EQUITIES Magazine

International Stocks With Serious Potential

This week we''ll take a closer look at some actual stocks and company-related ETFs you can buy which capitalize on the strength of the company itself and that of its underlying currencies. To help clarify what we looked at last week, here''s two currency charts featuring the following currency [...]  Read the full story

European Fears Spook Hong Kong

As if China-related stocks in Hong Kong didn’t have enough problems…. Bears have had a firm grip on the Hong Kong market since at least mid _January when worries over Chinese inflation and economic tightening intensified. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index slumped almost 9% from January 13 [...]  Read the full story

Utility Infrastructure: Addressing the Aging Electric and Water Systems

While the U.S. population in general continues to be enamored by the constant stream of new technology “toys” being offered on a daily basis, they pay little attention to the technology that powers the gadgets—the nation’s electric grid. And while they spend untold [...]  Read the full story

Covered Call Writing

Assess your options with the “Real Estate Approach” to investing. Discipline, desire, and organization are the key factors to success that I learned while serving in the United States Marine Corp. Now I’m taking those three lessons and applying them to Wall Street. Just like a [...]  Read the full story

Highway Infrastructure: The Road to Riches

While utility infrastructures are in desperate need of repair and upgrade, highways, bridges, roads and tunnels are also in desperate shape. And, unfortunately, concrete and asphalt don’t last quite as long as wires and pipes. Interstate highways, for example, which were first constructed in [...]  Read the full story

Tight Lending Blues

China as expected is leading the world in tightening loose money policies launched to cope with the global recession. If the effect on China-related stocks is a portent, other stock markets around the world should brace themselves. Chinese bank lending tightening and fears of more to come drove [...]  Read the full story