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• How to Profit from the Wide World of Indices

  By Soroush Pour - July 23, 2012 | Tickers: GCC, VXX, CRBQ, QQQ, DIA

  Think following the S&P 500, the NASDAQ, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a bit monotonous? Even if you’re not a hipster, we have some good news for you.  In the wide world of indices, there are more choices than even Chuck Norris could wrap his mind around (though here’s a few of the action hero’s favorite stock picks).  Back to the point, some indices more »

• Deja Vu 2008

  By Peter Pham - May 31, 2012 | Tickers: FXA, GCC, NES.DL, UUP, GLD

  If you live long enough you come to realize the wisdom in the statement that history doesn’t repeat but is certainly does rhyme.  The price action this spring is so reminiscent in feel to 2008 that waking up every morning feels like Groundhog Day. 

  In 2008 gold touched a high of $1033 per ounce the evening the news broke that JPMorgan had bought Bear Stearns for $10 per share more »

• Bears Found in China?

  By Peter Pham - May 16, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GCC, INTC, FXI, SPY

  It is difficult for me to fathom the bear case for China.  I get the worry over Europe and the U.S.  I get the credit-created real estate bubble.  I even get the wary eye cast over the Chinese government statistics released for our consumption.  What I don’t get is how it is possible to look at a slowdown over a few months and call it a crash.  But more »