Portfolio Management: Why You Should Own “Counter-Cyclical Stocks”
by Dr. Mark Skousen, Contributing Editor
Thursday, September 3, 2010: Issue #1338

Are you managing your investment portfolio properly?

If it doesn’t include some counter-cyclical stocks – or what the pros call “non-correlated investing” – then you should ensure that it does.

In my Forecasts & Strategies “high income” portfolio, I’ve recommended two such stocks. And they’re effective because they invariably rise in value when the stock market crashes or goes into hibernation.

Here’s what they are and how they work… Portfolio Management – Full Article



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FOREX Trading on Fire: The Factors Behind This Market’s Massive Global Surge

by Martin Denholm, Senior Editor
Friday, September 3, 2010

So much for that global financial crisis.

The currency market has shrugged off the world’s woes over the past three years and blasted into the stratosphere.

New figures from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) show that currency trading has jumped by 20% over the past three years to a massive $4 trillion every day.

That’s the equivalent of trading Germany’s annual GDP each day and moving the entire world’s economic output around once every two weeks, according to BBC business writer, Robert Peston. Staggering.

And it’s good news for London’s huge financial centre, which took a major wallop when the crisis hit. Trading activity in the world’s top foreign currency exchange centre leapt by 25% over the three-year period – double the amount in the United States. London is home to 37% of all global currency-trading turnover, twice as much as second-placed New York.

So what are the reasons behind the big surge? Glad you asked… Full Article

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