fund backed by Michael Milken (the infamous “junk bond king”) in 1985.
In addition to his devotion to investing on Wall Street, Joel Greenblatt firmly believes in investing his own money in New York City’s educational system, particularly those schools catering to minority students.
Not only did he gift $2.5 million to the Ozone Park, NY elementary school PS 65Q, whose student body is primarily made up of kids from South Asian and South American immigrant families, but he also held found a charter school in Manhattan known as the “Harlem Success Academy” in 2006. Both schools continue to receive his support and have merited high marks for their growing academic achievements. In addition, Greenblatt serves on the board for the Institute for Student Achievement, which works to develop small senior high schools out of larger ones in order to raise the standard of education in communities across the country.
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The global macro trading system can work effectively for every trader. If you have an already established system that works for you, why not expand it to participate in global macro trading?
If you have already been an established day trader, have you considered gravitating into a market that has more options such as the entire planet? Similar to a doctor attempting to diagnose an ailment, you have to search and then search once again to reach the end result. At times, the doctor will prescribe medications that just don’t seem to work, and you go back to the doctor to try something different. Well, it is no different in the stock market. You may think you are on track and it fails, so you attempt something different up until you find something that works.
If you are a stock trader, you understand this methodology. You have your system tweaked to the point where you know how to check your price to earnings and then price to book. You also look at the return you will receive on your equity, right? The better the system you have built, the better protection you have in the market thus improving your risk to rewards. The stock market is not an easy business. Sometimes it becomes a matter of trial and error. Eventually, we are fortunate and then other times, we tend to lose. The more educated you are the better a risk to reward you will have.
The global macro trading market provides an edge as it is worldwide, which means you can trade any instrument using the strategy you have developed globally. That means your chances of locating the best investment are greater. This market has really made a tremendous comeback compared to the last couple of years of trading. This is because a lot of people were trading long and leveraged. The macro traders however were shorting housing and financials then going long and doing some real interesting trading in short treasuries and dabbling in the commodities market.
What this really means is the global macro trading market provides a lot of options to test a variety of strategies. So if you set up your strategies to build on a model that you wish to invest, in you could be a real winner. This is a specialized market and the person who is new to stock trading might want to educate themselves before becoming active. If you are an active day trader that utilizes the same stocks day in and day out, you might not have an interest in global macro trading. However, anyone else that wants a variety and has a need to venture into a new market with a high variety, then global macro trading might be for you.
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