Investment Ideas and Timing
June 22, 2009
“Timing is everything” goes the old adage. But all investors and traders know that timing an entry point or exit point of an investment idea and strategy is like predicting the weather without sophisticated radar equipment. In fact it might be more difficult.
Why? Not only because the fundamentals these days are enormously complicated, whether we are speaking of the stock markets, the bond markets, or the commodities markets, but because there are so many factors beyond our control and knowledge. Read more
ASA Limited: A Closed-End Fund Worth More Than Meets the Eye
June 12, 2009
One aspect of my work that I love is interviewing interesting people. On June 4th, 2009 I had the pleasure of speaking with David J. Christensen, the CEO of ASA Limited [ASA: 27.84, +0.19 (+0.69%)], a closed-end, non-diversified investment company registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company was organized in Bermuda and is the successor to a closed-end investment company of the same name organized in the Republic of South Africa in 1958. Read more
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