Thursday, June 8, 2017

Markets: Buying Japanese Stocks

I'm looking at markets in Japan, Russia and China. These markets are all depressed compared to history. I have been buying Japan for a while. (Nikkei 225 Index, Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI))

Video: Investing In Russia, Japan

How I Am Invested In Russia

I have individual shares I have Russian government bonds have yields very, very high you can get 10 percent in rubles and I in my view the ruble has stabilized so it's a lot better than 2 percent in America. (Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Eventually The Junk Bond Market Is Going To Collapse

I know that the junk bond market is going to totally disintegrate someday but I'm hopeless in market timing. I know it's going to fall apart someday but in the meantime because my market timing is so hopeless I'm losing money but eventually the junk bond market is going to collapse. (SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK), iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corp Bond (ETF) (HYG))

Monday, June 5, 2017

The Most Dangerous Words In The Investment World

You see throughout history all bubbles look the same, all market tops look the same, all credit tops look the same. You have to get the timing right of course, but when you see everybody buying X you have to start saying well, wait a minute, I've seen this before when you see everybody saying it's different this time but it's never different this time.

The most dangerous words in the investment world are it is different this time. It ain't ever different this time, you know. I'm not the first person to figure that out when you see on the radio or the TV or the internet that everybody is doing something I hope that a little bell goes off in your head and says well, maybe it is better to start thinking about going the other way.

Are Great Traders Born?

I don't think you go to school to learn to be a great trader, either you have it or you don't.

Friday, June 2, 2017

India: Large Debts Means Not Being Able To Grow Rapidly

India has a lot of debt, the Indian government doesn't like to talk about them but the debt the GDP ratio is very very high in India and it's getting higher and higher and higher that usually means you cannot grow at a rapid rate. (WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ETF (EPI), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

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