Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Stay Away from these STOCKS!!


Most days on this blog, I explain why I am buying particular stocks. Today, I am going to write about stocks we should NOT buy.

The quote below comes from a Reuters news article updating the market today around 12:30.

"Stocks are close to fair value, but very cheap relative to the bond market and to cash which is very expensive," said David Kelly, managing director and chief market strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management in New York.
"Central banks have been keeping rates low and that justified higher stock prices. But we weren't seeing that because of these risks. As these risks have diminished, money is going into stocks because it has nowhere else to go. That led to the new high on the Dow Jones Industrial Average today," he said.

ON THE SURFACE-its a pretty simple quote-$ is coming into stocks because risks have diminished and there is no place else where you can put your money and get a return on your investment.

Then later in the day, I was doing my usual due diligence and was looking at different stock industries. Guess which one was at the bottom? Silver miners. Gold miners was second worst.

The lesson here, is when the big boys are putting their money into equities-they  are probably taking them out of precious metals and the like. Check out these 2 graphs below on silver and gold miners and draw and your own conclusions.

The lesson is simply to think any investment through before committing your hard earned dollars. Good luck out there!

Silver Miners:

-MISI Chart

Gold Miners:

-MIGL Chart

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Regional Banks in the Southeast


34.19   +0.95 (+2.86%)
-BKSE Chart


Check out the chart above. It's a chart for stocks of regional banks in the southeast since January 1 of this year.

On January 8 of this year, I wrote about  investing in regional banks especially in the southeast. How prophetic am I! But seriously, I never thought that the breakout would be so sudden. Back on January 8, I thought you could get a 30% roi on your investment for the year. Well, I'm doubling that estimate. It is awesome when you can get in on a move where your stocks could double. Ride this wave! 

You could pin up a list of these regional banks on a wall and throw a dart and that stock will almost definitely go higher. But to be more precise, I especially like Popular, Virginia Commerce Bancorp and Seacoast Banking Corp.

Good luck y'all and don't forget to ride the wave! 
SELL SELL SELL!
 
If you think you will spend the weekend worrying about a particular position, it's best to sell it right now and move on.

If you find yourself visiting the yahoo boards to see if there is any helpful news out there that you might have missed, its best to sell right now and move on.

If you find yourself using indicators on charts that you don't normally use just to justify holding a position, its best to sell right now and move on.

If you find yourself asking asking the "experts" on twitter or on blogs about your positions, its best to sell it right now and move on.

If you find yourself checking the stock's fundamentals although you took a position based totally on technical reasons, its best to sell it right now and move on.