Happy Friday !
I hope we all had a good day today. The reason we all work hard is to have a good life. Today is Friday, on Friday's sometimes you just need to take it easy. Life is so short, we all need to slow down and enjoy some of it. In the United States, people loose sight of what's really important, and then they start living to work, it's always to make someone else rich, most Americans never even dream of working for themselves to make themselves rich. The rest of the world seems to have a clue about life and how short it is, and they work to live, they work to have enough money to enjoy life. I wish America could wake up and enjoy life just a little bit. There is a time and a place for every purpose under heaven.
Have we all bought our Mega Millions lottery ticket yet ? Can you visualize being 640,000,000 richer by Monday. I bet you would even call in sick on Monday, or not even call in at all if you hit the numbers. I don't know if there are lotteries in Russia and Germany where some of my readers reside, I'm sure they do. It seems that people need to dream about what they would do if they won the thing. My wife bought 5 tickets, which is ok, but I heard on the news about a guy that bought 700.00 worth of quick pics today. I told my wife that I had a better chance of being the next Republican President of the United States, than I did of winning the Mega Millions jackpot.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Free America
Get ready, American manufacturing's on the Rise.
Way back before the dawn of time, in the 1980's , when Reagan was still trying to convince all of us that the 1% were really swell people, and that they only had our best interests at heart, a curious thing began to happen. Manufacturing jobs, and plants, and factories, and warehouses all slowly began to vanish. Where were they going? No one knew, no one cared to ask, because America was asleep. Times were good, and no one wanted to rock the boat. By the time Clinton rolled into Washington, the 1% were shipping off as many middle class jobs as they could shove on any boat they could find. They were actually breaking a sweat, for the first time, in their efforts. So what did Clinton do for the hard working 1%. He built an express way for the one percent to carry off even more precious American jobs called NAFTA. Why would anyone want to do such a idiotic, shortsighted thing? This is the reason why it now takes over a year to find a new job, if you are unemployed, because there are no good quality jobs here anymore. The first reason, is to further break the earnings power base of the middle class, and secondly if you can get a Chinese peasant worker to bust his ass for 15.00 dollars a day instead of having to pay an American 200.00 then by golly the end for the 1% justifies the means, even if you have to cripple the United States and sell it out to the enemy, the People's Republic of China to do it. Higher paying factory jobs had become the crutch for lazy, stupid middle class workers, to remove these jobs was a way for the 1% to cripple the earnings standard by which all other jobs were measured. If the 1% took that away, then all other workers in all other businesses would have to settle for less wages, because they wouldn't know any better, and because they would have nothing to compare it to. The 1% had already defeated the labor unions and rendered them powerless, this was just the coup d' grace shot to the head to finish the middle class off.
Today there was an article on Yahoo finance that stated that Apple's new CEO Tim Cook was going to " substantially improve wages and working conditions" in the factories that produced their products, and promised to cut down on " extreme hours worked, and unpaid overtime". Sounds like sweat shop conditions to me. The only reason why Apple is doing this is because a group called the Fair Labor Association called them on it, believe me folks, these corporations are not going to do anything for anyone if they don't have to. There have been reports of Chinese workers committing suicide in order to remove themselves from the deplorable working conditions that they find themselves in. Can you imagine how bad it would have to be to kill yourself to get away from your situation, you would have to feel like you had no other choice. If they could take away our guns, American corporations would have us all chained to our jobs. I have heard the talking heads on CNBC talk about the gradual return of manufacturing to the United States because Chinese peasant workers are finally rising up and demanding more wages and benefits. You watch, as more Chinese workers get a clue, the 1% will bring manufacturing back to the United States where wages have been driven down because the middle class have no power, and because they have all been brainwashed into becoming dumb dumb worker bees.
Chinese workers need to continue to rise up and demand higher wages, and the respect they deserve. Americans need to wean themselves off of being someone's " employee ", and develop businesses to own themselves. When you're the owner, you're "free", when you're the employee, you're the "servant", but in most cases you are the "slave". Let's all take our freedom back America, before it's too late for the Americans that are here after we are gone.
Way back before the dawn of time, in the 1980's , when Reagan was still trying to convince all of us that the 1% were really swell people, and that they only had our best interests at heart, a curious thing began to happen. Manufacturing jobs, and plants, and factories, and warehouses all slowly began to vanish. Where were they going? No one knew, no one cared to ask, because America was asleep. Times were good, and no one wanted to rock the boat. By the time Clinton rolled into Washington, the 1% were shipping off as many middle class jobs as they could shove on any boat they could find. They were actually breaking a sweat, for the first time, in their efforts. So what did Clinton do for the hard working 1%. He built an express way for the one percent to carry off even more precious American jobs called NAFTA. Why would anyone want to do such a idiotic, shortsighted thing? This is the reason why it now takes over a year to find a new job, if you are unemployed, because there are no good quality jobs here anymore. The first reason, is to further break the earnings power base of the middle class, and secondly if you can get a Chinese peasant worker to bust his ass for 15.00 dollars a day instead of having to pay an American 200.00 then by golly the end for the 1% justifies the means, even if you have to cripple the United States and sell it out to the enemy, the People's Republic of China to do it. Higher paying factory jobs had become the crutch for lazy, stupid middle class workers, to remove these jobs was a way for the 1% to cripple the earnings standard by which all other jobs were measured. If the 1% took that away, then all other workers in all other businesses would have to settle for less wages, because they wouldn't know any better, and because they would have nothing to compare it to. The 1% had already defeated the labor unions and rendered them powerless, this was just the coup d' grace shot to the head to finish the middle class off.
Today there was an article on Yahoo finance that stated that Apple's new CEO Tim Cook was going to " substantially improve wages and working conditions" in the factories that produced their products, and promised to cut down on " extreme hours worked, and unpaid overtime". Sounds like sweat shop conditions to me. The only reason why Apple is doing this is because a group called the Fair Labor Association called them on it, believe me folks, these corporations are not going to do anything for anyone if they don't have to. There have been reports of Chinese workers committing suicide in order to remove themselves from the deplorable working conditions that they find themselves in. Can you imagine how bad it would have to be to kill yourself to get away from your situation, you would have to feel like you had no other choice. If they could take away our guns, American corporations would have us all chained to our jobs. I have heard the talking heads on CNBC talk about the gradual return of manufacturing to the United States because Chinese peasant workers are finally rising up and demanding more wages and benefits. You watch, as more Chinese workers get a clue, the 1% will bring manufacturing back to the United States where wages have been driven down because the middle class have no power, and because they have all been brainwashed into becoming dumb dumb worker bees.
Chinese workers need to continue to rise up and demand higher wages, and the respect they deserve. Americans need to wean themselves off of being someone's " employee ", and develop businesses to own themselves. When you're the owner, you're "free", when you're the employee, you're the "servant", but in most cases you are the "slave". Let's all take our freedom back America, before it's too late for the Americans that are here after we are gone.
Friday, March 23, 2012
ETF Spotlight
ETF's can be a perfect vehicle for investment. They are baskets of stocks or bonds of a particular sector, industry, investment style, country, commodity, etc., etc. Every area of market investment are covered by ETFs. As with mutual funds you get great diversification. They are better than mutual funds though because they trade just like stocks, you can lock in profits better, limit losses better than mutual funds. You can buy, sell, or trade options on ETFs, and you can also sell them short, and you can day trade ETFs, all these things you could never do with mutual funds. ETFs pay dividends just like stocks. The benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. ETF's should really be the replacement alternative to outdated and inefficient mutual funds.
I found a list of ETFs listed by fund companies at Barrons.com. So what I thought I would do is research one ETF from a different company at a time. We will take the good, bad, and ugly...... and believe me there are some real stinkers out there. We will research and dissect each of them to see if they are worth investing in.
So let's start off with this ETF.
Symbol: EFV
iShares MSCI Value Index Fund
Phone 800-474-2737
This ETF invests in large Foreign Value Companies. Seeks to invest in good but overlooked foreign companies.
MSCI - Stands for Morgan Stanley Capital International
Yield............. 4.09%
YTD Return .......... 10.21%
Current Price ........... 47.15 +0.18 / 0.38%
This ETF would we good to own to get exposure to the international market sector.
I found a list of ETFs listed by fund companies at Barrons.com. So what I thought I would do is research one ETF from a different company at a time. We will take the good, bad, and ugly...... and believe me there are some real stinkers out there. We will research and dissect each of them to see if they are worth investing in.
So let's start off with this ETF.
Symbol: EFV
iShares MSCI Value Index Fund
Phone 800-474-2737
This ETF invests in large Foreign Value Companies. Seeks to invest in good but overlooked foreign companies.
MSCI - Stands for Morgan Stanley Capital International
Yield............. 4.09%
YTD Return .......... 10.21%
Current Price ........... 47.15 +0.18 / 0.38%
This ETF would we good to own to get exposure to the international market sector.
The Nasdaq
AAON INC. SYMBOL.................. AAON
Sector ................. Industrial Goods
Industry .............. General Building Materials
Today's Price ............... 20.34
52 Week Range ............ 14.64 - 24.23
1 Year Target Estimate ........... 17.00
Beta ............. 1.23
Avg. Volume 56,538
Market Cap. 494.18 Mil. Small to Mid Cap.
P/E ............ 26.22
Forward P/E .................. 20.31
Profit Margin................. 5.25 PE then should be no more than 10.50 in order to buy the stock, anything above that makes the stock too expensive to buy.
EPS ............. 0.77
Dividend and Yield .................. 0.24 ...... 1.20%
No Options
Analyst 5 Year Growth Estimates
AAON.......................10.00%
Industry ....................12.18%
Sector .......................15.50%
S&P 500 ...................10.51%
This stock is not a bad stock, but its not an exceptionally good one either.
This is not a recommendation to invest money. This is a product of my own research and opinion. Please do your own research before you invest your own money.
There are all kinds of people out there. Some people want everything handed to them without any effort on there part. These people never really prosper, don't be one of these people.
Sector ................. Industrial Goods
Industry .............. General Building Materials
Today's Price ............... 20.34
52 Week Range ............ 14.64 - 24.23
1 Year Target Estimate ........... 17.00
Beta ............. 1.23
Avg. Volume 56,538
Market Cap. 494.18 Mil. Small to Mid Cap.
P/E ............ 26.22
Forward P/E .................. 20.31
Profit Margin................. 5.25 PE then should be no more than 10.50 in order to buy the stock, anything above that makes the stock too expensive to buy.
EPS ............. 0.77
Dividend and Yield .................. 0.24 ...... 1.20%
No Options
Analyst 5 Year Growth Estimates
AAON.......................10.00%
Industry ....................12.18%
Sector .......................15.50%
S&P 500 ...................10.51%
This stock is not a bad stock, but its not an exceptionally good one either.
This is not a recommendation to invest money. This is a product of my own research and opinion. Please do your own research before you invest your own money.
There are all kinds of people out there. Some people want everything handed to them without any effort on there part. These people never really prosper, don't be one of these people.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Dow 30 Review
Most Americans today couldn't tell you one stock that's listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. So to understand more fully the companies listed on this average, I thought I would list all 30 of the stocks. These companies are the big boys, a representation of the best we have. So here we go.
AA .............. Alcoa Inc.
AXP ............ American Express Company
BA ............... Boeing Company
BAC ............ Bank of America Corp.
CAT ............. Caterpillar Inc.
CSCO ........... Cisco Systems Inc.
CVX ............. Chevron Corp.
DD ................ E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company "Dupont"
DIS ................ Walt Disney Company
GE ................. General Electric Company
HD ................ Home Depot Inc.
HPQ .............. Hewlet Packard Company
IBM ............... International Business Machines
INTC .............. Intel Corp
JNJ .................. Johnson & Johnson
JPM ................. JP Morgan Chase & Company
KO ................... Coca Cola Company
KFT ................. Kraft Foods Inc.
MCD ................ McDonald's Corp
MMM ...............3M Company
MRK ................. Merck & Company Inc.
MSFT ................ Microsoft Corporation
PFE ................... Pfizer Inc
PG ..................... Proctor & Gamble Company
T ........................ AT&T
TRV ................... The Travelers Companies Inc
UTX ................... United Technologies Corp.
VZ ...................... Verizon Communications Inc.
WMT .................. Wall Mart Stores Inc.
XOM .................. Exxon Mobil Corporation
AA .............. Alcoa Inc.
AXP ............ American Express Company
BA ............... Boeing Company
BAC ............ Bank of America Corp.
CAT ............. Caterpillar Inc.
CSCO ........... Cisco Systems Inc.
CVX ............. Chevron Corp.
DD ................ E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company "Dupont"
DIS ................ Walt Disney Company
GE ................. General Electric Company
HD ................ Home Depot Inc.
HPQ .............. Hewlet Packard Company
IBM ............... International Business Machines
INTC .............. Intel Corp
JNJ .................. Johnson & Johnson
JPM ................. JP Morgan Chase & Company
KO ................... Coca Cola Company
KFT ................. Kraft Foods Inc.
MCD ................ McDonald's Corp
MMM ...............3M Company
MRK ................. Merck & Company Inc.
MSFT ................ Microsoft Corporation
PFE ................... Pfizer Inc
PG ..................... Proctor & Gamble Company
T ........................ AT&T
TRV ................... The Travelers Companies Inc
UTX ................... United Technologies Corp.
VZ ...................... Verizon Communications Inc.
WMT .................. Wall Mart Stores Inc.
XOM .................. Exxon Mobil Corporation
Market Spookers
All information's from Yahoo.com and Briefing.com.
Weakness in Europe.
Weakness in China.
Jobless Claims 348,000 fell by only 5,000. Still over a quarter million people losing their jobs.
Commodities were down today.
Market participants trim risk, they are showing an increased aversion to risk.
US Dollar moves higher.
Vix is moving higher as the market drifted lower.
Consumer Discretionary Index trending lower today along with the market.
Weakness in Europe.
Weakness in China.
Jobless Claims 348,000 fell by only 5,000. Still over a quarter million people losing their jobs.
Commodities were down today.
Market participants trim risk, they are showing an increased aversion to risk.
US Dollar moves higher.
Vix is moving higher as the market drifted lower.
Consumer Discretionary Index trending lower today along with the market.
Market Movers
China slowdown threat............. our economy is tied to China's economy that's primarily what moved the market down today.
Along with weak European economic news.
Oil and the price of Gas is the other main threat.
The Obama administration cajoled the world electronic funds transfer regulatory banking agency to cut off payments for oil shipments out of Iran. Iran can ship oil out, but they can no longer get paid for it. After a while Iran is going to get tired of having their cash cow cut off, and they are going to start some crap. Israel is saying when not if to attack Iran's nuclear complex. Then there's Syria, the situation is dire and severe, but it's not our concern. We are not the world's policeman. But I can just see Obama wanting to go in there and make the US act like a freedom fighter. People need to learn to fight their own battles, we have enough irons in the fire as it is.
Oil ............ 105.48 - 1.79
10 Year US Treasury Bond ................... 2.275% Interest rates are rising, inflation is going up.
US Dollar .................... 79.65 + 0.06
Russell 1000 Large Caps ...... 770.27 -5.88
Russell 2000 Small Caps ...... 821.44 -8.48
Russell 3000 Whole Market.. 824.85 -6.47
VIX ................... 15.57 + 0.44
Notice the market went down today.
When the market goes down, there is more fear than greed in the market.
When people are fearful, people jump out of stocks, and the volatility index goes up.
Along with weak European economic news.
Oil and the price of Gas is the other main threat.
The Obama administration cajoled the world electronic funds transfer regulatory banking agency to cut off payments for oil shipments out of Iran. Iran can ship oil out, but they can no longer get paid for it. After a while Iran is going to get tired of having their cash cow cut off, and they are going to start some crap. Israel is saying when not if to attack Iran's nuclear complex. Then there's Syria, the situation is dire and severe, but it's not our concern. We are not the world's policeman. But I can just see Obama wanting to go in there and make the US act like a freedom fighter. People need to learn to fight their own battles, we have enough irons in the fire as it is.
Oil ............ 105.48 - 1.79
10 Year US Treasury Bond ................... 2.275% Interest rates are rising, inflation is going up.
US Dollar .................... 79.65 + 0.06
Russell 1000 Large Caps ...... 770.27 -5.88
Russell 2000 Small Caps ...... 821.44 -8.48
Russell 3000 Whole Market.. 824.85 -6.47
VIX ................... 15.57 + 0.44
Notice the market went down today.
When the market goes down, there is more fear than greed in the market.
When people are fearful, people jump out of stocks, and the volatility index goes up.
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