EQUITIES Magazine

Renewable Energy is Here to Stay

In October, I told you that when the new president moved into the White House, our entire energy infrastructure would begin a major transition from one based almost entirely on fossil fuels to one that would finally include a significant contribution from renewable energy. Well, my [...]  Read the full story

China Metals and Mining

The wide range of China’s big metals and mining companies have taken a hit from the international recession and have the profit warnings to prove it. But with economic recovery comes the promise of rising commodity and stock prices, at least for some sectors and companies. The global [...]  Read the full story

What Does the Rest of 2009 Have in Store for the US Dollar?

The problem with the current Forex trading market is that although the bias may be for a lower dollar, the fundamentals can switch on a dime and cause a volatile up and down trading environment. Moreover, the inter-market relationships—the effects of oil, commodities, stock markets—are [...]  Read the full story

Oil Bulls Should Keep a Short-Term Target

You can read all the analysis you want on how high oil might go, but you’ll need to be a savvy investor to make money trading energy stocks. Long-term inevitability and short-term volatility could conspire to make the rest of 2009 one of the more interesting—and challenging—times [...]  Read the full story

Back to the Brink

For a few scary days this week it looked as if China gateway Hong Kong had lost the Pixie dust that lifted stocks nearly 100% since March to a year-high just last Friday. After closing for a holiday Monday, the blue chip Hang Seng Index plunged more than 400 points three straight days, shedding [...]  Read the full story

Are We In a Bull Market?

Standard & Poor’s chief investment strategist, Sam Stovall, is also our resident expert in sector rotation, having literally written the book (Sector Investing, McGraw-Hill, 1996). According to Stovall, the three sectors that typically outperform at the beginning of a new market cycle are [...]  Read the full story