Small Stocks

US Currency to Implode? $800 Billion Ameros to China

SmallStocks — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:07:48 +0000

Yes, this guy says he has proof that America has shipped $800 Billion ‘Ameros’ - a new currency which is being formed between the USA, Canada and Mexico which will replace all of these countries currencies respectively - to the China Investment Bank. He states that China presently holds $2.5 Trillion worth of US Dollars thanks to the [...]

Home Loan Interest Rate Strategies

SmallStocks — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:55:14 +0000

I’ve had a tonne of emails recently asking me to post more often - I’m sorry guys, things have been flat out but I’ll get posting more regularly now! One email that probably spurred me on to this post was a question relating to fixed or variable interest during these times of declining interest rates [...]

Whats up with Inflation in Australia?

SmallStocks — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:11:20 +0000

I have had a few people asking me questions over the weekend about inflation and why it’s on the move up. The most typical comment has been around “with everything in the world going so bad, how can inflation be moving up?” - It’s a good question and one that I am going to answer [...]

ASX will be mixed this Week

SmallStocks — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:22:15 +0000

Given the Dows (DJI) performance last Friday, you would think that the ASX will be either down or swinging for the week. The Dow closed down 127.04 points - or 1.41% - last Friday, and so whether the ASX will follow US’s sentiment will be unclear. Last week Rio Tinto’s (RIO) announcement on the state [...]

The Time to Buy is Now

SmallStocks — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:04:45 +0000

Well, despite the financial world being in an absolute mess - I believe the time to buy is now - a sentiment which is shared with the worlds most famous investor - Warren Buffet. Over the weekend, Buffet posted a very interesting editorial for the New York Times (you can read it here). His thoughts: “Be [...]

ASX Drops 1%, No Wall St Improvement

SmallStocks — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:11:19 +0000

The All Ords (AORD) was down 43.3 points today, or approximately 1% as the Dow Jones late recovery failed to invoke any positive sentiment on the Aussie Market. The S&P200 (AXJO) was also down around the same, falling 42.6 points to 3,970.80 or roughly 1% as well. It seems despite my prediction yesterday that mining stocks may [...]

Live - Rudd meets with the Capitalists

SmallStocks — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:38:05 +0000

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is attending a business lunch today to speak about the state of the market and the overall economy. Australian Industry Group AIG Business Lunch Chris Rein @ 12:52: Business outlook turning for the worse. Hopes Government can get a feeling of how bad business are feeling it. Crapping on about his own company, [...]

Google Tops Earnings Estimates

SmallStocks — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:16:21 +0000

Google Inc. (GOOG) the absolute market leader in search and advertising, posted a third-quarter profit which exceeded expectations and helped stem some concern that the companies key income source - advertising - was falling. The Mountain View, California based company - whose staff are now around 18,000 people - stated that net income for the [...]

ASX Opens Higher

SmallStocks — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:14:30 +0000

Update @ 12:18: Well the opening higher was short lived. Check out the All Ords Chart (AORD) - it shows a drop straight down - not down around 11 points. Not one stock has posted “large” gains with most trading in a range of between $0.02 and $0.25. The ASX (AORD) has opened slightly higher on [...]

Dow Jones Plummets, Then Skyrockets

SmallStocks — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:30:53 +0000

The Dow Jones (DJI) has, again, had another day of ups and downs on the market closing 401.35 points higher to close at 8,979.26 - with the S&P500 (GSPC) finishing 38.59 points higher to close around 920.33. 23 of the 30 Dow Components finished higher for the day, but the entire Index traded within an 800 [...]