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01.30.11 - A good article in the Star Jan 22nd.
I am doing well in the markets these days, as i suspect you are, due to rising global markets.
I had decided, a long while ago, to go it alone without an advisor, as most advisors have hidden agendas and are not focused on my best interests.
My approach, due to my advanced age, is short-term mutual funds and ETFs.
Most advisors aren't interested in this approach for mutual funds.
ETFs are ok as you control them the same as stocks and can buy/sell at will yourself.
With all elongated bull markets, investors get more risky (as i have) and reap the rewards.
To mitigate markets volatility, this article does emphasize ETF type investments as a hedge against significant downward swings, as they represent mainly specific market indexes (such as NYMEC, COMEX, S&P, MSCI, TSX, S&P/TSX, etc) which is an averaging of items within the index.
The problem with ETFs is some are bear and some are bull related. If you selected bear related ETFs, you could have lost a fair amount (except for NYMEX Natural Gas).
So far, the bull ETFs I have been emphasizing (30% of my investing) are doing well.
The trick is to fairly accurately determine timing of the next downturn.
I am trying to reach 20% average gain before a significant downturn occurs. Regardless, my approach is to get out before the downturn.
Anyone have a good idea or tried-and-true method (specific triggers) for fairly accurately guessing the downturn timing?
01.08.11 - In the Toronto Star today.
Nuclear power is 55% of total electricity generation in Ontario.
Solar generation is 2.7% (up from 2.3% in 2009). When will it be 50%?
McGinty's liberals r doing something right ... as coal use has dropped dramatically since 2003 (when he came into office).
However, as nuclear or solar couldn't step up when hydro couldn't produce last year (water level were down), coal came to the rescue.
Wouldn't it be interesting if coal COULDN'T come to the rescue...
Another good aspect of this article is we are (for the foreseeable future) a net-exporter of electricity.
Another good investment opportunity?
01.08.11 - I never thought I would see the day a CEO would get it right! There must be something I am missing.
A lot of us do not like Jobs' arrogance and abruptness but he is an excellent CEO!
Now, if the banks and other large tech companies could employ this strategy, we would all feel much better about senior company employee salaries.
I am an IBMer ... meaning UNIX and OS/2, etc.
I have never been a fan of the Mac computer. However, everything this company does impresses me more than what IBM has done in the last few years.
"The company does not provide perks to the executives other than those available to non-executive employees..."
I should have invested in it a year ago.
02.04.11: It may be much sooner than 2050. Time to look for food related investments.
Also time to start lobbying against ethanol production.
01.06.11 - in the Toronto Star today.
It indicates food prices have risen 25% in one year.
With China and India demand only going to rise, it doesn't look good, if we cannot find more ways to grow more food.
The indication is we need 70% more food production by 2050.
I wonder what impact there would be if we stopped allowing ethanol production?
Wherever there is a problem, there is usually an opportunity.
Looks like food commodities (corn, grain, etc) would be a good long-term stock or mutual fund investment.
01.04.11 - This article appeared in the Toronto Star today.
Like you, i had thought i was aware of what to look for in this disease that occurs in our advancing years. Alzheimer's disease is one form of dementia.
As the article states, it is important to pay attention to diet, exercise and mental stimulation, as we age, to delay the onset.
Hopefully, you will remember to take the test.
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