Investor Reports
Facebook's (Nasdaq: FB) $16 Billion IPO: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Truth
Face it, you want it. It seems that everyone wants a piece of the Facebook IPO.
But can you handle the truth? Will the hyped sensationalism be a boon or a boondoggle?
I'm not going to tell you what to do, whether you should buy Facebook sooner rather than later. That's up to you.
However, I will tell you that I won't be buying it right away. But I will be buying it if…
The Collapse of the Euro: The Secret Government Mistake That Could Topple the EU
This may sound arcane and boring, but I promise you it's not.
What I've learned will blow another hole in the already shaky euro.
Gold Prices to Break $2,000: Here's How You Can Profit
Gold prices are still far from last year's record $1,920.30 an ounce.
Given the economic volatility in 2011, last year was a banner year for gold prices. Fears of global market turmoil helped push the yellow metal to record highs.
While the long-term bullish outlook for gold remains, short-term pressures have halted its steady climb.
"Gold has found more support recently, but it doesn't have all of the catalysts in place to be driven substantially higher yet," Suki Cooper, an analyst at Barclays Capital, told Reuters.
Here's why this dip isn't the start of a bearish gold year. Instead, it's a chance to stock up before gold prices head to $2,000 an ounce. (Want to know the best way to profit from soaring gold prices this year? Take a look at our latest special report today. It shows you how to get daily market information and specific recommendations in gold… silver… penny stocks… Asia… and biotech, to name just a few. Find the report right here.)
The Fed, India, and Gold Prices
For the next three months, the U.S. Federal Reserve is focused on a stabilizing U.S. economy and low inflation. In fact, the Fed's most recent forecast cooled talk of more monetary stimulus (or "quantitative easing").
The Fed expects U.S. economic growth to progress at a steady pace throughout the quarter. With moderate expansion rather than rapid growth or deflation, there's no need to curb borrowing, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke plans to keep interest rates near zero.
This bodes well for the U.S. dollar, and what's good for the dollar is often bad for gold prices.
It's no secret that a weakened dollar sends investors running to the real value of hard commodities. A stronger dollar does the inverse: It causes the big investors to be less cautious with regard to investments in liquid capital, creating a dip in gold prices.
Lagging Indian imports have also contributed to lower gold prices at the beginning of this quarter…
Uranium Prices Report: Uranium to Double on "Nuclear Renaissance"
Uranium stocks got hammered in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.
But now uranium mining stocks have finally begun to bounce back… just like we told you they would.
After getting pummeled last year, shares of Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ) – the world's second-largest uranium miner – are up 32%.
Meanwhile, smaller American competitors Uranium Resources Inc. (Nasdaq: URRE) and Uranium Energy Corp. (AMEX: UEC) are each up about 30%. And the Global X Uranium ETF (NYSE: URA) is up 25%.
Classic Cons: How to Avoid the World's 10 Biggest Financial Scams
Over the past 40 years, only one new entry has been added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) roster of "Top 10" investment scams – the very broad category of "Internet fraud."
The other financial rip-offs listed are merely new versions of tried and true swindles that have been around for decades or more – from Ponzi schemes and pyramid systems to phony stock offerings and commodity cons.
The big difference is that the one new category – Internet fraud – has greatly increased the frequency, speed and effectiveness of the other types of financial fraud, as well as exponentially increasing the scammers' take.
In 2009, there were 6,062 robberies of physical bank offices and branches, netting the perpetrators a total of $45.9 million in loot, more than $8 million of which was recovered by law enforcement officials. By contrast, there were more than 14,000 reported (and countless unreported) online attacks on banks and bank customers, with the estimated loss exceeding $110 million, almost none of which was recovered.
In addition, where physical bank theft is local, online robbery is global. MSNBC recently reported that a ring of cyber thieves based in Eastern Europe had used a so-called Trojan horse computer program to steal more than $1 million from the accounts of more than 3,000 British bank customers in just four weeks – and, even though the banks had identified the problem, they weren't able to immediately stop the thefts.
That mirrored an even broader rip-off of banks and their customers…
The U.S. Lies About Inflation: Here's The Inflation Secret The Government Doesn't Want You to Know
Is anyone else having deja vu?
In 1973, the U.S. economy had:
- Record oil prices (check).
- A stock market crash (check).
- And jaw-dropping inflation (check).
Sound familiar? Yep, brush off your bellbottoms. The 70s are back.
And soon even Bernanke's shell games won't be able to hide the truth. After years of the Fed's loose money policy, inflation is biting back. And it's going to get ugly.
The government could stop inflation in its tracks if it would make some hard decisions. But if it doesn't, there are still proven ways to protect yourself from inflation. (For specific anti-inflation recommendations, take a look at the latest Money Morning special presentation right here.)
Commodities Trading 2012: How to Profit from the Biggest Commodities Plays of the Year
A commodity is something that has universal definition and demand.
Everyone knows what food is, and everybody wants it.
Nearly everyone in the world knows what gold is, and nearly all of them want it. The same is true for oil, steel, copper… the list goes on.
In short, commodities are always in demand. The benefits of commodities are permanent and tangible. They aren't a service, or the latest gadget that's hot one day and cold the next.
And, as the U.S. economy continues to stumble, exposure to commodities is more important now than ever.
U.S. Housing Market Forecast: How to Profit as Real Estate Rebounds
It was the most atrocious bubble in U.S. history, pushing tens of millions of Americans into financial misery.
Even today, the last of the lawsuits have yet to be filed.
But five years later it's finally coming back.
The housing market has bottomed and there's money to be made on its return.
2012 Financial Crisis: Wall Street's Latest Scheme Uses Your Bank Account to Create the Next Crash
In 2008, reckless credit default swaps nearly obliterated the global economy. Now comes the next crisis – rehypothecated assets.
It's a complicated, fancy term in the global banking complex. Yet it's one you need to know.
And if you understand it, you will get the scope of the risks we currently face – and it's way bigger than just Greece.
So follow with me on this one. I guarantee that you'll be outraged and amazed – and better educated. You'll also be in a better position to protect your assets at the end of this article, where I'll give you three important action steps to take. So follow along…
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