Appearance on KCPQ Fox TV News This Morning

Today, I met with Mark Wright as a guest on Q13Fox News This Morning .  I came on right after a fun weather segment.  Groundhog day is big with the meteorologists.  While I didn't get to pet the little groundhog in the studio, Mark and I did talk about the economy and what new investors should be doing.  He also managed to get me to talk about bicycle stock settlements before India modernized.

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January Commentary on Kapitall

It's time to think about putting yourself back on that investing path.  If you're new to investing start doing some practice trading and learning at Kapitall.  Then, pay off your credit card debt if you have any. After that put some money in your savings. When you're ready, and have a little confidence pick an online broker and open an account.  Be conservative and slow with your investment choices at first. Below are the links to my January articles:

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Using Cute Kittens to Understand Market Bubbles

One of my investing axioms is "never underestimate the short term stupidity of market". A good example is the market bubble:  Speculators buy assets they think are bad investments hoping to sell to those who don't see the bad investment. This is known as the greater fool theory of investing. Mostly they sell to those who agree that an asset is overvalued but who are hoping to do the same thing. This scenario is repeated throughout history: ...

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December Commentary On Kapitall

I've been taking some time off to spend time with our new baby and the rest of the family. Below are the links to my December articles:

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November Commentary at Kapitall

My wife and I had a baby boy this month and I've been late in answering emails and interacting with the Kapitall community. Below are the links to my November articles:

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October Market Commentary

At Kapitall, I've been posting a lot more question and answer articles lately.  Using what Kapitall users what investors have to say and think is provides much more useful insight than  that listening to my Wall Street buddies.
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Shareholder Democracy Trumps Socially Responsible Investing

Because of my association with ThePanelist, Forbes.com expected me to write an article defending socially responsible investing. I changed my focus and talked about the pros and cons of investing strategies based on virtue or vice . I go on to discuss how strong shareholder activism can be more effective in influencing companies than selling their stocks.

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Ask Neubert: The Gold Bubble - A Very Strange Animal

Thanks to Hercial Vitalis for getting back to ranting about the gold bubble again. Lately, I've received a number of emails from users with various versions of the same few statements and questions:
1) I own gold and it's going to go up forever - the world economy is coming to and end.
2) I own gold and when do I get out?
3) When do you short gold and silver?

My response?

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Ask Neubert: Economics, Emerging Markets and Caterpillar

I recently received an email from a regular Kapitall user, with some very timely questions. Here's his original message, along with my response....

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Interviewed by Zack Miller for Kapitall

I was interviewed by Zack Miller, author of the book Tradestreaming , Monday.  His blog presents the best possible tools for investors to make good decisions.  We spoke about Kapitall and its uses for new investors. 

I am really impressed at how he related my explanation of why Kapitall uses P/E ratios instead of prices on company icons.   Most investors think Google is expensive relative to Microsoft because ones $500 a share and the other $25.  There are true measure of valuation.  At Kapitall, we have tried to move new investors away from looking at price and instead to focus on value.  POP is the way we do that.

You can listen to Miller's podcast at NewRulesOfInvesting.com .