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Daily Archives: August 19, 2011

Stock Market Video: Cash is King

August 19, 2011
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Stock Market Video: Cash is King

In this week’s Stock Market Video, Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report Editor Paul Goodwin says that for growth investors, it’s a good time to do something besides investing. Cash is king. Paul looks at the Halter USX China Index, which tracks the performance of Chinese stocks that trade on U.S. exchanges as American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), and the Nasdaq to show the market’s recent action. Stocks discussed: Kraft Foods (KFT) and Hershey (HSY). Click below to watch!

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Market Bottoms are a Process, Not an Event

August 19, 2011
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Market Bottoms are a Process, Not an Event

Back to the current market environment, I want to expand upon something I touched on in a special video I did last week during the market’s mini-crash.  In that video (click here to watch it), I presented a couple of examples of past market downturns and looked at how they bottomed out.  No two markets play out exactly alike, but history does rhyme to some extent, and here are five things to look for in the weeks to come. First, it’s highly likely that the recent bounce that persisted through Monday will fail.  That doesn’t mean it will lead...

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