by Michael Lecours | Oct 25, 2014 | Investment Behavior, Investment Strategies, Politics & the Economy, Trend Updates, Uncategorized
Shale oil production is more expensive than traditional oil production – It costs more to get shale oil out of the ground. So when the price for oil drops, like it has, it hurts shale oil production a whole lot more than with other production methods. Bloomberg...
by Michael Lecours | Oct 24, 2014 | Trend Updates, Uncategorized
Despite a 6 week long correction, large cap stocks continue to gain new ground. The global slow down, threat of Ebola, protests in Hong Kong, potential Ukraine-Russia conflict, weakening of Europe’s economy and many, many other dark clouds, the US market is finding a...
by Michael Lecours | Sep 19, 2014 | Economy, Trend Updates, Uncategorized
With all the discussion of the Fed, the referendum vote in Scotland, the S&P 500 hitting new highs and the IPO for Alibaba, some investors may have lost track of the small caps. They haven’t been so fortunate. Here’s a good article that helps to put this trend...
by Michael Lecours | Jun 27, 2014 | Trend Updates, Uncategorized
For those of you who hold NU stock, you may be excited to see that it has been reaching new all-time highs at over $47 per share! So, let’s take some time to evaluate it as an investment. Recently, we noticed an abnormality that warrants some discussion: With some...
by Michael Lecours | Jan 20, 2014 | Investment Strategies, Politics & the Economy, Trend Updates, Uncategorized
This past summer, we may have seen the warning we needed when it comes to the portion of your portfolio in bonds. Interest rates can’t go down any more, they can only go up. This could result in the value of your current bond holdings going down. This is discussed as...
by Michael Lecours | Dec 21, 2013 | Investment Behavior, Investment Strategies, Trend Updates, Uncategorized
Excerpt from Faber’s “Learning to Love Investment Bubbles: What if Sir Isasc Newton Had Been a Trendfollower” “From a behavioral and psychological standpoint [a trend following investment strategy] is often the most difficult to deploy when it is most useful. Strong...
