"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=37 Financial 2008-07-24 By Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing
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Today, Goldcorp (NYSE: GG) announced that it is planning to buy Canadian junior, Gold Eagle Mines (TSX: GEA)...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=38 Financial 2008-07-31 By Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

On August 5th, 2008 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez issued 26 new laws edging the country deeper into a Cuban-style socialism.
...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=39 Financial 2008-08-11 By Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

The Dow continues its downward spiral. The financial, housing, and retail sectors are in the tank. Even high-flying oil, gold, and agri...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=40 Financial 2008-08-14 By Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

As money continues to flow out of the resource and energy sectors (it's a correction folks - not the end of the Supercycle) investors ar...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=41 Financial 2008-08-18 By Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

"When investors cast aside the lessons of history, those lessons come back to haunt them." - Ma...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=46 Financial 2008-08-21 By Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

When the economy falls, the demand for escapist entertainment rises. History has proven this over and over again. During "The Great Depr...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=47 Financial 2008-08-23 By Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

Crisis investing is not an easy thing to do. It takes nerves of steel. After all, buying what no one else is willing...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=48 Financial 2008-08-26 By Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

Buried deep in a recently released 70-page report, analysts at CIBC, Canada's 4th largest bank, states:

"With...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=49 Financial 2008-08-28 By Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

Bill Gates can't live without his. Factory workers in Xiamen need it. Nomads on the Sahara desert fought wars over it.

It's m...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=50 Financial 2008-08-30 By Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

It's called "burying."

Governments have turned it into an art form.

At some time or another, ever...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=51 Financial 2008-09-02 By Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

In 2007 approximately 280,000 Chinese children under the age of five died from preventable diseases caused by lack of clean drinking wat...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=52 Financial 2008-09-03 By Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

The locals call it "The Pointes."

Gross Pointe was one of the highest rent neighborhoods in the country. I...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=53 Financial 2008-09-05 By Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

To say uncertainty is dragging down the markets is an understatement.

The financial crisis continues to unr...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=54 Financial 2008-09-08 By Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

It's tough to find anything positive to talk about in this market.

The U.S. Government stepped in and ass...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=55 Financial 2008-09-10 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

The Dow is bouncing up and down like a yo-yo. Every chart looks like a ski slope. A few investors are profiting from these...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=65 Financial 2008-09-12 Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

"I know Americans are concerned about the adjustments that are taking place in our financial markets." - President Bush ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=67 Financial 2008-09-15 Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

Don't let the market rebound last week fool you, cleaning this mess up is going to take quite a whi...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=76 Financial 2008-09-23 Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

It's a bear market...bordering on panic...and most investors have been paralyzed. They feel there is not...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=75 Financial 2008-09-20 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

As the bear market deepens success stories are getting harder to find.

So a few eyebrows were raised when a Massa...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=74 Financial 2008-09-17 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

It's difficult to tell whether the levels of irony are odd or even. America, the bastion of market capitalism, is on the v...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=81 Financial 2008-09-24 Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

Bank stocks could be the buy of a lifetime right now. The bailout is moving forward, the markets have stabilized, ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=82 Financial 2008-09-27 Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

The financial world didn't get its relief yesterday. The bailout plan and any accompanying reprieve just weren't in...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=84 Financial 2008-09-30 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

The Dow is up 200. Down 700. Up 400. Have we hit bottom? Or is it 1929 all over again? Some say, "Grab a parachute." The markets are as ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=87 Financial 2008-10-02 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing
From Buenos Aires, Argentina

"We are witnessing the First World popping like a bubble."

-...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=88 Financial 2008-10-04 Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

It has been a wild couple of weeks. To say the markets are going haywire is a tragic understatement. The market has ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=89 Financial 2008-10-07 Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

Pensions & Investments magazine warn, "Bloodbath Ahead."

Reuters predicts, "D-Da...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=90 Financial 2008-10-09 Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

"VIX hit 46, you buying anything?"

That was what one of my brokers e-mailed on September 29th. http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=92 Financial 2008-10-11 Andrew Mickey

It's all over. Stocks are back. The Dow roared back to life in record fashion yesterday. After the worst sell-off in decades, it's time for a tremendous rally. http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=93 Financial 2008-10-14 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

After the recent wild fluctuations in the Dow, many investors have lost faith in the market and the banks. Bank deposits have decreased ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=94 Financial 2008-10-16 Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

We have been concerned for some time about the risks in asset-backed bonds, particularly bonds that are backed by ho...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=95 Financial 2008-10-18 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

There is no question that this area is in a recession. We are the canary in the mine shaft. - John Husing, California Economist ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=96 Financial 2008-10-21 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

You won't find Lynn Landgraff featured in the pages of the Wall Street Journal or Businessweek. But she's a good example of how some ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=98 Financial 2008-10-22 Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

Bull Market - A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. - An...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=99 Financial 2008-10-26 Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

We've hit bottom!

Pundits around the world have signaled "All Clear" and it's time to go all ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=100 Financial 2008-10-28 Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

It's become somewhat of an annual tradition. After stuffing one's self on the fourth Thursday in November, it...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=101 Financial 2008-10-30 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

As we twist in the wind, watching the markets rise on vapors and plummet on gossip, the financial pundits are trying to figure ou...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=103 Financial 2008-10-31 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

We're rich. We have less than 4,000 people living here and we have millions of dollars in the bank.

- Town Admin...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=104 Financial 2008-11-04 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

We're pretty much dead now. We cannot pay our workers' salaries. We are about to be bankrupt.

- Mao Youmi...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=106 Financial 2008-11-06 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

Last month as the Dow dropped 20% and portfolios got battered, one investor was prepared. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who founded the...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=107 Financial 2008-11-07 Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

A pure free market economy is great on paper. Goods and services are exchanged under conditions mutually agreed upon by the sell...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=108 Financial 2008-11-11 by Guy Bennett
President, Q1 Publishing

The global recession has hit China in a big way. Over 67,000 factories have closed in t...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=109 Financial 2008-11-13 Andrew Mickey
Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

Now is a good time to buy.

That's what R.S. Sharma, the chairman of India's national oil expl...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=110 Financial 2008-11-15 Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

It's bailout season and every overleveraged business that failed to plan for a downturn is lining up for a share of ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=111 Financial 2008-11-18 Chief Investment Strategist, Q1 Publishing

As I write, the Dow is down another 5%. Shares of smaller companies have fallen even further. Oil prices continue to...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=112 Financial 2008-11-20 Q1 Publishing

The current bear market is pretty bleak. The recent market swings have pushed a lot of investors out of the market completely. The auto makers, China...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=113 Financial 2008-11-22 Q1 Publishing

The last twelve months have been one of the toughest times to be an investor I've ever seen.

It wasn't long ago we waded through the panic ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=114 Financial 2008-11-25 Q1 Publishing

It's Thanksgiving and the markets are taking a well-deserved break. Frankly, they sure could use it. The recent volatility is unprecedented.
http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=115 Financial 2008-11-26 Q1 Publishing

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.- David Mccullough, Historian and Aut...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=116 Financial 2008-11-29 Q1 Publishing

Dr. James Schlesinger says the U.S. attitude towards oil - has only two modes - complacency and panic.

Schlesinger should know. In t...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=117 Financial 2008-12-02 Q1 Publishing

Just a few months ago the race was on for gold. In March, gold blew past $1,000 an ounce. Commentators were jumping over each other to make a more at...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=118 Financial 2008-12-04 Q1 Publishing

Managing your own investments can be either one of the most rewarding or the most frustrating experiences you'll ever have.

Investing succes...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=119 Financial 2008-12-06 Q1 Publishing

The market can be frustrating. Just a few weeks ago it looked like the markets were about to reach lows we haven't seen since the early 90's.
http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=120 Financial 2008-12-09 Q1 Publishing

Risk has quickly regained its status as a four-letter word. No wants to hear about, no one wants to think about it, but those willing to take it on (...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=121 Financial 2008-12-11 Q1 Publishing

Stocks are pricing in a recession, and bonds are priced for a depression.

That's what Bill Gross, Managing Director of PIMCO and the ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=136 Financial 2008-12-16 Q1 Publishing

Great Depression II...15% drop in home prices...Food riots...9% unemployment...Another 50% drop in the Dow...

My how the world has changed?

...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=135 Financial 2008-12-13 Q1 Publishing

In March of 1974, in the midst of the oil-dependent world's first oil shock, economist and Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman noted:

Higher [...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=142 Financial 2008-12-18 Q1 Publishing

This level of undervaluation represents what we believe is a very rare opportunity-one we have never witnessed in more than 30 years of managing c...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=143 Financial 2008-12-20 Q1 Publishing

They're the worst possible gift you can give a grandchild, niece, nephew, or any other young person in your life despite they're ongoing popularity. ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=145 Financial 2008-12-23 Q1 Publishing

It's that time of year when families gather and everyone gets a chance to catch up on the past year.

Looking back, the past year has been a ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=146 Financial 2008-12-25 Q1 Publishing

Sometimes it seems there's just no light at the end of the tunnel. Even those of us who try to look at the bright side of things are getting worn dow...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=147 Financial 2008-12-30 Q1 Publishing

This is the time of year when the world looks back. We get inundated with the Top 10 of practically everything. Sports, music, news, people - everyth...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=148 Financial 2009-01-01 Q1 Publishing

Phewww...I think we're all breathing a collective sigh of relief - 2008 is officially over!

Don't get me wrong, I wish the markets would go up...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=149 Financial 2009-01-03 Q1 Publishing

...most investors tend to project near-term trends-both favorable and adverse-indefinitely into the future.

That's what value investor ...]]> http://www.q1publishing.com/index.php?&content_id=152 Financial 2009-01-06