Comments on: How to Profit in Any Kind of Market

By: Kelly Frank

Kelly Frank — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:14:38 +0000

Kieth, If you want to make people rich why not let the small investors that have little money to invest into making 100,000. If I could invest the price you offered in a private email that I will not mention on this site I would do so but I can't. Maybe if you could help the Americans out that need to start smaller to get to become a big customer you would get many wealthier Americans. Starting with little money to invest in small caps stocks would help many people and this is what you want to do if I understood you right? Give a little person the opportunity and you would really prove that you want to help Americans get wealthy in the worst economy in years. If you decide to start a program like this please contact me as I am in the spot where I could start small and re-invest so I could become a millionaire one day! God Bless you and the best of trading, Little people of America getting wealthy would make great testimonials. Take a chance on us.

By: david tarbuck

david tarbuck — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:32:41 +0000

Although I live modestlyon a pension and do no more investing I agree with most of what you have to say, particularly when you take on government bailouts which are primarily politcal and thus try to prolong status quoes whose time has come and ought to die, with dignity and fairness to those who suffer, but nevertheless GO.

However I note that you often fail to note some 'limits" up or down to prices of commodities. Gold for example, is quite plentiful in seawater, almost unlimited so if it were to reach a sustined price to justify enormous capital investment then that price, justifiing extraction will be an upward limitng factor.

By: boffo

boffo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:14:16 +0000

My cat doesn't care one way or the other. I really envy him……

By: AL MYERS

AL MYERS — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:26:58 +0000

EXTREMELY BAD MATH!!!!!! $100,000 @ 4.3% growth compounded for 10 years is $152,350. Makes me wonder about some of the rest of the article. This is the first time I have read this writer. Other "gurus" often go back and pick previous statement that support what recently happened and what they are predicting today. (This can be done because most of us can often say today "I once thought about doing (whatever I want it to be)" .

I am not saying this is true here but to include such an egregious error in the article should shake the confidence of most readers.

By: Daddy Paul

Daddy Paul — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:10:41 +0000

I normally am not opposed to index funds. I do believe that 2010 will be a stock pickers market and am investing accordingly.

By: Steve Sappington

Steve Sappington — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:56:57 +0000

I like your 4 points, but check your math: 4% return for 10 years does not triple one's money! ($100,000 to $300,500) 7.2% over 10 years would double the money.

By: Jeff Pluim

Jeff Pluim — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:27:01 +0000

Kieth has done it again. I very much respect his "big picture" approach to investing. I am continually amazed at how some analysts (Markman) use their graphs to try to justify their forecasts, without seeing the big picture. Using graphs is like trying to calculate the odds that the roulette wheel will land on number 7 because it landed on number 7, onehundred spins ago, and it is time for number 7 to be hit again.
Keith always has a sensible approach that includes analysing the balance sheet as well as the income statement. Smart man.

By: sam gammenthaler

sam gammenthaler — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:12:10 +0000

Keith, if earnings are manipulated (as you mention), how can you even mention P/E ratio as a criteria for stock selection these days?