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Holy smokes — did you see all the action around here yesterday?
More than 1,600 readers logged in to say a resounding “YES!” to my offer to host an event to sharpen your market timing skills!
Frankly, I’m not surprised: It’s one thing to have the confidence that the long-term trend is your friend.
It’s quite another to have the tools you need to time those buys and sells more accurately … and, for those funds you want to trade more frequently, to even go for shorter term profits during intermediate moves that inevitably come with rapidly changing times like these!
But you have my word: My team and I are already at work on our hour-long online video briefing to tell you about a very unusual timing tool that’s rarely discussed in the financial media.
It’s a tool we believe will give you the power to more accurately spot WHEN stocks and ETFs are most likely to change direction — either to the downside or the upside, whether in the short term or the long term.
As promised, this online briefing will be absolutely free for you to attend — and your invitation will arrive in your inbox the minute we’ve confirmed the date.
Now, as we shift into high gear to prepare this exciting event for you, only one question remains …
How can we make sure that, by the end of this event, you have everything you need to turn the profit potential this volatile market offers you into money in the bank?
It’s one thing to give you tools to better time the market. The question is: What will you need to begin to actually USE the tools to do a better job getting in and out of the market at the right time?
Your wish is our command: Just scroll down or click here and leave a comment to tell us what you need. We’ll do everything in our power to answer your questions and to help you in every way possible.
Good luck and God bless!
Martin
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Add my emphatic “yes” to all the others. We need all the help we can get. We would especially like to “recover” some of what we’ve lost. Thanks so much.
Dear Martin,
Thank you for your e mails.
What do you think of Ireland and the Irish stockmarket? Would appreciate your comments as I live in Ireland, also what do you think about gold and silver generally
Many thanks
Jonathan
I wish to know more of your market timing news whether it will apply for daytrading as well as swing trading.
Dear Dr, Weiss,
I think I would need more money than I have to play your way, but thanks to “Safe Money Report” and Larry Edelson’s column over the years, I’m deep into gold and other recommendations that have payed off well. My husband, who died 10 years ago, discovered you many years ago, Thankfully, I stayed with you.
Irene Jameson
Sea Isle City, NJ
Yes i am in
Hi Martin,
there seem to be big confusions between yourselves and Larry on the US dollar. Larry is talking about a long term decline and your team is saying it is due to climb as the worlds reserve currency. Can you help me here as I see two views.
Also I have read your book and have bought TBT under your recommendation. Are we to see 1980,s events repeat or Is Helicopter Ben too good to let that happen. Is there going to be another buyers strike taking yields into the stratosphere?
Andrew hart
Or is it like 1929-36 where yields will go to 5.5% only?
Martin,
Thank you for this idea. I would love to hear your teaching on when to buy
and sell stocks, particularly for short term profits. I look forward to the details.
Hi Martin,Off topic.Do you think the market is going higher from here,because of the hyperinflation scenario?
Dear Martin,
That is great news! I am so happy you and the whole gang at Weiss Research are willing to help us and at prices we can afford. I am a very small investor, so please keep that in mind. I just heard from Claus and we have a War Room briefing on Thursday of which you probably already know about.
Talking about blogs, you should read the blogs on Charlie Mizrahi’s Hidden Values Alert site. You talk about the American people starting to get with the program, I mean UGLY! We have all had just about all of this bullshit we can stand. I look forward. I will give you an entertainment tip. Subscribe to Dave Weinbaum’s newletter it is fantastic!
I will try to forward one to you. The oil stock I bought Stone Energy just happens to be the only oil stock that is down today, you talk about hitting nerves? LOL
Steven Hougland
It would be really nice to see the “trigger” and background demonstrated – followed by a suggested approach to doing the right thing.
I believe that we need an actual site through our computer that we can utilize as a member of MCP. It should combine all the best qualities of existing sites like
TDAmeritrade – it has a “calendar” to show upcoming Ex Dividend Dates & Div Pay Date;
Etrade – has good research tool to study the company one wants to buy;
trade Monster – it has the speed & an one page watch list that is easy to follow;…….
Of course there are many more normal functions & those that I personally don’t know yet and am reading and learning every day.
Thanks, EK
What I need to get the timing down right as to when to make a move in the market? One small thing! I need money!!!!!
Hi Martin,
I’m new to investment. Is there any thing like “investment for dummy”, that I can read?
Thanks.
Lisa
Dr Weiss
All the facts you give are probably correct. But the Administration has a spin machine
and the market believes their spin along with the trillions of dollars being pumped into the economy could cause the stock market to go up for some time. A lot longer then most people can afford to be in those inverse ETF’s. It is possible that you are wrong!
I would approve of your staff to sell the stock or ETF’s that you recommend or let us know by e-mail or phone so we can sell within 2 days. I like the present scenario where you give us a 48 hr. notice . I need this as I work full time and don’t have time to monitor the markets. Thanks
While I am not normally a fan of timing the market, I believe that the current financial environment dictates that we cannot continue to use the “buy and hold” mentality. It will be imperitive to know both the moves to make as well as have clear indicators as when to dump and run for the hills. I will definitely use your resources.
My inbox is clogged with offers for news letters and trading advice. The reason that I signed up for the Contrain Portfollio instead of the others is because it is educational. I get to understand what you are doing, why and when with real money in real time. Whether Claus is right or wrong I learn how to use idicators as a basis for buy and sell decisions. Hopefully you will take a similar educational approach for market timing. If not, I don’t need another news letter and I don’t believe in automagical Software.
Demonstrate the power of your market timing tool (a suite of indicators, or whatever you use) by trading the market (SPY) over the last 3 years.
Dear Martin, Thanks for all your advice. I wonder if I should sell my I-Bonds (my cash reserve except for some CD’s) The last auction gave a 0% inflation rate.
Thanks again for all your work.
Evy Borggren
There seems to be a big picture here. There is a major trend occuring that more than one author has made very clear. As well,the data supports impending severe economic collapse. The information is there….BUT…it is interesting that many folks can not act on the obvious. They truly want to…but don’t. There’s a fire on the edge of the forrest and so many are busy smelling the wild flowers in the middle of it. If the housing market is collapsing..sell BEFORE it does. If the market is about to crash…get out. If banks are about to go bad…learn which ones..and get out. From the blogs I read, it seems so many people are caught up in the bramble of the trees within the huge forrest and deny what is the big picture. It’s as if they know there a problem but are unable to act to save themselves. Why is that?
Martin
I am a novice. I am just learning. That is why I am involved in the Contrarian Portfolio. I need better educated professioinals guiding me along the way. I am an investor that is depending on the expertise of you and the people working with you. I hope I learn how to make good decisions on my own along the way but I am not equipped to do so at this time. I would assume their are others in the same position as me.
Mike Mutterspaugh
Dear Martin,
My wish is a simple tool but efficient one for trading day after day. The best thing you could do, whenever this tool is too difficult for us to use, would be a new newsletter with clear buy or sell signals (no hold signals, please !). This newsletter or site, should be updated everyday, so as to put us into confidence. I even would say that I would appreciate even times when there would be no signals at all for instance when markets are too diffucult to trade. Should there be shorting signals I would like also to see the equivalent in options ( I have been forbidden by my bank to short any stock, not because I was going broke but I guess because I was making too much money) Sincerely, Martin, I do not believe in the Holy Stock Grail, but who knows ? MAYBE IT EXIST ! God bless you all and keep you on a path to better times.
We need to see not only the buy/sell signal for each move, but the reason behind the market shift. This will allow us to become smarter investors over time. Just wish that we knew everything you guys do.
I thought that the timing factor for inverse etfs was some thing that you were going to help us with if we joined the contrarion millionaire.You were supposed to give us a 48 hour notice on the inverse etfs and also a 48 hour notice on when to sell.Now you are having this meeting to inform us on how to do this ourselves.What dont i understand.
Hi Martin:
Yes, count me in. Appreciate your help with the difficult problem of gauging timing.
Thank you.
Just as in American sports, competition is revered and winners glorified … most times in our modern era … to a revolting degree ! !
This same mentality is carried from classrooms to Wall St boardrooms … but with the added feature of insider secrecy. It is beyond reason, that the SEC and other regulatory agencies, probably peopled by that one and the same mentality, continue to allow so many accounting tricks and profiteering manipulations, CREATED by those who wish to continue the insider exclusivity for profits.
Ordinary investors, who have lifes and jobs outside the financial inner circle, don’t have a prayer of realizing those obscene profits that insider CEO’s get.
Once again, thanks for all your advice.
My hope is that you will keep it simple and give as much guidance as allowed and possible. I don’t know about the percentage of your new readers, but I am new to the hands-on part of investing and find the volume of info sometimes overwhelming.
God Bless for all you are attempting to do and I hope it’s not too late.
Yep, I’m in too. I’m ready for class pencil in hand.
peter
All the help we can get the better off we are, especially in cases where your valued experts actually have differing opinions (ala fate of the dollar vs other currencies).
Martin,
One way to make sure the tools are received and operational would be to
Set up a trial buy to be triggered by a simulated market trigger and have
A “buy” and/or sell of a simulated stock or one share of a lower cost stock
Hi Martin:
Yes, count me in. Appreciate your help with the difficult task of gauging the timing of the market.
Thank you.
I believe that in the current financial situation the “buy and hold” mentality is just beating a dead horse. Timing is everything right now, particularly with limited resources. The Keynesian approach the current adminstration is using, looks like the headlights of a frieght train coming right at us.
Martin,
I would like to know about Mutual Funds and which are the best to consider in a conservative manner. I’m not a big risk taker and have been trusting my Ed Jones representative.
Thanks,
Joe+
Martin, I’d like to see enough concrete historical examples that allow me to have faith that it works consistently and when does it not work and what the risk is. VS. soem technical indicators which seems like it could go either way/
Martin:
What we need is a way to not always get caught on “opposite day.” I am forever stopped out, gapped out, faked out, jigged out and stressed out by the “random walk” (cough). I had been short AIG, FRE, C, and FNM since late 2006 and even shorted C at the high of its existence to the penny but my 500 short position did not fill. I am barely above water on the net of these positions, having been right all along but wrong at the same time.
Regards, Kris
Not knowing the nature of the indicator (whether technical, as used in chart analyses, or fundamentals derived from studying company balance sheets), it would be great if this seminar were something that we are taught to do so that we do not have to be dependent on someone to always tell us what to do. That is, teach us to fish instead of giving us a fish.
Thanks for your willingness to share,
Robert
Count me in. Buy and hold strategies left me with holdings that kept declining to the March bottom.
It’s easier to buy at a bottom like March 9th, than to know when to sell. I would like to know how to sell at an appropiate time without leaving too much on the table.
Martin,
Is it possible to see a long term history of your recommendations compared to the S & P 500?
Or any other index for that matter.
I would like to see something to goes back to 1992 or 1987
Thank you
Yes to the information that would allow us to more efficiently make a decission to timely enter or exit the market. Certainly there are many reasons the market has been volitale. One tof the largets reason is instututional buying in large block purchases which can give false indiaction that there is a postive wave for us to ride. Yet wwe find out weeks or months later that we should sold way earlier or not bought at all.
I am still a firm believer in consumer capacity & confidence. Capacity has been hit hard due to rising fuel, health care and taxes on the home front. Those that due have capacity aren’t buying. 9.4% of the work force isn’t working. How many are on extended benefits or have now fallen off of the radar screen due to benefits being exhausted and are no longer a statistic. Potentially millions of workers will no longer qualify for any state or federal UE benfits over the next 6 to 12 months??? This consumer information I believe is critical to recovery. No loan I make can create enough stimulus to overcome the obvious.
In answer to your latest question — “What will you need to begin to actually USE the tools to do a better job getting in and out of the market at the right time?”
I’d like to see an historical view of these timing tools at work or a longitudinal study or some such…
I’m definitely in the market for some short term gains in my portfolio since we are
under water on the inverse EFTs as the market is still going up. Took such a beating on my 401K that I’m looking for a job and going back to work to give my retirement fund a chance to grow some more. Have rebalanced and reallocated and moved funds
from the market to other types of investments as I believe that stocks are still due for
another big fall. I need to make as much as I can because I had just retired when the
economy tanked.
Thanks for this, Martin. I guess we never have enough CONFIDENCE. Kinda like being in a dryer with a load of clothes, and trying to find the door out.
I always read M & M page first each day, Martin.
Your question: what do you need to begin to use the tool . My answer : show us a couple of situations in which the tool has worked in the past and at least one case in which you advise beforehand that the tool is giving the signal and let us watch the signal turn right.
That should be it to convince your readers to start move right at the time you suggest.
Guido Monticello
Dear Martin;
1. I would like you to send signal to buy and sell on weekly basis.
2. For your management portfolio could you lower the miniimum amount to $100,000.00/
I am sure that those of us who are first time investors are interested in a SIMPLE. DIRECT, SORT OF AUTOMATIC SYSTEM, that will give us the confidence that we are not all the ‘three blind mice’ – - -the opeative ‘word’ is simple – - – STREET JARGON at an absolute minimum – - – it does not have to gurantee an automatic high rate of success – - -that can be dependent on USER JUDGEMENT – - -but YOUR TOOLS must be SIMPLE to use!!
Thanks,
Joe Basil
I’m a member of the MCP and was under the impression trades would be for MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM profits. I think these timing tools should be used by Claus for the price we’re paying. Long term trends may take years to play out and subscribers may be disillusioned by then. If theses tools will not be included in the MPC I will pull out and join one that is.
What is up with GOLD???? Are we staying the course or are we going to bail out of gold stocks and gold mining stocks?
Jeff
Why not have an on-line course or a tutorial, with some sort of multiple choice examination at the end?
Thanks for your interesting advice. As a pastor I don’t have the money you talk about but I like to follow things developing. Keep up the good work.
god Bless. John
Hi Martin,
I have been a subscriber to MAM and to various advisory services (World Currency Alert, World Currency Options Alert, Crisis Opportunity ETF Trader and the Million Dollar Contrarian Portfolio) and overall I have been impressed. I have observed that many times the advice and logic/evidence is correct – but the timing is out… The market’s insane behaviour is lasting much longer than I thought it would – and perhaps longer than the folks at MAM thought too… My own analysis of the fundamentals leads me to the same conclusion on currency, crude, gold and other asset classes… The problem is, how to time the trades and profit from the moves…and not get crushed by illogical market behaviour and knee-jerk political propaganda that only adds fuel to the fire.
With respect to right-timing, this is surely the expert trader’s secret sauce…the eleven herbs and spices that separates the few from the many… This is ultimately what I want – Timing advice by sector, asset class…by currency and even by ETF/N. It is interesting that MAM authors often have different opinions on market state and directions – building on this, perhaps you could provide a scoreboard for each asset class, specific asset, etc and provide a rating – BUY, SELL, HOLD, etc with time-critical updates. The delivery method could be via web, email, rss feed (or all). An even better option would be to provide the TRADES THEMSELVES- trade execution delivered automatically – for those of us with compatible trading platforms (IB Workstation, TradeStation, etc). Anyway, I am curious to see what you and the team come up with. Regards, Mike H, SYDNEY.
What are “indicators” that predict that this tool can possibly be used in the near future? We can’t all be watching computer feeds all day waiting for the exact time to use the tool. What are its limits as to when it can be used and any “boundaries” to define that it has failed (nothing works 100% of the time)? If there are charts to setup, basic rundown on that for each of the major brokerages (I use Scottrade and Schwab) would be helpful.
Thanks ,
Mike Clark
Is it too late to get in on your technical indicators teaching?
Specific ETFs, stocks, or puts and/or calls, with keys to timing on buys and sells would be the most valuable. Also, as you are doing with the contrarian portfolio, rationale and balance to minimize risk in a given category.
Thanks,
Tom Thiele
We out here will need watchlists, triggers, some of the technicals behind the recommendations and quick messaging via email/SMS.
But we are bound to be a disparate bunch & I am not convinced that we can be transformed at a stroke from “buy & hope” investors to traders. Anyhow, in these conditions the best is all you can do – the rest is down to us, so thanks again for being so concerned, proactive and responsive.
timing–absolutely
thanks
mhb
Resounding YES I would put them to use!
Occams razor. As simple, as straightforward, and easy step-by-step method (as is possible) so that people who have even a modicum of investment knowledge can follow it.
If you REALLY want to know what’s going on with the country and economy, look up, “The Bilderberg Group.” NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS about them and their agenda. This economic crisis is NOT an accident.
I don’t beleive in market timing, and don’t think I will start now…Although I am very interested in what you have to say about that.
G
In agreement with needing all the help we can get for sure! Honest and objective information is so difficult to come across. I would like help with charts and how they can signal moves in the market.
Summarize the steps needed to use the new tools in numerical order…1,2,3 etc.
Also, list and name the moves necessary to match the indicators, include any sites necessary for us to obtain this information.
Thanks for your warnings and help. God bless.
What makes you think you can time the market as many have tried before without success?
It looks like the dollar is headed for the tank and most of my assets are in cash. Is Gold and Silver the best place to be if the dollar is becoming worth less every month? Are ETF’s as good as holding the metal in my hand? Are commodities an area that will be trending upward now? What trends do you see that are the best areas to be invested in?
Place the timing recs w/in the parimeters of the “Safe Money Model Portfolio” allocations along with stop loss limits and profit projections. Also, does your market timing tool work in state controlled markets and economies like China,India,Russia etc.
I think that most of your subscribers are very much in need of short-term signals to take advantage of the market. there is no way to invest (bet) without that knowledge. up to now, I’ve only been able to guess, and hope!
I will have to miss the live “show”, but I wll catch it shortly afterward.
Hi Martin,
I need input suitable for a resident of the UK. The things you are telling us here are great, but not so useful if your assets are all in GBP! So what I need is advice suitable for a UK resident, please!
Cheers,
John
It would be nice to know what the Fed and Treasury has planed and when. I was stung several times , when the Fed stepped in an bailed out those Banks & AIG. My put options took a big hit.
looking forward to learning from you
Provide daily commentary and recommended actions from a blog based on the information that the technical tools are providing.
Obviously, tell us where to put our money once we roll it out of the stock or funds.
Sir,
I dont believe a hit and run investment style will produce any substantial gain for the duration of an investment.I think people are trying to hit one out so to speak.Based on the the overall market situation I think we are in uncharted waters.I cant believe you would invest the type of funds you discuss.Lets face it. This situation did not present itself overnight.Hind sight is allways 20/20.I dont feel any comfort level in this market.I believe alot of individuals feel the same.I dont think a perfect situation will present it self on any level.Your the expert sir.People are trying to provide for there family and there futures.
Yes, I want to learn your timing skills.
In order to make use of the tools, I feel they need to be easily understandable to a broad spectrum of people, with varying levels of investment expertise. The tools need to be easily accessible, and as close to “real time” as possible. If the tools could be applied to a variety of investments (i.e. stocks, ETFs, options, etc.) equally well, that would provide something that could be useful during not only major swings up or down, but also during smaller market movements.
Hi Martin,
You were very poised and professional on your BNN interview this morning (June 9). BNN is watched actively by many Canadian investors, so you are spreading your mesage effectively beyond the US. It was clear that the interviewer did not want to hear your sobering message. I respect you for sticking to your position, and not giving the interviewer and listeners more palatable, but false, hope. Keep up the good work!
Marshall Arlin, Ph.D.
If it were possible I need input easily used here in New Zealand!
Is this at all possible?
Thanks again
I need all the help I can get!
All this sounds good, but as a skeptic, there are no easy answers, but I certainly would love to have a tool that works.
Martin we need to understand the tool , use it with your guidance for a while , and see its benefits , or not, that is all… I hope it is applicabe to evaluate what to do with your 3 recommended inverse etfs on the 1,000,000 contrarian portfolio which has been quite bad since I sold growing stocks and invested in them taking a double hit , fortunately the 2 gold cos recommended have helped a lot . regards oscar
Martin- Timing is Everything when it comes to the market. I will take all the help I can get in trying to survive in this market.
Thanks Mike
give 2 or 3 SPECIFIC recommendations that we can choose from. Thhat way you are not making a specific recommendation but we have a smaller choice than a sector.
Up to now, I had been investing in inverse ETFs only to get clobbered. The worst news seems to make the mkt move up?????. Other than manipulation, I do not know why people think the country is recovering. Every aspect of business is failing or simply doing worse than previous times. Commercal real estate is a bust as is residential. I frankly do not see any light at the end of the tunnel. An input to market timeing would be most welcome.
Martin, I have been spending the last few months getting an education from your
Stansberry Group. I am expecting a settlement in the next month or so. I would like
to try some investing and working with your group…..However, I really do need my money first. I am really learning a lot from your articles and workshop. I will be attending the next one. I am new to the financial world.. Thanks for information. I will certainly need the guidance and help you offer. Norma Simmang
Hi Dr. Weiss – I think that a “Heads Up” E-mail AFTER the close on a given day to be triggered at next day’s Open or w/Limit order would be the most realistic approach on behalf of the masses that work for a living. Since I have already done that I can accept alerts anytime. Best Regards and Good Luck.
Martin,
I’d love an inner-active practice site to step-by-step test trades based on tools to gain confidence that I can really understand how the techniques work, pitfalls or to make mistakes without throwing $ away real time, so that when I’d feel “I get it!!), I could go forward to actually trade in the real world. Thanks.
Mary-Anne
Being right at the wrong time does nothing for the bottom line.Timing is the key.I look forward to enlightenment!
Hi – Since your new seminar is closed – will you run it again for the people that can’t register – I tried to register and it said it was closed! – Please advise – Thank you Valorie Reed
You can be sure that, to turn the profit potential into money in the bank, all you guys have to do is to clearly formulate the timing tool in such a manner that it does not require a new subscription.
Make the presentation very understandable, with examples.
As I am retired and the government pays a large chunk of my pension income, miltary and social security, I would like to know your outlook about the likelihood that the gov’t will default oniy its obligations to retirees, epsecially federal works and the military.
Good afternoon, Martin ~
I have not responded to your previous requests for our comments to your questions because I do not feel that I am qualified to do so. I have always paid for a subscription service, such as your Million-Dollar Contrarian Portfolio, or Safe Money Reoprt, or Larry’s Real Wealth, etc., to make my buy, hold, and sell decisions.
However, I will certainly be watching and listening this Thursday in the hopes that I will be able to learn enough to begin to make some of my own decisions in the future. Like one of the responders above, I, too, love gold and silver, and my first attempt in using what I will learn on Thursday will to see if I can anticipate future ups and downs in these two markets.
Other than silver and gold, I will be leaving the buy and sell decisions up to you and Claus. It takes years of knowledge and experience to be able to do what you two, and the others in your employment, are able to do. But we’ll see. Perhaps I will venture beyond, but only slightly.
I do wish to thank you folks for what you have been doing, and what you are about to do this Thursday. I am a little disappointed in the results so far in the Million Dollar Contrarian Portrfolio, but I realize that the market has been working in new and nasty ways that are difficult to forcast and our government is not making it easy to do so. As a result I am showing red bottom line at this time (as is every other subscriber).
Many thanks again,
Robert Nicholson
Allow the session to be downloaded or otherwise recorded by viewers.
Steve Collins
s.collins3@comcast.net
Would like any help you can give for recognizing market signals and anticipating market trend changes.
Martin,
I believe what we need is an indicator based on good technical analysis coupled with the experience of the experts on your staff. This indicator would signal when a stock or ETF is approaching a high or a low at any point in time. Obviously no one will hit the highs or lows dead on, however I believe you could approach them within within 10 to 15 percent accuracy.
Can one take advantage of your system if most assets tied up on company sponsored 401K plans that offer little flexibility? What kind of timing tools can one use in these 401K and/or rollover IRA accounts, and if not, do you advise pulling money out of these accounts and taking the tax and penalty hit upfront before stock market meltdown?
p.s. Contrarian portfolio investing is attractive, but it is unfortunately not suitable for modest cash investments.
Dear Martin,
your long term forcasts for the markets might be A1, but the short term a total disaster.
I think I would want to know what the risks are when trying to time the markets. I have limited resources and am at an age where I can’t afford to take too many chances.
I have sold all of my stocks but one (SLV) w/ a Jan 2010 expiry. I bought 20 contracts @$2.20/ per contract. With silver shortage on the horizon, I am hoping for an upkick in silver before my contract expires in 7 months. I realize you cannot comment on individual stocks, but would you make a general statement on the shortage of silver. (True or False) and the potential of silver in the near future?????? Robert Griffin
bobmur521@cox.net
Hi Martin,
Your group has consistently called the shots way ahead of time over the years I have kept track of your reports. Sometimes those shots have seemed extreme even to your subscribers, but to your credit, I can’t think of an occasion when you were ever wrong – a great, if terrifying, record.
I think there is an area you could highlight further and that is a full explanation of “Option ARM’s” and “Alt-A” loans. Like “sub-prime” did last year, these are phrases that are going to send a chill down our spines in 2010.
Keep it coming and your “believers” will survive!
All the best,
Sam M
What do we need in order to use”the tools”? That’s hard to say without knowing what the tools are. For now I’d say, “invest and hold” doesn’t work in this new normal. So be prepared to be flexible and downright hard headed about your investments. Don’t fall in love with them and when the signals come to sell, use tough love and jettison them.
When buy signals come…ask the question does this investment contribute to the environment or humankind? If it doesn’t score in your value system, find some thing else that does.
That’s it for now.
For me, it would be great if we could track the 1st few moves side by side and allow me to ask the questions like “this is what I see, am I correct in my prognosis?” I, like Camille, need all the help I can get.
Thanks for asking for all our input!
Rob
I kind of thought the original question was a “no brainer” so I didn’t respond at that point. This question has a little different quality.
I’d appreciate a discussion of entry/exit rules, as well as possible on-the-fly technical analysis principles for the short term profit potential.
Being mindful that I am committed to the Contrarian Portfolio logic, as you and Claus have been describing as an investor discipline, it couldn’t hurt to speculate with a bit of pocket change.
As always, thanks.
One idea might be to send out an e-mail to subscribers when the experts at Weiss expect a market change based on the tool, and how strong the signal is on some scale (or whatever might be appropriate). This would bring some extra confidence to using the tool and perhaps some advice on how to act on it properly.
Dr. Weiss,
I am sure you know that your early influence that your father and what he tried to do , your upbringing and latter post grad schooling, your Asian after school perspective in your employment all collectivey gave you and now you like minded team and associates set you appart from many on your list and subscribers to your services had that sets you apart from a lot of readers.
I will testify to new people to you and your firm that you are on-the-money since my time of remberance, even when “the World and the investing comunity gave NO warning or even implied the shortly events that you forsaw would and did come to pass. That was a very meaningfull thank you and showed that you (and menbers of your team) know what is hapening around us and the ramifications of some clear and not so clear events lead to.
Thank you Dr. Weiss
Geoffrey Douglas
Thank you for helping me this past year. I have safeguarded my money. But now I’m scared to open an account with Vanguard or Ameritrade, since I don’t know enough about the fees and charges, moving money, etc. Plus I got scared when I couldn’t find Federated Prudent Global Income Fund(FPGCX) or US Global Investors Mutual Fund Family at “the Street.com.” I need some confidence in what I’m doing, otherwise, I’ll sit on the sidelines. Thank you, Laurie Nielsen, Murrieta, California
Mr. Weiss:
Have followed your postings for several months now, and am a Safe Money sub-
scriber. Your arguments concerning the structural problems with the economy are
always well-reasoned, well-documented, and seem to me to make excellent sense.
What is puzzling to me is 1) the persistence of the now-three-month-old bear
market bounce(irrational exhuberence?), and 2)the reported increasing optimism
on the part of many economists, including some very prominent ones like the
nobelist Paul Krugman. Like you, I see little basis for a sustained recovery given
existing conditions. Would really like to read a detailed comment from you con-
cerning this apparent contradiction. Thank you in advance.
Terry Major
It’s in the CHARTS-otherwise it’s inside collusion.
Question: Why was’t profits taken in inverse E.T.F. funds at market lows MARCH 6 before recent stock market 40% rally ? ?
I live in South Africa,your webinars take place when it is night time here,is it not
possible to make it available in video format.I am very interested in the short
term trading tool you mentioned.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Koos
well Dr weiss to compliment your tools you need a team of traders on headsets in a chat room helping individual traders, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAD SUCH A CHAT ROOM, AND SET UP OTHER TRADING ROOMS 24/7
SHALOM
PAUL
TAMPA , FL
I need to know how to work with IRA retirement funds so my money is not counted as income for this year if i withdraw x# of dollars from it. How do I do that? I have no other money to move into some of your suggestions except these.
Hi Martin
I have been following your site for the last six months whilst selling my real estate, clearing all debt and going for maximum liquidity. So firstly THANK YOU for the clarion call. Whilst I sincerely believe and accept that the stock market rally we are seeing flies in the face of the economic fundamentals, it is still undeniably a rally. Given that investors in inverse ETFs who jumped on board two months ago will have seen their investments shrink (and this is deemed to be “OK” in the long view) is there any problem about investing in an index following ETF with a stop loss given that the worst that might happen is a slight equivalent loss on a swift pull-back? Granted things are merely floating on hot air and irrational optimism fuelled by media BS and Fed spin, but surely gaining SOME interim, growth will just strengthen my position to invest yet more in inverse ETFs when the peak happens. Are you really envisaging a sudden crash in values overnight which – for example – would negate all the bear rally gains seen since March 9? To add confusion (or breadth…) your colleague Larry Edelson – who has made some fine calls this year – envisages the Dow growing further on the basis that currency uncertainty has made stocks into a separate asset class which somewhat defies conventional wisdom. Thus far I own Gold and a pot of cash ready to pounce on a downturn, but meanwhile I just see the Dow and FTSE gain each day and see opportunities lost through my “wise paralysis”. It’s as if I an not authorised to buy with stop losses!
I hope your new finnessing in this war room briefing will give some flexibility in allowing us to bet both way as-and-when. Finally I am in the UK which has two obviouis effects. Firstly we will try and get a suntan in OPctober if the weather is unseasonably warm (bear market rally, see?) and secondly my thinking is GBP based and so some dollar observations don’t quite hold true. As an example thus far gold has been a good bet against dollar depreciation but in GBP terms it has recently just held pace. I watch both prices because a weak dollar and high dollar gold prices will surely push gold values higher even with respect to sterling and Euro currencies. Medium term I do expect this gold doldrum to change as the depth of our respective governments’ borrowings and money printing comes home to roost in terms of inflation.
So in brief, can we have some tips to dip into longs with stop losses and deal with other currencies and non-US stock exchanges? Keep up all your good work and sage insights.
Does ypur timming tool Need a charting program? If so – What do you recommend for the individual investor?
Why have we not already been told about this in Mike Larson’s ETF trader?
Is this something that he uses?
It was my understanding and hope that by subscribing with the Mil. Dollar Contrarian Portfolio, I would have the opportunity of following the investment decisions of experts like Martin Weiss and Claus Vogt, rather than stumbling along on my own without having the time required to do the necessary research and acquire the know-how.
Hopefully that remains the concept that I have subscribed and paid for?
I am not so much concerned about how long it takes to place investments as I understand there are risks involved in a bear market rally. I am interested in the safety and preservation, as well as a return on, my capital. That is why I have subscribed.
Dear Dr. Weiss, Thanks for all the hard work you are doing for your country. I have just one small request. When you give advice about anything, be it “currency” or “commercial realestate”, please let us know if you are referring to foreign or domestic.
Thank you so much1
I don’t trust myself to make drastic decisions and, as a result, have a fairly conservative portfolio by most people’s estimates. I’m about even after the ups and downs of the past year. So, while I’m intrigued by all the tips you and others post, I feel a bit paralyzed at the moment. I just keep reading.
The first thing I would need is for you to back-test it.
The second thing I would need is the ability to sign up for “alerts” based on this indicator, (or the detailed algorithm for computing it so I can code my own alerts).
–joe
Hi,
Yes this is something that is fundemental to our investing futures. There are so many variables to investing and the man on the street is working blind compared to professionals , no matter how much research you try to do on your own.
Yes! I will be listening and more likely will tape what I am hearing. Have a short memory and don’t hear that well. Thank you. Joseph L.
And how much is this going to cost us?
“The proof of the pudding . . . ” , only when we can successfully apply your trading knowledge will we be satisfied that we have what we need. Personally, I am willing to spend only a limited number of minutes each day monitoring what’s going on with my investment choices. So I am hopeful that will be sufficient.
Martin,
You can make sure that we have everything we need to be successful (putting money in the bank), by communication between ourselves anad your organization.
Thank You for your efforts to educate us!!!!
How low or price range for a single family risidence be 6 months from now? I live in Beaumont, Calif. and housing is approx. 200,000.0 or more.
To USE the tools, as you ask,
a proven track record in an investment approach will give confidence to also use that approach, as well as:
sticking to your 11 investment rules
giving buy/ sell signals without equivocation
giving convincing reasons for your signal without excess verbiage
why is there no opportunity for those of us in Africa, especially in Nigeria to invest with u guys.
Some of the article i read are restricted to those in UK and US
Martin,
If it can be displayed in graph form that would be easy for everyone to understand. A graph could be included in Uncommon Wisdom on a daily or weekly basis.
I may be interested, but I’m not sure at this time
Yep… I’m interested! But what advice do you give people outside of the USA? It seems somewhat counterproductive to buy investments in US dollars, while the US dollar is trending down compared to other currencies such as Canada’s.
I’m normally an optimist, but I don’t think it is possible to to correctly “time” the current government-controlled market – unless of course you have friends in high places who are willing to give you pre-Fed, pre-Treasury, pre-White House, and pre-Congress 48-hour heads-up type tips. Multiply this by all of the international market control collusion and it becomes an exercise in futility. I guess the question becomes (only partly jokingly) “Just how connected are you guys??”
I am willing to learn all I can from you but I am also relying on you to “call the shots” for a while. You can find every spin out there if you look.
Years ago I invested heavily in precious metals–I still own them but find the prices have probably been manipulated by J P Morgan and Goldman Sacks. Is there any part of the government &/or markets that aren’t manipulated???
Soo….I am relying on YOU to help me recover.
Please make sure that the information needed for utilizing the tool of analysis will be easily accessible to enable us easy in and out of the market. Thank you!
Timing in…Timing out, possibly by putting target price sell signal or limited time holding range. The obvious stop loss price for each, but, then anticipated price/time to get out.
Please be sure to provide backtested results, statistically sound, about the track record of any timing tool(s) you describe. Qualitative statements won’t cut it when significant dollars are involved. Most timing tools have proven to be less than advertised when they are used to produce backtested results.
I KNOW BONDS ARE READY TO CRASH, YOU SAID DON’T BUY WAIT. WAIT FOR WHAT, WHEN AND HOW ?
Dear Martin,
God bless you.
Please include some ‘penny ‘ stocks or caps on your research tool. Some of us have limited funds with which to use.
Thank you,
L West
Dear Martin.
Thanks for the opportunity to learn more about stcocks and when to buy and sell short term.
Will you include information for us Canadians.
Martin — Something like the Yahoo Alerts! — when you register with them to be notified when your stock(s) goes above or below your selected per cent (stop loss amount)…backed up by an email in the event the person was not at the computer when the Alert was issued. Not asking for much.
Thanks Martin, you have done it again.
First of all, I would need an estimate of volatility – so I know how fast a response is probably needed to adjust my portfolio. Second I would need e-mail alerts to notify me when the short and long term trends appear to be changing. Third I would need model asset allocation guidelines (e.g., based on age and risk level) so I could rebalance my portfolio when needed.
For any of the recos, it would be great to have a few alternative ways to capitalize on a trend (e.g., ETFs vs. options; dividend paying stocks with the divident deemed to be stable vs. bonds, etc.).
On a separate note, it would be important to get an alert in the coming years when the trend in long term bond prices reverses — and LT bond funds or ETFs become a solid play with declinming interest rates.
Martin,
In retirement, I have been following your Safe Money Reports and other Weiss Advise, various investment programs, IRA accounts and newsletters for about 20 years now. I have therefore been able to retain most of my savings and trading portfolios with minimal losses–and also some gains over time. Time to say thank you for your many recommendations and advise over the years.
Yes, I would look forward to your proposed timing tool program. Please arrange to have your trading tool program down-loadable to a PDF file and/or transcripts as quite often I am not able to tune into your online presentation. Please keep me advised regarding this presentation.
Raymond Lutz
Actually I would welcome any tool, which would help give me direction in this type of market. Keep up the good work of informing us.
Is it worth your while to establish a mini trading account similar to your million dollar account with a lower fee. that more of us could afford . I predict the volume of subscribers would explode.
With high respect,
Rodger
In order to profit from a timing signal I would like to know: 1-where to access the data; 2-how to construct the signal; 3-in what market conditions does the signal have its strongest success and worst outcome?; 4-do I have to use the signal at its earliest point?; 5-is there a negating signal for the signal? In otherwords what is the signal all about.
DEAR MARTIN: I REALLY COULD USE HELP IN MARKET TIMING! I DID NOT SELL IN SEPTEMBER 2008, AND I DID NOT BUY IN MARCH 2009…NOW THE MARKET IS UP 40 %…HOW CAN I START MAKING MONEY…WHEN DO YOU SEE THE S AND P 500 AT THE END OF THE YEAR? ARE YOU STILL BEARISH? SINCERELY
LEN ZAPASNIK
I would love to participate; but I am not a financier with cash. Like your father I can dig up $500 as we live on SS and a very small pension. So we have to abstain due to lack of available excess cash flow; but you are doing right and your book is great! – JESjr.
Information that would significantly increase the likelihood of using the Timing Tools you will unveil should include the results of backtesting the Tools. Backtests should indicate each Tool’s effectiveness in both up markets and down markets and should note exactly when the Tool was correct and when it was wrong. Backtest periods should include (a) from 2007 to date and (b) longer time periods.
Thank you for the opportunity to submit this request.
David Freeman
Martin,
We are in a perilous time. Our government is going to drain us all. The market has no direction at this point and it is only luck and short term trading that works. I will not be happy when it is time for the 2009 taxes to be figured. My Schedule “D” will be very, very long. We need a trading stock or ETF that will continue in one direction for more than a few days. Just supply us with three up EFT’s and three inverse ETF’s and we will be happy.
Peace prosperity and good health.
John
Martin
I use candles,B.bands,ausome oscillator,fisher transform,and Willims %R. When all of these top out or bottom out its time to put on the trade going the other way! I will be interested to see what you add or take away from my 1000 hrs. of imput! Thanks for your news letter. Since Oct.24 of 08 my paper account with Think or Swim has increased from 100,00 to 400,000 dollars.
Hi MArtin ,
What I think we need to time the market is a combination of technical analyis skills and the experience and the talent of a trader. These two qualities should help a good deal to identify the trends shifts.
Regards
Jerry
We will need your advise on what to buy and what to sell…I allready have a subscription on your Save Money Report…but if necesary I may get another that work better with your technical analysis.
Thank you Mr. Weiss.
Demonstrate how this timing tool works with different examples in different scenarios. Also, explain how everything works with this tool so people have a good understanding of how it works.
How about some kind of ongoing tutorials, introducing charts and other critical technical indicators that knowledgeable investors use to identify critical buy and sell entry points. It would be nice to be able a say, that after a year as a subscriber to one of Martin’s publications, I actually understand much more of the technical analysis that has gone into the timing decisions that Martin & Company are using. Suffice it to say, the analysis of the fundamentals has always been impressive.
are african also permited to take part in this, because most of ur articles are meant for those in UK and Us
In the long term fundamentals will always prevail. For market timing decisions on a short time view behavioral aspects of the market should be brought into light. Being fundamentally right but actually wrong would not pay off.
Clear cut entry, profit objective, and stop loss.
approximate entry and exit points
I’d love to see you create a management fund (mutual fund?) that people could get into in $1,000 shares for those of us unable to meet the $500,000 minimums in other Weiss plans. I could squeeze $10,000 out but no more.
Martin,
I’m sure that your 1 hour briefing will be excellent and very valuable. I will most certainly be watching.
However, with everything else happening in my life (work, family, traffic, telephone etc) it will be very easy to forget your advice with time, or, even worse, get the wrong end of the stick later.
Any chance you can supply a transcript after the briefing for future reference?
Nick
When is the market going to crack?
K. Vanderwall
Hi Martin,
I have been following your contrarian views with interest since last year. I thought you might have been “gazumped” with the run-up in March/April but the S&P 500 has gone nowhere in a month and this could be the start of the next downleg. Logic seems to have little bearing on market happenings these days. For example, the UK government that stood tall during the financial crisis looks to be toast and the FTSE has hardly budged. I look forward to your session with great interest.
Martin, The tool should be used by individuals. Therefore, a person should be able
to monitor a stock of his choice which has a big volume of course. This way, every
person does his own fishing using your tool. Also, it would be nice if it shows a confidence level in the trade. This include intra day trading and daily swing traders and weekly swing traders.
Best regards… Rami
I’ve read that soon all this complecated system of stocks will fall down (as not effective and not fair).
People will loose all the money in the stocks and will start just exchanging goods and skills.
What do you think?
Best, Marina
Martin, I need the market timing tool plus your commentary on the findings of the timing tool. Best wishes Anthony
I’ve read that soon this current complex system of stocks will fall down (as not effective and not fair).
People will loose all the money in the stocks and will start just exchanging goods and skills.
What do you think?
Best, Marina
Do you think commodities are due for a pullback? Oil? What do i do with my FAZ, which I averaged down to 9.50?
I have way too little money to purchase any investing service advice, for that I am sorry, but I appreciate your help, and I use your (free) advice to help direct my parents, who are slow to adapt to the new market. Is it smart to buy silver as a commodity and request delivery? (hopefully after a pullback)… Do you like silver micros, such as Itronics (ITRO)?
finally, What do you think of waiting to buy land, and doing a small commercial farm?
Thanks
WE MUST STAY EDUCATED SO WE ARE NOT MISINFORMED BY THE VERY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN!! GOD GIVES US A BRAIN FOR A REASON!! THANK YOU MARTIN FOR YOUR BOLD AND TRUTHFUL INFORMATION, IT WILL HELP US PREPARE FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD!!
Yes, I need all the help and advice you can give.
I am a Grandmother ,raising two grandchildren ,on a fixed income and I do NOT want to see my hardearned retirement go down the drain with Obama and his cohorts.
Everything costs more and more and we see less and less.
Get rid of all the paper pushers in Washington and make them EARN their salaries WITHOUT having their perks ……………….see how they would survive like we mere mortals!
I emigrated from U.K. in 1969 ,became a Naturalised Citizen and worked 10 hour days for YEARS to get where we are today and I’m darned if I’m going to relinquish it all to increased taxation and the National DEBT.
And if this National Health Service comes about ( like that in England ) beware ……………….you WILL be paying a lot more in taxes. 60% in Sweden and 50% in U.K.
So every bit of advice will be greatly appreciated in order for us to KEEP what is rightfully ours! A few more tea bag protestations would be good too! Cheers!
DEAR MARTIN: THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY. MY SUGGESTION IS THIS. BEFORE YOU ASK PEOPLE TO GET IN, OFFER THEM ONE LIVE PLAY ON A STOCK, NOT AN OPTION. MORE PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE TO PLAY STOCKS ONLY. GIVE THEM ONE LIVE PLAY THAT THEY CAN WATCH THINGS HAPPEN WITH. MOST NEWSLETTERS AND SERVICES TELL YOU OF STUFF THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE. JUST LIKE IN MISSOURI THE SHOW ME STATE, SHOW US ONE YOU GOT IN ON VERY RECENTLY AND WHAT ITS DOING NOW. –THANKS MARTIN–STEVE
Martin this is great I’ve been flying blind of late. Thank you.
I would like to see you and Claus use these tools to buy securities in the Contrarian portfolio that will profit from these intermediate upswings in the market. I am middle-aged and employed full-time and don’t have the time to follow the market data closely enough to analyze the data created by the tools so I would prefer to see you use the tool and make buy/sell recommendations for the portfolio based on the data output from the tool.
I would love to participate in your offer. There is one request. Some of us don’t have the time or money to trade often. Come up with a conservative occasional trade reco’s and then for the aggressive trader. Thanks for letting us have a voice.
Most of us, certainly myself, are not sufficiently knowledgeable nor have the time to become sufficiently knowledgeable to make these decisions. What would be most helpful is a buy/sell signal from someone like you, similar to the Crisis Opportunity ETF Trader Portfolio.
AUTOMATIC ALERTS AND CONSISTENT UPDATES!!!
THE MARKET IS REALLY IRRATIONAL RIGHT NOW AND ONLY NEEDS A “TRIGGER” TO MOVE HIGHER OR LOWER.BEFORE TURNING TOO NEGATIVE JUST REMEMBER THE 2000′S?? MARKETS ROCKETED UPWARD-VALUATIONS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF-WITH NO FUNDAMENTALS. AND WITH THE UNMITAGATED MANUPLIATION GOING ON IN THE MARKET-ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN,(AGAIN)!!
NOTE: RIGHT NOW I WOULD CALL THE MARKET AS “THE RALLY THAT WON’T DIE”!!
Martin,
I learn by experience. However to prevent myself from learning from gross mistakes, I prefer that I get the needed basics, be tested on that basics so that I am aware of any nuances that technique might present and then implement the technique with risk control measures in place.
Therefore, one of the ways for me to put the information to use is to do problem solving in a step by step fashion so that I can set the fundamentals of the process in the foundation of my brain.
Claus sends us monthly newsletters which has all the indicators in. We read the report, retain information for a few minutes and then it is out of our brains because we are not training our brain to use that information.
Hope this helps!
Thanks
Satish
Dear Dr. Weiss,
I am looking forward to see your special breefing. I am only a smal investor and I hope that I can start with 10K in your new
investment strategy. Thank you for all your great advise!
Andreas
1.why you never recomended TIP as protection against inflation?
2.can govement sell huge ammount of gold to fight inflation?
I need the steps, and more importantly I need to confirm with others I’m doing the steps correctly. When I trade I’m trading “solo” by myself–bad and scary. I really just need to see and talk to other experienced traders doing the trading also as a reference. I know “paper trading” is a great idea also. How about creating a computer program where I can practice this “paper trading” on a make believe market?
I’m all for it. I’ll be watching.
Ron Balotin
I would be very interested in investing in the market, but am not of limitless funds and am concerned about losing my hard earned savings. Can you guarantee returns without having to invest 10’s or 100’s of thousands.
Timing is everything, there will be numerous opportunities to “crash the bank”, question is: How do we read the signals? I feel comfortable that the market will still keep rising, probably close to 11k, but in the fall; say mid september or that blasted month of october; another epic crash should befall us. I think the fed and the gov’t have a few cards to still play, and can stave off a massive depression for at least another year and a half or two. We might even get back to 10k, but their bluff will be called, and then the bloodletting should begin. Trillions of dollars will be shifting like the man on the flying trapeze, “Where do we put our net to catch him?” Scary times indeed, but also exhilerating and life changing. My nerves are on edge anticipating when to strike, when to lay low, and when to ‘catch the rainbow’; there is treasure buried there like our childhood stories foretold.
If you have given us all the tools, and shown us how to use them that is all you can do ,other than give a test. It would be up to me to ask questions on anything I did not understand.
The three things that will interest me the most:
A) What sectors to you thing will benefit most in the short run ( I am 72 years old, so the definition of long-term has a differnt meaning for me that my younger associates–I am open her to all things including computer gaming, precious metals, oil, currencies, food pharms,sex, construction materials, sex products or companies like GOOD VIBES or anything else. I am not impressed with our banking system or the investment houses–all of which tried to get me to invest in things I did not understand and which later disappeared in thin smoke;
B) Timing
C) What will be the best way to invest so I get the most bank for my buck?
Martin;
Sometimes close enough is good enough. With the relative
low volume and the (PPT) Plung Protection Team very active
in these markets it is difficult to predict the ups and downs of
every day moves. The traditional resistance and support levels
can be misleading in todays markets.
Be concise, speak clearly, and go straight to the point! Because critical time hard to deal with lay dead ahead of every one of us. Already, the time to act is reduced!
I would love to get some “tools” to help time the market better. I continue to see that I am write in most cases about general trends and picking stocks, bonds, ETFs etc. but my timing is really holding me back from locking in gains. I am either in too early or too late or hold to long etc. I think we need to get target prices or an indicator to time the buy point and sell point. Perhaps a better explanation on moving the sell stop loss up as a trend goes your way? How to set a stop loss number when to use one or not use one?
Thanks,
Tim
In your words: “It’s a tool we believe will give you the power to more accurately spot WHEN stocks and ETFs are most likely to change direction “. In order to actually USE this “tool”, you must explain the tool and in detail how to interpret and use it. If it isn’t understood it won’t be trusted or used.
Thanks for your e-mails.Keep ,me inform,please.Thanks again.Del Cuadro
Looking forward to it
Dear Dr. Weiss,
I am accelerating my efforts to close Real-Estate deals on Bank Owned REOs and have started a list of Tax Lien Certificates for Municipal unpaid taxes, this September, so I may have the CASH to LEVERAGE in all the research I have conducted; not withstanding your good and soundd counsel.
Thank you for caring in an uncaring and callous world.
Which financial websites do I have to have real time access to to do day trading
and what trading account is best for this.
Thanks
Ernst
I would like to know more about the tax ramifications of the different stradegies. I ended up with having to deal with K1’s. Also read that the gold bullion ETF is taxed as a collectible. I know you don’t advise on taxes but you could warn about the consequences.
MARTIN,
Yes………..keep you’r info. simple, most of us do not have you’r background! I suspect,
that a lot of investers, like myself, don’t really know much about investing!
Thank you and the team for you’r help over the past year, you literally saved my financial ass!
DAVE NAPIER
I need the confidence that the tools work and don’t throw off a large percentage of false signals. Whipsaws kill you in a market, 1) by losing you money and 2) by making you so tentative you don’t trust your signals or yourself to go forward.
I am very happy about the financial insight you are giving your readers.
I would appreciate information about the tax ramifications of various ETF’s.
Most of us are hesitant to tread onto new grounds. A step by step premier to walk us through the first couple of trades or a site to allow us to practice would be very welcome.
I am definitely interested in knowing how to make better timing decisions
Martin:
Thanks for your efforts but I think the Fed can counteract any strategy you may come up with.
They are obviously minipulating the markets to promote stock buying and keeping the price of precious metals down.
We can only foresee the certain longer term results of their controlled debasement of the dollar (inflation) to cheat on their debts.
The only way to save our country is a national referendum to abolish the Fed and return to a constitutional government.
When to buy and when to sell notices on ETF’s
what we hear in the new is bs and not the real deal . It is good to find a source reliable.
MARTIN, WE ALL HAVE THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN, SUCH AS CALLS,PUTS,ETF’S,STOCKS,BONDS,ETC. WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS AN EDGE AS WHAT STOCKS OR ETF’S TO BUY OR SELL. AN ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER THE FACT WONT MAKE ANYONE ANY MONEY. IF YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDED LIST WITH MINIMUM DOWNSIDE FOR YOUR READERS WE WOULD ALL BE BETTER OFF.
THANKS
KEN
Thank you Martin,
The story regarding your Dad tells it all.
I am currently setting up trades in GLD, commodities, energy, stem cell research and anything else that seems people use to survive, and protect themselves.
But I don’t forget about my creator, and thank the universe (from The Secret), love my family, enjoy some good rock n roll, and enjoy a cold Heineken, and settle in for the night. This is what works for me. Until we meet again, keep the faith.
Martin, just keep doing your thing. Its up to us to get the thoughts for big gains.
with all due respect, and I due respect you very much, why not start a Fund for us small guys(and old)so your team can due as you say and people like me could invest small amounts to help us out.(not 500,000 but 1 or 2 thousand)
thank U
Tom ( met U at “Stayin Alive” some years ago)
Dr. Weiss, Thank you for your efforts to help the everyday traders out there, such as we are, who are trying to create an income when everything else has slowed to a trickle. We have no background in trading except what we have learned from you and few others since 2005. It seems that the market is so contrived now that what charts are predicting, often does not happen, e.g. the market gaps up when it should not or vice versa contrary to what one might gather from the stochastics. We look at the 15 minute, the daily and the weekly stoch charts before making trades. Of course, volume is very important and trend (big one- bear/bull; current-rally/correction. We know about relative strength (stock vs the SPX). Are there better indicators than the stochastic charts? Is there a relationship between the dollar, bonds and the direction the market is going to go? And how do we understand this and recognize this? We know about sector rotation, but is there a way to predict this ahead? Under what circumstances is an option most likely to be successful? (We mainly trade ETFs/contrarian also.) We don’t have a lot of money to make money and we are interested in making the best short term trades as possible for some income and later, to be able to invest long term. We would like to attend the free on-line seminar. Could you please sign us up for it? Thank you very much, Victoria and Ron Cueman
I’m Interest.I’ll be watching.
Ron Balotin
Since we do not know what the tools are, how can we tell you what we need to use them?
Martin,
Just remember that my memory is as good as the written word.
As I said yesterday, I hope you will provide me with a transcript for my memory;
and then, I’m waiting for the $10K so that I can follow your guidance.
Regards
I am paralyzed. AFRAID to loose any more money, yet the dollar loses value, the market goes up and you give doomsday news that the sky is falling.
The portfolio is not doing well. My broker recommends 7 day maturity municipal bonds at 4% federal tax free. This seems good.
Martin
Looking forward to your input to recoup recent losses. Any help
help will be appreciated.
I would be happy if you would set up a reasonably priced group and one-on-one tutoring program on how to do technical analysis. Thanks!
I agree with Robert and John earlier. The signals you teach us can help very much, but you need to have a lot of details in your teaching to benefit me. The trends I can follow but when to get in or out is crucial. Knowing what to look for when the market is about to change direction would be very helpful.
Thank you Jerry
Hello Martin,
Well, I know YOU know the answer already! People need to learn technical analysis and have a good charting service they like, either an internet provided site like Stock charts.com or something more sophisticated, that they pay for, like TeleChart or Trade Station, etc. But I’ve been doing this for awhile, and the recent disastour we’ve just been through has wiped out many experienced and successful traders, as well as hedge funds and conventional funds, sending their managers away in despair. I have great concern that a few tools in the hands of inexperienced traders and investors will enable them to get into more trouble than if they sat on the sidelines or just held a few inverse funds to hedge and profit. I don’t think any of us are ready for what’s coming next… so let’s not over estimate our ability to “ACE” it. It’s wisdom to approach this situation with discernment and humility. I do commend you for your efforts to help everyone survive in the best shape possible. HATS OFF, MARTIN! We appreciate everything you’ve done! — Skyhill
Martin;
Do what you did with the contrarian portfolio, that is lead by example. Put up some money of your own to show us novices how these tools work with lots of examples that you show us using your own money. That would build confidence that we are all sharing in the profits or losses that these forcasting tools would bring. Thanks.
MANY, MANY THANKS !!! for your TRULY FANTASTIC EFFORTS and BENEFITS, and I very much look forwrd to getting back into investing VERY SOON so that I may take advantage of THE GREAT BENEFITS that you offer. Charles Green
With the expectation that the dollar is going to fall dramatically in the near future why are you recommending people to invest in dollar based securities and ETFs? Why not invest in Canadian or Australian securities for example? Kinross and Eldorado are both quoted on the Toronto exchange in Canadian dollars, wouldn’t this be a better route to go?
Dear Dr. Weiss,
I am looking forward to seeing and listening to your special briefing. I consider timing to be at the top of my list when deciding when to pull the trigger. Whether it be short term or long term in nature, the criteria for making timely decisions is vital to me. As a subscriber to Safe Money Report, your insight has been worth every penny and more. Thanks and see you at the briefing!
Ken Bushby
I have a conservative financial advisor who hesitates to make any bold moves I have suggested as a result of your great service. You are the only person who makes total sense to me. You are to the point and I agree with your philosophy. Thus I am enthusiastic about your new venture and wish you luck with this endeavor. J.
1. Needs to get trained. (Explain exactly how it works, what shows the indicators, etc..)
2. Needs a proof its efficiency (predict with its help some movement of selected shares – lets call :testing time. Even if you and your team can help to go through together with some shares, even better, makes quicker the testing time)
If I`m confident in the aboves, i trust it and start to use in sharp situations.
Dr. Weiss:
A simple “Paul Revere” alert system would be most helpful. Specifically–
GM B/S *.**.***.***.*****
(Security Name) (Buy or Sell) (One to 5 star risk/confidence/security rating).
Caveat: Reader assumes alll responsibility. Deep research available from your various branch departments or specialists upon enrollment)
Just a thought.
Jerry Fitch
Martin, when you write to us, I generally believe what you write. But I’ve been frustrated to act because the way you write, it appears that the downturn is near……but then the market holds up. (Not just now, but even in the past, the timing has not been perfect all the timing.) Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the advice greatly. You’re the only one who consistently tells it like it is and keeps us on track.
I need to understand why the market is rising when it should be falling; and most importantly WHEN THE TREND WILL SHIFT…..both short-term and long-term.
I’d like your writings to be add that you just don’t know at the moment when such and such will happen, but that it is inevitable….and perhaps a range of timing.
What signals should I look for that a turn is about to happen or is happening….that’s what I need. By the way, that goes both ways…..if the downturn comes soon…..then I’d like to know how/when to sense the upturn that’s coming.
Thank you.
Happy and anxious to learn more ‘refinements’ of investing from you & your group.
Will be awaiting news of the ‘format’ link. Thank you for caring about “newbies’.
Martin
Gharts & Graphs, primarily of all the alternative potential moves and resulting ramifications. You may end up with a series of “tree branches” — Curves maybe if helpful but not sure.
Corresponding to said Charts & Graphs would be “tipping Point” corellations, meaning, points at which you should be incouraged to buy or sell etc. — We need Bread Crumb’s in the Forest to guide us but up to the tipping points. Re: Tipping Points; if they could be numerically prioritized, say — 1-10 to give them weight one relative to the other, this might also help clarify the “Relative Importance” between each alternative.
Best; Anthony Montalbano
Great idea! This may be just the strategy to turn lemons into lemonade!
Martin: Have relied on your views since the late ’70’s. As a novice I still need all the help I can get.
Dear,
thanks for all the emails and evens, it was really nice i just have one quastion if
thise market is still in a real bear market then where we going lets say for example
dow where 5000 3000 if we are going to bee in a great depression then that means
so bad but what well the goverment do to prevent all thise from colllapcing and what
to do from me as an investor wither to short ETFS our Stocks and i wan know how much in Percantage u make in a month i have a good monye that i wan invest and
have also some clients that wan invest i am just still woried where do we go from here and how can you help on that
Fahad,
Saudi Arabia
I really appreciated your comment yesterday about the total insanity of collapsing bond market (with commensurate increase in interest rates), ever increasing cost of gasoline and the stock market continuing to go up. Increased interest rates have totally negated everything the government was trying to do for the housing market. GM goes bankrupt and the stock market goes up, 9.4% official unemployment and the market goes up. I am wondering what indicator you will be able to come up with to measure the insanity level of Wall Street and everyone hailing a new Bull market and green shoots? All the fundamental measurements would indicate a collapse in the stock market. I have been short the market the last 2-3 weeks and wondering if this rally of craziness will ever end? I really need help with better timing on entry points and would like to know how you will determine that. I don’;t always agree with everything your group writes (like the recommendation that we were entering a new bull market on the dollar when the dollar was at 88), but appreciate what you say and always makes me think. These are really serious times and every decision for investing feels even weightier as the government seems bent on destroying our economy.
Yes,
I would love some information on market timing. I am looking forward to your special briefing. Thanks for the Safe Money Report.
The average investor needs all the help they can get. People inside the market always have the first move and often we are following their trends but a little too late. Any tools that can help us narrow that gap in time will be huge.
A timing tool that would be of great benefit would include a macro-view of the economy, a business sector analysis, and a company analysis, in addition to whatever factors you would normally consider. The most helpful timing tool would include a step-by-step sequence of all factors to be considered. I assume that a timing tool would pinpoint, as best as possible, entry levels and exit targets for specific stocks, ETFs, currencies, etc.
I’ll probably start using your contrarian investment tools when I learn how I get paid when I make this money. Ted Gronich
Martin,
It would be wonderful to have one or two indicators to help us make key decisions. I am also following your Millionaire Contrarian program and have complete faith in you and your group’s suggestions.
BRG
Post the video on your blog…
Hi Martin.
First of all I would like to thank you for listening and responding to the needs of our readers.
You requested comments on what it would take to begin to actually use the tools to get in and out of the market at the right time.
My comments are as follows:
Provide back tested data on tool performance that covers a period of several years with emphasis on the past ten years. The results of the data should show comparisons against standard benchmarks such as major indexes and any others you consider relevant.
Thanks for the opportunity to provide input.
Jim Bowser
Mr. Weiss,
I did not sign up for the contrarian portfolio since I have no experience in investing – I have left it up to others – and lost lots of money because they kept talking me out of getting out of the market. I have taken over everything and will be making my own decision from now on. I am reading ETF’s for dummies and trying to learn some basics in order to set up an account with a broker. I missed the opportunity for the contrarian portfolio – so I will take what I can of your advice on ETF’s and investing.
Thanks,
Brent
in the past year copper was downaround $1.25–this did not bode well for upcoming commerce and manufacturing. Copper is now $2.36, what gives?
Martin,
You ask me what is it I need to use the new trade tool. What I need is money to trade with!!!
Do you have any you can spare?
Always Looking
Rick Rhodes
Hi, quite honestly the avarage person in the street does not know who he can trust, let alone who he can’t. Who is right and who is wrong.
It was thought that the banks would tell you the truth. But who can trust them now?
I am cheesed off with the way the bank officials get away with it just because they are just that.
And are most likely still getting away with it.
I am geting too old to think any other way now, I give up, you can’t fight them. They have it all wrapped up as a system which government supports. They must do. Are there any of the top tier of the bank personal in the UK actually suffering for their incompetence. Bringing countrys to their knees.
The amount of people who are suffering now, and for we don’t how many years to come, I shudder to think. And where are the few responsible for it all? Most of us know the answer to that.
The ordinary bloke as no chance.
There is no one we trust any more. You don’t get help. You get advice for a price.
So who is to tell if i is good or bad. I am sure I don’t know.
As you can tell, I have no idea what I am talking about. But I reckon I am not alone as far as that goes.
Martin, if you truly have the tool to time the market correctly, would’nt you and your team be very rich now?
Are we now bull or bear? We know we should be in a bear market, but it keeps on going up. Are we missing opportunities by not investing? China seems to be the place where investments should go. I am looking forward to action!
Martin, technical timing is one thing and criminal manipulation is another. Geithner and Obama have been using the Treasury and Fed to artifically hold up this sham of a rally for 2 months. All anyone can see is green shoots! They must have on rose colored glasses because most of the shoots have been decidedly brown. The past 90 days will have to go down as the all time “putting lipstick on a pig” period in our financial history. Just look at the last 10 minutes of trading in the past week or two, Hell it’s so obvious even Cramer should be able to figure it out. So, if you can hold a seminar and tell me how to figure the timing of when the investing markets are going to figure out messr’s Obama and Geithner’s scam so the market can come back to where it belongs. The DOW has been technically oversold since late March. Don’t even start me on what a sham the “Stress Tests” are!! So, when will the marked do what it’s supposed to do??
My concern is that this “Batman & Robin” combo will hurt countless millions who have been duped into thinking that things are much better than they are. This is wrong. Enough for now, my blood pressure can’t take it!!
We will all need some rules to go by. And, you will have to give us hand holding
in the beginning so that we figure out the timing. Once we start making some
money, it will get easier and I think the main thing is to keep it as SIMPLE AS
POSSIBLE.
I would like to listen to your audio/video; however, I am profoundly deaf and unable to follow a fast talking audio/video. Any way that I can receive the key points of your message via e-mail? I would certainly appreciate to understanding your message.
Thank you for the up coming seminar to sharpen market-timing skills!
I’ve invested a portion of my funds in the “contrarian portfolio” as recommended. However, since I’m also a trader I’ve invested a portion of my funds in stocks, options, and ETFs to take advantage of this rally. So I’m already prepared and “looking forward” to implementing any new “tools” that will help me to sharpen my market timing skills!
As I look at this market, only going short could turn out to be a costly decision!
Marvin
If there is rigging (pump and dump) who is the world’s best at this?
Will only time tell if they go to jail for ten years actual served time?
Has any major player every served ten years?
Do the ten “richest” individuals in the world include five excellent “riggers?”
Funny how this word above resembles another derogatory slur…
What purpose of life does money help?
The person I know with the most joy “lived and shared,” gives about 15 minutes a day to money as a tool to simple prosperity; do you see what I see?
Timing is one thing. The vehicle to use is anotherf and we need both. Your COET service has been doing this very nicely for me. Perhaps, with a larger audience participating, you could make the service less expensive and help many more people.
Would it be at all possible for you to tell us when to move in either direction? I am so new at this I don’t think I could successfully do it. Thanks a million for your help
Could you please tell us when to buy or sell. I am so new at this I don’t think I could sucessfully do it. Thanks a million for your help.
I was surprised when Claus mentioned Charles Mackay . I have never met an Englishman that had heard of him , let alone a German . In 1952 my father bought our Tenanted farm for £5,000 .He was worried about the investment, I pointed out to him that he couldn’t build the house for that or the buildings or put the drains in. His reply was to show me the Deeds . Our Landlords family had bought the farm in 1875 for £500 MORE than we were paying for it.
Once upon a time a hoard of Lemmings were rushing towards a cliff , one bright Lemming realised what was happening, put his paw up, shouted stop ; was trampled to death . Moral : get your timing right.
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confidence in our education and instincts as well as the ability to stay out of the noise of the day
Dr. Weiss,
I am interested in the best tools and insights into understanding how the market moves, but I also know that trading is not for the faint of heart. No matter what tools are used, the market will have its way. Just as we have seen over the last few weeks (and years), the market can stay irrational a lot longer than we can remain solvent (don’t remember to whom to attribute the quote).
Help us to be the best informed / equipped investors possible with appropriate risk vs reward analysis / approach / analysis so we know how to manage the risk. And please make it clear what is required on our part to use and apply the tools, and where / how to obtain the data needed. From there it must be a personal decision to apply.
As always, look forward to hearing from you soon.
Armistead
The only thing I will need is the actual tool (software or whatever) in my posession at very little or no cost, I have almost nothing to invest and cannot afford major costs like the million dollar program. My total nest egg in my roth IRA is just over 6,000. I have managed with your help to increase it by about 14% this year and look forward to an even better second half of the year.
The talk making the rounds now a days Martin is “we are not yet seeing green shoots but we are seeing green roots” Can you say if we are at the bottom of this recession as the public relation people on Wall street are saying?
Since the current administration states that it is copying FDR and his reign, can we expect that gold will be confiscated (bought for a minimum price) as Roosevelt did during his day? Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6102 in 1933 “banning the private ownership of gold coins and bullion. Not only did FDR ban private ownership of gold, his order threatened fines and imprisonment for any American who failed to surrender his or her gold for paper money.”
Should we consider this in our gold purchases?
I heard Russ Limbaugh talk about your financial indicators the other day. I’d say you have a following that extends much beyond we contrarians. I would be looking for advise on how to outsmart the market. Thanks.
Martin, It’s going to take guts to follow your recommendations!
Martin… For years I left my 401k to a financial advisor. While the market was falling I was asking what to do and the response was the usual “stay the course”. After retiring I decided I couldn’t do any worse, however after reading your lastest book ” The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide” and reading your emails and others, I’ve come to the conclusion that second guessing the market is next to impossible. In this market it seems all rules a laid aside and emotions drive the changes.
Yes I’m curious as to what type of tool could be developed to guage change in the market. It seems everyone has an opinion and while the market should have started it’s decline it seems to still be performing “ok”.
Thanks for your interests and information. I’ve found it invaluable in understand what may happen and how to prepare for it.
Dennis
Obviously we will need good stock picks. I hope the subscription to your “Contrarian” programme will give us the guidance we need.
It would be useful if some of the suggestions could be NON dollar based to help your international subscribers as the “Gold” holdings (bought in Dollars) appear to be going into the red more and more.
It is amazing what a little simple truth will do from the heart. No charges. No agenda. Just plain simple honest words. I see that I am not alone in the way I think.
Thank you fellow ordinary people. You warm the cockles of my heart.
Dr Weiss, Yes, I am interested in short term moves in the market. I have been loading up with contrarian options. The July calls are starting to worry me. I need to know wheather to hold or sell and conserve capital for the inevitable move in the market.
Dear Martin,
Thank God that there is someone out there that is honest! Since ‘money is the root of all evil” you have shown that there are exception to this saying!
What good is “economics” when it has proven that this ‘educational device” with the exception of a few people such as yourself, has been found to be wrong 100%?
Should our educational system continue teaching this ‘faulty system”? What can we do to stop them doing so?
When do you think inflation will start exploding?
How can we influence Congress to change their thinking in regard to “how our financial system should operate” other than reading your book? Who in Congress agrees with your views?
Again thank you for being “who you are”.
maurice rothman
To actually use the tools to do a better job getting in and out of the market at the right time, I sure could the money I lost getting in and out of the markets at the wrong time!
MT
Martin,
As an “average” investor I need three things:
(1) long-term and short-term trends
(2) timing
(3) discernment of important information and less important information.
It is easy to get into information overload situation.
By the way I really like your M&M newsletter.
Kind Regards / CWR
I agree with all the comments I’ve read. I too would like to return some gains for my loses. Have wathced the market since 9/11…….. Since I have attended some classes, listen to as much as possible on TV. A free online class would help. I hope I’ll be in the right place at the right time for this event. I will have only dial up service for part of the summer since I’ll be elsewhere than my home. Thanks for all your advice to date.
I agree with all the comments I’ve read. I too would like to return some gains for my loses. Have wathced the market since 9/11……..
Martin: If you guys can let me know atime[even close] when I can load up on the appropriate inverseETF`s you will have earned your money and then some.
Fred W.
Mr. Weiss,
I would welcome some insight that would allow to recoup some of my losses from the market highs. Having lost 40% of my retirement, I am going to be very guarded.
Wall street has burned for the last time! I am all cash in short term treasuries.
Switched the bank that I had bank with for 46 years!ves
I praying that America survives the Obamanation!
Thank and your company
Mr. Weiss,
I would welcome some insight that would allow to recoup some of my losses from the market highs. Having lost 40% of my retirement, I am going to be very guarded.
Wall street has burned for the last time! I am all cash in short term treasuries.
Switched the bank that I had bank with for 46 years!
I praying that America survives the Obamanation!
Thank and your company
dear martin, in reply, getting up earlier? seriously, i hope to “follow directions”. thankyou” rp.
I believe your proposal is a good way to increase little by little the value of the stocks.However the time to sell and buy new stocks is what we amateurs need to know.I have DRYSHIPS and they hit the bottom.
I am just starting with a small amount of money. Please address a few tips to beginning
investors.
Martin,
Concerning your question on what we need for the briefing on timing, I would like to obviously have the tools that you will be discussing and if possible, how they would have worked should you have made some investments up to a few months ago to today. I think any type of tutorial would also benefit everyone and perhaps a couple of potential investments at the end to either buy into or monitor with the tools provided.
Thanks for the opportunity to answer your questions.
Ron
Im in Australia and we are faring much better Mind you my three children are really struggling and we are aware of a lot of people suffering with the loss of their How can we protect our families and friends here? I do not know if the information you are sending is relevant here We have great sympathy for the innocent victims of this what must be the greed machine of all time The only strength we draw from this is that in this chaos we may have to address the real questions How do we provide a safe environment for our children and grandchildren and leave them with with a financial system that is underpinned by humane and sustainable principals My apologies for asking more questions than providing answers
Martin,
Email blasts and a web site that chronicles the email blasts, that way we have options on how we wish to have the message delivered to us and if concerned you can just go to the web site and find out if anything has been missed.
Keep telling the truth. I appreciate your efforts. Keep the costs down, so the “little” people can save some nickels too.
Thank you,
Justin
Education on how to determine entry and exit points. If technical analysis was 100%, everyone would be using it, so I know it’s not that good. However, it is probably better than buy and hold and forget. I want to know which indicators of combination of indicators have proven to the most effective.
What a marvelous tool that would be if it were even reasonably accurate. It would have application to puts and calls as well. I am anxious to see what you propose.
As bonds go down and their yields go up, I would like to know when to start investing in them so I can have some income. Thanks for all your help.
Because short term trades need prompt action, and
Because not everyone is at the computer all the time, and
Because some of us reside outside US (eg. Australia), and
Because it could be our midnight when you hold a briefing or send a recommendation:
What we need is: An advisory which sends clear, concise and accurate Buy/Sell signals which can be forwarded simultaneously to us and our trading account managers so that they AUTOTRADE your recommendation on our behalf.
As bonds go down and their yields go up, I would like to know when to start investing in them so I can have some income. Thanks for all your help.
The tool needs to be able to work in both directions, ups and downs, such that when the up trend is finishing and a down trend is starting, one can move money from an ETF to it’s corresponding inverse ETF so as to make money in both directions. The tool needs to clearly summarize what the complex data is saying such as a simple green up arrow indicating a good time to buy and a red up arrow indicating a good time to sell. Ideally, the tool should support variable trade windows such as day trading or across multiple days. Perhaps it is better to close all positions by end of day, or maybe hold them for a few days or weeks. It would be nice if the tool could factor in the trading cost as a parameter (e.g. my trades through Fidelity are not free.) If the tool could suggest sell triggers (profit and stop loss) to set when buying then that would be great, since I work during the day and so I can’t always pick the best time to get out of a position. If the tool could predict and trend options too, that would be exceptional. If the tool could automatically select the best stocks to work with out of the whole market that would be cool.
Sounds good, I’m in…
Martin
I have never traded, I have VERY LITTLE funds to trade with. How do you actually trade and buy ETF’s.
Don
Martin:
Just keep doing what you are doing. Try to keep us well informed about what to buy and sell and when. I am a patient man and will be happy to follow your recs.
Martin, I appreciate your passion and service to your clients. Can hardly wait to be further educated on this investment “adventure”.
I need training on how to price “Stop-loss orders”.
What is the relative importance, to timing, of technical analysis/chart reading vs fundamental analysis for equities, and vs. leading economic indicators for market and sector ETFs? In each case, what changes in either would tend to negate the readings on the other side? (i.e., when you see a specific happening on a chart, when does it override your fundamental analysis for an equity, or what kinds of readings in leading economic indicators would lead you to ignore chart analysis for market sectors? – and the 2 additional permutations of these questions).
Thanks for asking.
I am really glad you are planning to have this discussion. I look forward to it.
I really appreaciate your advice and insight and yes, I will most definitely attend the seminar. However, why do I doubt that there is a simple solution to market timing which can be explained in an hour and carried out by “lay”-investors? Regardless, I do believe I will benefit from your seminar and I will be watching it with great interest.
Regarding your latest question: I don’t know, you tell me.
Hi Martin,
I can’t understand where inflation kicks in. Given printing presses are running full
blast, are they producing more than the trillions of derivatives and paper assets
going up in smoke????
Thanks ,
Paul Rubin
Thank you for your recent mini tutorial on interest rates and bond prices. I print many of your emails and read them while exercising! I would appreciate additional reading recommendations.
I believe the tools I need to be successful (in addition to the timing tools) are basic FYI -type things, like the best brokers to use for smaller purchases (most of mine are $1500 to $3500) – some charge $25, others $9 – why such a huge diff; also, do you have a good way to keep track of the trades – now I have “the notebook” and check things frequently, but I could see it getting burdensome; I have heard of services where they email you when your stock gets to a certain point to sell, but it’s very difficult to know whom to trust, plus all of these services really add up; I like the ideas suggested above about “practice trading”, as well as a “Martin” mutual fund where we could invest about $10,000.
As to the people asking why the market keeps going when it should crash, I am flustered about this as well; but, we must remember the ‘29 crash and how much it rebounded before the REALLY big crash later – I think once it starts unraveling, it’s going to be very fast and furious; there’s a reason it’s called a crash; and the saying “the bigger they are, the harder they fall” could never be more true than today in regards to the market; The stakes are SO high, the deficits SO huge, it’s almost uncomprehensible;
I read some trivia the other day about the number of cells in our bodies – about 10 trillion! Does that number sound familiar? And put it in perspective? Let’s just call this the “Hotel California” budget – where “you can check out any time you want, but you can never leave”. It really will be impossible to get out of this mess. So I have to keep reminding myself to be patient and above all, be prepared. I don’t want to be one of those after the crash saying “I wish I woulda…”
I’m looking forward to being futher educated by your video, Martin. Thanks “a trillion”!
Thanks Martin,
There are so many ‘experts’ forecasting all sorts of events which eventually happen. A more accurate timeline for these events would be a fantastic tool to have in ones armory.
Cheers
Geoff
Excellent book, Martin. I have a small amount of money for investment and really need help in when to buy and when to sell. Since the government will soon be confiscating our IRA’s and 401k’s as well as decreasing our monthly SS income, I think we retirees will be looking for a lot of assistance in trying to make ends meet. We are forunate in having someone like you who is willing to help us. Thank you!
Martin,
I’m really concerned about my IRA investments. I’ve watched 50% plus decline from peak value. The “Buy and Hold” method does not seem to be working in this business climate. What will be your strategy and what investment vehicles are appropriate going forward in this long term bear market?
I bought some short ETFs when the market was at 8000 with the intention to hold for the long term. Do these ETFs decay with time. In other words, should they return to approximately their same average value when the market returns to my entry point? I know these funds fluctuate, but if one was to buy say 10 different high quality ETFs, would you think the average would return to it’s purchase price when the market returns to 8000?
I TOOK YOUR ADVICE AND PUT MY MONEY IN CAPITOL PRES FUND . DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN IT WILL START PAYING SOME DECENT INTEREST ??
I am somewhat of a beginner: during the last 6 months I made around 40 trades, mainly on oil related stocks, jumping in and out and managed to make a 20% or so, return on the money used. Not great, but at least not a loss. What I would like to know is if a Level 2 software that several firms offer for a few thousand dollars is really worth it in improving day-trading results? Thank you.
I have been with you since your inception and you have been right on about everything that has happened. Keep up the good work.
As far as market timing skills, some clear advise on when to hold them and when to fold them would go a long way. That is, when in the very short term the market goes against your short, intermediate or long term positions, what are the most important factors/indicators to look at when evaluating whether to hold the positions or get out? When trading ETF’s short to intermediate term, are hedges, stoplosses, or both the best way to guard against a major market turn against your core positions? Looking forward to this market timing event.
Thanks
Martin,
KEEP IT SIMPLE WITH LOW FEES AND INCLUDE TIMING ADVICE FOR MUTUAL FUNDS.
Dear Martin and staff,
First of all thank you for all your hard work. For me I have been self employed for 18 years in the construction business and have always said this could not last even though I was alwas told I was wrong, then one day roofing I blew out 3 discs and finally had time(even though devastated what I would do) to do research on my gut instincts, I found your services after reading a book by Bob Prechter conquer the crash and if I rember you were on the cover. For myself I feel like I have found the 2 most powerfull forces that tell the truth and still believe in the big picture that you both share. I guess what I am getting to (and I know none is perfect in timing the markets) I have wondered why ( and it has worked for me) or if you have thought of combining your very accurate long range forecasts and truth with the wave principal.
Just a thought , and once again I have said out of my bad career ending ordeal I bielieve I found the truth from you and your staff.
Sincerely,
alan
Hi Martin,
We do need the right tools but most importantly we need the specific rationale and recommendation which is derived from the tool, along with the assurance that our learned adviser will coach us through the journey. Without which, most of us, good students that we may be, lack the broad perspective to confidently pull the trigger.
Paul R
Yes;I would like to profit and learn .thank you.
Martin
I have lost lots of money following your safe money ETF reco’s mainly do to timing. Would appreciate trend and timing info. There have been too much up stuff for quite a while
Howard
What needs to go with this new tool will be consistent recommendations.
More and more I see the IMPORTANCE of staying on top of our portfolio(s) everyday.
Tracking our own investments is key. Charting them and comparing them to the market movements DAILY. Slowly I have become better at using my intuition (which I see cannot be taught). No matter how many tools you give us there is still that small “unknown” that eludes us called the emotional market. I think we are in a market PMS, ( yes ladies!) It is very hard to determine, but with much skill and attention I have confidence it can be worked with.
Many thanks.
Thanks for putting together your session on tools for market timing. Many companies and experts say the future is unknown and unknowable and the past market and political twists and turns are no guidance for the future.
That being said, I think there are some long term trends based on underlying economic data (which is historic) that can give some intelligent insight into what the future might hold.
So I will be most interested in your session and how you might help people improve on their market timing decisions.
One more area I would like you to consider is investors who do not live and invest directly in the U.S..
I live in Canada, and I have followed your suggestion to invest in gold and bought the ETF GLD a couple of months ago. Yes gold and GLD have gone up in US dollar terms, but have been flat in Canadian dollars.
I have now found an ETF, hedged back to $CAD (CGL.UN) and I will try this for a while.
As a generalization, the country where you live or plan to retire to is the country whose money most of your funds should be in.
While you discuss most issues in terms of US dollars – some insight to those living in other countries would be appreciated.
Thanks again for all you are doing.
Gerald
Saw you on Kudlow tonight, great job! An alert service or daily commentary would be great. I am very confused as to why gold is going down, your opinion on that would be appreciated too. I’d like to hear your opinion as to what is happening in the markets.
Thanks Martin, I believe through your news letters that we are aware of things that are coming down the road. Just keep that up, with what the government is doing to our economy on a daily basis, well, that means that we have to be able to make money moves just as quick. Thanks again
Martin,
Thanks, thanks and more thanks. To answer this last question of yours: I don’t think anything is that easy when it comes to timing the market. For the last 8 years I have been following advice from various avenues and initially I did get my wealth to grow quite nicely. Realistically and objectively speaking, everyone was making lots of money in high risk investments in the early 2000’s. In 2005 I rushed my high risk funds to Bonds. As a result I did seem to hold on a bit longer than some people I know. Then I started losing again in 2007-08, especially in the bank stocks I was holding. I never thought the banks would take such serious risks with people’s money. The mid term Bonds were also talking a hit. I changed course with you and your team in 2008.
I’ll see you on Thursday morning at the War Room Briefing. :-)
Renee
If you can get the Treasury Sect’y and the Fed Chairman to stop screwing around with the markets and delaying the inevitable, that would help.
Dear Dr. Weiss,
I am very keen to learn from you. I live in Australia and it is difficult for me
to follow your suggestions, as not all tools are available in this market.
Please share with us you knowledge on market timing.
Thank you dr. Weiss.
John.
Timing tools and training would be great. I would also like to know more about screening for potential opportunities.
Martin:
I think a video with your market-timing recommendations would be excellent, just as your previous presentations have been very valuable.
Regards,
Bart Hartzell
Martin, I enjoy your information and recommendations..Also, I generally agree with your investment ideas, but, I have discovered a few GREAT INVESTMENTS that make me a lot of money..Thanks for your website..
Yes, I will be grateful for help in saving my retirement. I’m listening.
Hi Martin!
Thanks for your great, informative emails. Would like to know more about shorting the financials. Have been in and out of them the last few weeks as this market appears to be topping out. I would think that particular group would be among the most vulnerable to a pullback as they went up so much since March 6th and still seem to have weak fundamentals….
I am not sure but I have been doing a lot of reading and research into other Obama sensitive stocks in stem cell, energy, and etc. Which has really got my interest, but I am not sure this is the right time. I don’t know enough about the stock market. Oh! I wanted to ask you; I missed the buy on GROW and want to know if I should go for it now? Well God Bless and I am certainly going to try.
When is this bear market rally going to end??
CONFIDENCE. That is without a doubt the thing I’m mostly looking for. The last 15 months have wrecked my confidence, or at least what I had. How can I reinstate that element?
Hopefully the ‘tool’ yhou mention is readily available on the internet (is it availble on yahoo, financial charts if not where do we easily find it?). Sometimes charting a trend is not sufficient when investing a lot of money, therefore, tools that show economic trends may be just as important. The latter is more difficult to judge using a simple tool (otherwise most people would have been on the sidelines anticipating the past xsix months downtiurn). I have a simple tool of my own, curious to see if the same.
I’m waiting anciously!
Hi, Martin, Well,your webcasts have been great-helpful-enlightening. Thank you. You wanted to know what we’d like to hear. I’m wondering if am emphasis on ‘if it looks too good to be true’, might be included. I’ve been at this business of investing since 1972, I’ve read countless books, studied many ways of investing that have been touted, lost money, gained money, subscribed to some of the dumbest financial newsletters imaginable and my very best teachers have been my mother, Richard Ney and you. so, what I am suggesting is to include a large dose of scepticism in all aspects
of decision making when it comes to your money. Betty
In the old days, instrument rated pilots used a repetitive scan of their instruments to fly safely through the cloudy sky. It went something like “needle – Ball – Airspeed”. A similar repetitive scan of market indicators, fundamental & technical, when applied to stocks & ETFs would be helpful for us less sophisticated trader/investors to navigate with less risk around market opportunities & dangers. Tell us what you think your most robust technical indicators are and the most pertinent fundamental pointers underlying your overall watchlist of possible money makers.
Above all, risk management is paramount. How much to bet on a specific trade. Stop location, etc. If you can do this in a concise daily checklist format, I will gladly provide you a with bottle of scotch as a token of my appreciation!
It seems the traders have made enough money to take a summer vacation, and the volume is down. It would be nice if you could give us tools to distinguish between movements due to day trading and those due to investor sentiment. Volume?
We also need references for the tools. Are they all proprietary? In the past your timing has not been exemplary.
count me in too. Reading your blog is my routine now.
Dr. Weiss;
I have skimmed over many of the comments from other readers/subscribers and there is a large cross section of experience, wants and needs listed. I believe that some desire basically a free subscription service which as I understand is not what you are proposing. I believe that you are going to try to teach us to “fish” rather than give us the “fish”. If so, from my perspective I would like to see several examples of using the indicator(s) to enter/exit a trade. If possible it would be great if you could also include discussions/examples of setting stops and also some information on screening to find the best stocks. It would be very helpful if this program could be downloaded so we could study it in more detail and at our leisure. You may want to have a separate blog where we can ask follow up questions.
Thanks for all you and your people do for us.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS TIME OF CONFUSION. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE E-MAILS AND YOUR INSIGHT. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEXT STEP. THANK YOU!
Yes – Any help to navigate this market would be appreciated.
I feel the need to understand the method of the tradingsystem so that :
1) I can verify the indicators and the triggers for a trade by due dilligence confirmation
2)Show the system works with increased volitility and intensity so that we can manage the risk and not loose capital
3) show how we can avoid stop loss due to improper stop loss limits
Profitability is increase in capital with good risk management minmizing loss.
4) An example of complete long and short execution for reference.
Thanks for your willingness to share.
I keep buying as the stocks go down to average down. It worked in my favor once, but I keep losing $$$ on all the rest. YES , I can certainly use some help.
I have evidence of the high cost of Goverment health care. I take 5 prescriptions, The VA charges $120.00 , the Kroger store (a grocery chain)chain) charges $47.00 for the same thing.
through the years I have fairly been able to recognize the market turns in the medium time waves. Used frequently backtested combinations of MA and EMA’s. Most of the times I got in and out with long or short trackers a while after the start with a trailing stop. Easy going.
The big swings in 2007 and 2008 were for me a traders dream. Also the latest sucker rally.
What I would like is a more refined technique that could also grasp the nervous short term moves to profit in between. I know it will be more risky but nice to play with besides the longer term low risk moves.
I am a Dutch citizen, living for most of the year in CA and am still trading the small Dutch market. Where it all began, but please do not hold us responsible for all the misuse of it lately (-:
Hope to be able to learn more in this exiting market conditions.
Martin – I’d say be sure to give various scenario examples that will illustrate the investment timing tools you will be explaining. Also, examples, illustrations, tables, graphs, etc. that can be copied and saved for future reference would be helpful.
Thank you for asking and thank you for all that you and your team do for us.
The tools I want are those that I can apply to readily available market data – indices, VIX, charts and the usual statistical overlays.
Beyond that, I have the brokerage, the high-speed data access, the web on my phone and etc.
I have the Good Ship – I need the Bright Star to steer by.
what advise do you have for a new investor looking to become a day trader with little money?
My answer to your question will depend on the tools your talking about and whether or not I have the confidence in myself to properly use these tools. It may take a little trial and error to gain this confidence.
Timing is everything show me and i will be with you for a long time.
Show me when to go long or short.
I have a few ETF and Gold per your recommendations. Need help on timing to buy and sell. Thanks
Martin: I think an e-mail alert Advisory Trading Service would be very helpful in serving your customers.
William
Hello Martin,
Yes, we’d like to know how best to implement your guidance for balancing the long and short haul gains.
Suggestion: 1. I don’t know how this will help; but as to micro-timing, we are not always sitting on the screen; we have another life – sometimes.
2. For the long-term with Claus, he doesn’t use stop loss signals, and his reasons are correct. But for the short term, maybe we need stop loss signals.
Thanks again.
Robert L. Poorman, Ed.D.
Hello Martin,
You have been telling us for a very long time to watch out for this market. I told some of the people that I work with that you said there were going to be a lot of companies going bankrupt but they didn’t believe you or me. They do now!!! Anyway keep up the good work and I’ll be looking for any help in this market.
Thank you
Ron
Martin I’m 74. I, both, knew your father, and also subscribed to his newsletter with another broker in our Bache & Co office in Dallas, Tx for a short while. My problem is risk aversion! Never had it before! However, trading last year developed this problem. Consequently, I set stops, and have been (you guessed it) stoppped out at the bottom of the market. I just can’t seem to leave my money in the market. Any ideas?
Next, Terex seems ready to explode; what’s your opinion?
Scotto
To make sure that, by the end of this event, we have everything we need to turn the profit potential this volatile market offers money in the bank – HAVE WEISS ESTABLISH A LOW-COST MONEY-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT DOES IT FOR US.
One that scales in and out of trades.
One that trades in proportions according to the degree of confidence in that trade.
One that trades in diversified indecies.
One that trades long and short.
One that combines trend and countertrend routines.
That’s about all. Cheers, paul
hello martin
australian stock excahnge what does the weiss research etc know about good stocks on there and the SPDR seems like the most reliable there what about the buy and sell from australia in US stocks how do i do it from here
We need to comprehend you analgy and learn how to control our emotional decisions.
Martin,
Sounds like everyone is asking you for a “trading tool” like they sell on those “easy trading” TV infomercials that have green and red lights that tell you when to buy and sell? I am personally a skeptic when it comes to accurate market timing, by anybody. In fact, I think the Weiss team does a great job in giving us reliable “sector” trends, with the notable exception of non-consensus in the direction of the US dollar.
I will certainly look forward to the opportunity to hear about your new timing tool.
Thank you for all your help.
Regards,
Malcolm
I went long on the oil ETF (DXO) @ $2+ per share, when oil was selling for $40 and under, now I have about a 97% gain. I purchased the bear market ETF (RFN) @ $11 per share when the dow was about 8300, and now have a loss of about 13%.
My strategy is I see this as a win-win. If the market tests new lows my bear market etf should increas 500-800%, and I may give back some or all the DXO profit, for now. If the economy really is in a recovery, my DXO should also deliver 500-800% return as RFN tanks. Either way my total return, one minus the other, is about 300-700%.
What do you think of that!
For the long term, I’ll wait for Claus to call the sell without a previous sell stop signal.
For the short term, perhaps we should put it into place at the first. We don’t all sit on the screen all day. Thanks
Hi Martin-
I saw a quote today from Jim Rodgers about the Dow going to 1 million and the S&P could triple if the currency continues to fall:
Investment guru Jim Rogers believes the stock market’s recent gains won’t last because the U.S. economy remains mired in crisis.
But he says the massive fiscal and monetary stimulus campaigns engineered by the government and Federal Reserve could cause a huge run-up for the stock market first.
“It’s a bear market rally. I was going to say I don’t think the S&P 500 will see new highs,” Rogers tells The Economic Times of India.
“But I have to quickly temper that by saying against the dollar because the S&P 500 could triple from here if they print enough money and the value of U.S. dollar collapses. Then the S&P could go to 50,000, Dow Jones can go to 1 million.”
Is this a joke?
I would be interested in your thoughts on this and what effect this could have on a S&P inverse ETF.
Kind regards
Lynne
I read all your emails and I learned a lot about investing and the economy. I took your warnings serious and followed your instructions the best I could. I still wonder if it is good enough because the unexpected health condition took over the priority concern.
I wish we would have doctors who are concerned about their patients health like your are concerned about your readers financial health. It is really getting tough to get older and sick and have to worry and hope that the money we saved is safe long enough to pay for the medical bills. Thank you Dr. Weiss for your support. God bless you.
Would it be at all possible for you to tell us when to move in either direction? I don’t think I could do it alone.
MARTIN as a farmer I need help to get this rally if we enter a period like 1929
Dear Martin,
Yes. Your instruction of Timing technique would be most helpful.
However, I think one hour will not be enough if there would be some technical issues to be lectured.(charts analysis if included.) I would suggest you may also send them in e-mail to those response to you.
Especially, I live in Taiwan. It’s a bit difficult for me to catch your 1-hour programme.
So, if you may follow-up the lecture with an e-mail format. That would be absolutely helpful to me. —- and to those who has better understanding of reading than listening.
Many, many thanks to you and your team.
Joseph, Taipei
If I had the proper tools and know how to use them I guess the next thing I would need is to know which stocks, etfs, etc. to look into.
What sectors to look at.
If I was told to go out and buy a car with these options, where would I start.
How many stocks etc. are on the market? More than I have the time to check out.
I hope this makes sense.
Barry
Dear Martin,
I believe the most important attribute that one needs for investments is patience.
Tools are fine as an adjunct to fundamentals. If you know that the fundamentals are valid, you can sweat the bad times. When the fundamentals change, its a new ballgame.
As you can see, I’m an investor, not a trader. For example: I’ve owned gold for 40 years.
I’ll be happy to find out what else you need to use the “tools”
Sincerely, John
Dear Martin
As a novice to all of this, I must know what tools I need and how to use them to make a profit on any investment made.
Thanks,
Glen.
The confidence that the tool really works, the directions on how to use it, and the capital to start to invest.
I like your comments. Usually right on!
Bob
I’m a small investor and I want my money to grow faster than the hyper inflation that I expect is on the horizon!
I am very interested by what you will announce. Unfortunately I will be out of town Thursday so hope you will post data on the web for later. thanks Malcolm Douglas
Hi Martin:
I’m a long time subscriper to Safe Money! Paying attention to thse reports have saved me much money and my savings have grown quite alot.
In this “mess” we are in today I’ve lost some, yet saved much more that I lost; thanks to Safe Money reports.
I’m a WWII veteran at almost 84 years. I can I live into my ninties I’d like to keep up with inflation, or better yet stay ahead of it. However, if I don’t I’d like to leave something behind to charitable organizations.
Concequently, I don’t care to “bury” my $$$$ in the back yard yet I don’t want to get in a crap game with it either.
What would you reccomend for an 84 year old?
Thank you,
Floyd
Some backtesting/practice time using the tools and questions answered as they arise.
I need to know all I can before the closing of my real estate deal so I can trade like a pro.
How can I convince myself that I’m not too late for the party?
Martin, I only need to know the turning points. I do my own trading, I have a Brokerage Account with Fidelity. I have been doing business with them since 1986. Just tell me the Stock Symbol for the Stock, ETF, Commodity,or Bond and I will take it from there.
I really appreciate what you are doing for us. I ask the Lords blessing for you and Claus each day.
William R. Younger
Martin
Yes, I’m very interested! Unless you are an insider, which I know you are not by the way the way the media cuts you off constantly, the only sure way I know of to equal or beat the system is to have consistent real time volume data; follow the money! Then you emulate those trades. Fundamentals & technicals don’t work when the markets are manipulated, UNLESS, you have prior knowledge or can follow the volume/money.
Douglas
martin,why do you never mention the CAFR s of the government? The feds have about 50 TRILLION in liquid assets.
As a fare paying customer I want specific companies/funds to purchase and sell with the exact time to do it. I want to have my savings/investments grow measurably as a result.
I want to totally trust your recommendations and not hesitate or second guess your advise.
I am retired so it is so important to maximize what I have. I also trade but what to trade and the timing is important. There was a time when the $3000.00 would have been so easy to pay. October changed all that. Help me save myself.
Dear Dr. Weiss: What I hope you will cover in your presentation are the following ideas
1. Do I need to have the capability and the skills to trade options? If so what is the best vehicle for doing so?
2. As I build up cash reserves what is now the best place to keep cash safe.?
3. With interest rates rising should I consider an inverse ETF like TBT?
4. My stock portfolio contains energy, utility, silver, gold and commodities stock as well as two LLP’s and two industrial stocks. I have not bought into this market and my portfolio has recovered about 30% of the loss I have sustained since last October. Do you recommend that I sell most of these stocks now or should I keep holding most of them?
5. The balanceof my portfolio is in bonds, mutual funds and Mortgage-backed securities. I depend on the income derived from these to supplement my Social Security. Many of them are suspect, but if I liquidate them I will not be able to replace the dividends and interest they produce. Should I take the losses and just sit on the cash and if so for how long.
Thanks for your consideration of these points.
I apreciate very much, I don’t know much, count me in.
I think the only timing tool we need is Martin Weiss!!!
I look forward to the session. Everyone is looking for the silver bullet. I don’t understand the current market upward movement in an economy that just doesn’t warrant the enthusiasm . I subscribe with the Million Dollar Portfolio and can see that even Claus is challenged by the current market behavior . By the way is GROW still a buy at it’s current price ? Thanks Tom
Mr. Weiss,
Mr. Weiss,
Russian banks are promising anywhere from 6 to 13% apr. on short and long term ruble deposits respectively. All deposits are insured up to $20K by the government. What are your thoughts on this ivestment, considering the current and unfolding currency as well as economic crisis in the US?
Thank you for your feedback!
Aleksei
Hello Martin,
You are very insightful. Frankly, one of my big problems is transferring my retirement funds into one account for the ease of managing it. I have two CDs (paying .035%) and a substantial balance left in my 457 Plan in a money market account. I tried Schwab, but it took them six weeks to answer my call, so I have no confidence in them, especially when I have to move swiftly. Can I establish an on-line account with a reputable broker/firm first (without funds) to arrange the transfer of the money into one account? One CD can be transferred without penalty, but I’ll loose the interest earned if I do so.
Sandy M.
Sounds good to me Martin! William
The items needed to turn a profit are the following:
1. The stock (or ETF) symbol
2, The direction it is expected to move.
3. An estimated target price to take profit.
4. A reasonable time frame to reach the target price.
5. A recommended Stop Loss to limit risk.
I think Martin I will need a personal tutor at my side to help me through tihis mess. NOt to savey on the computor or on ETFs. All I know is to buy shares when I think they are low, and hope like hell they go the right way. They usually go the opposit direction of what I pick.As a matter of fact I could probably post what I am buying and you could put in an order to sell. You will probably make money.
Mike P.
Show us step-by-step with real examples. Will this be something like “mySarmTrends.com”, but additionally tell us what specific stock, ETF, whatever to buy (or sell)?
Hi Martin,
It is great to hear from you regularly. Please can you explain how we can capitalize on automotive stocks as Detroit is going through restructuring. What are your thoughts on Ford stock with 2010 covered call for roughly 30% return?
Praful
YES Martin, we all need as many tools at our disposal as possible. Even the veteran traders’ are having a hard time with this market however. Almost every technical indicator is flashing sell but the market stays up or flat. Anything you can add will help us all.
Thank you for being willing to help so many people!
Martin, I read that we’re experiencing deflation because the economy is so bad, and also inflation because of all the money being borrowed/spent by the government. Which is it?
We can’t have both at the same time, can we?
I wasn’t interested in the currency trading program you’ve got, but I am interested in currency ETF’s, as mentioned in Chapter 9 in your book “The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide”. Teach us more!
If you can time the market, I would be amazed. Hope you are on to somthing.
A live feed.
Bert
Always interested in seeing a new indicator. Many ways to skin a cat and I’d be open to checking things out.
Martin: I live in Ireland and I think it is a different set up here , in that the individual person does not normally do his own investing like in the U.S. As an Irish citizen, much of what you write would not be, I think applicable to me and we have different laws etc.
I would like to get your view on all this
Yes, I need market timing. I am NOT a day trader, even a weekly one or an option player. I manage a lot of family oomoney and need not to get burned again.
i need to see that the timing signals that you think will signal market inflection points actually works as accurately as you hope it will…….MANY SERVICES CLAIM TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS,,,,,,,AT ABOUT $100 PER YEAR …..BUT WHICH ONES ARE ACCURATE ENOUGH TO LET ANYONE MAKE ANY MONEY!!!
Thank you for all your help iam starting to trade now and am very worried about how much money are gov is speending and need to protect my self from same fate as us gov.
Martin
Can you give an update of safe online brokerages again.
any thing that gives me an edge is a good thing. Experience taught me don’t expect too much .
I need to see the tools. You are doing a great job. thank you. mark
Dear Dr. Weiss et al Thank you for doing this! I work and volunteer on weekends; so this leaves weekday mornings for e-mail time. I must not miss anything. 9AM Pacific Time is fine. Please, if practical, Give a replay. My style is maybe hopelsessly baffled by things financial. (I’m a music theorist). Yours truly William
Verification that your system / tools provide more positive & profitable results than negative results..
Martin:
All I need is a sufficient “heads-up” to market trends.
Dear Martin: Why not just have a hedge fund?
Martin,
I would really welcome your comments on the safety of Inflation Protected Bonds. I have a lot of people telling me thats the place to go now. Could you comment.
David Conard
Martin,
You and everyone at Weiss Research should not hold back or sugar coat any of the advice or guidance you propose to give us.
No matter how much it may tread on certain WALL St Pundits or the cheese & wine crowd who may feel slighted by your wisdom and foresights…….they may even learn someting along with certain Washington personnel.
You have been along with one or two of your other cohort researchers, who have similar advice news letters……been absolutely right on the button with your predictions and advice.
Just give out the real hard stuff and not the sweeten versions the Wall St pundits etc have given todate.
Keep up the great work.
Geoff Daly, NH
hello martin and friends, thanks for all you do. my retirement money along with millions of other military and government workers is in the FERS system and Thrift savings plan. there are a half dozen different funds to choose from. I have it all in the gov bond fund but am not sure what bonds its invested in. are you familiar with this retirement system? what fund should we all put our money in now? thanks again, jeff
Dr. Weiss: It’s one thing to learn something new yet another to put it into practice. Knowledge plus Action is equal to Success. I need someone to guide me in taking this new knowledge and putting it into the action necessary to achieve success until I am able to accomplish it on my own. Therefore, I would be interested in a mentor program to achieve this end result.
Martin– what I would like to see from someone in your company is a “dream-list” of companies/stocks that you have a good feeling will be going bankrupt or coming close to bankruptcy in the next 12 months, on a monthy basis. I would want to get into longer-term out of the money puts to capitalize on a monumental price drop from some of these unstable corporations.
If you had told us, for example, a year ago to buy April GM $20 puts what a homerun that would have been. Or 2 years ago to buy $10 June 2008 puts on Thornburg Mortgage (TMA). These puts would have been relatively inexpensive but time would be on our side for a larger than expected move. Of course, many of these picks might not pan out but the winners would easily out-race the losers from a profitability standpoint.
Otherwise, I love the various services you have (Inner Circle member) and we have profited handsomely in the past 2 years. I have been reading Safe Money Report since about 1994 I think!
I think you said we should have around 30% of our portfolio in gold. Should this be in gold coins, gold bars, gold stocks, gold ETFs, or what? I would like some clarification on this. Thanks.
YES.. CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOUR MARKET TIMING TOOL.
“The question is: What will you need to begin to actually USE the tools to do a better job getting in and out of the market at the right time?”
Well .. let’s see … I would think that an hour a day of time, a bank account with some money and a pretty good computer would be on that list
Gee, Dr. Weiss…. somehow I think you already knew that. So is this a trick question or what? Not trying to be smart here but I’m expecting good things from your site .. not marketing gimmicks.
I am a novice and just opening an account to trade. I would like to know what you think of Gold and Silver. I also want to learn how to spot a promising stock. What do you think of mutual funds.Ultamatly, where is the safest place to put my money?
GLK
To use any new tool I would need confidence in it. That means testing it with historical data. I have learned in my 54 years of trading to not put money on any indicator or recommendation without subjecting it to extensive paper trading first.
How about a stack of $50’s deposited into my account.
I would like to see concrete examples showing when your timing tool worked for specific stocks. Plus, I think examples of when it did not work would be useful so potential users can get an idea of how good this timing procedure is.
Your comments are always reviewed carefully.
Dear Martin
We are obviously in a traders market . Would like to get some etf recommendations from you in the natural resources and agriculture commodities sectors. Seems all your competitors have lots of etf ideas but few have specific recommendations.
Martin,
It would be wonderful to have one or two indicators to help us make key decisions at the appropriate time.
Avery
I applaud your efforts to help us improve our buying and selling timing skills. One approach I am familiar with is by “Technical Analysis” which requires special software programs to select a variety of technical indicators. I am looking forward to any ideas that you can offer.
Dear Martin
Still waiting to have any specific recommendations from you. Have heard very positive remarks about your newsletter but am waiting patiently for ideas -stocks or etfs.
Thanks
Chuck Lund
I just need to get over my fear of losing $ due to making the wrong moves.
Thank you for the invitation.
Sally H
I believe a manual with practical examples, written in layman’s language would provide the education necessary to use the tools.
That way one could use this information to paper trade a couple of months so as to get the hang of it.
Suggest you prepare a summary of recommendations (and any graphs & tables) for potential downloading at the close of the session – for those of us who – all too often – are experiencing senior moments. Thanks for the extra efforts!
Show specific examples of how to correctly use the tool and also so examples of how not to use the tool. Show us where we can find the tool or the data to implement this tool.
be comprehensive
How, when and where for this event? thanks.
Martin,
I’d love to see another way to determine a buy and sell point. It would be nice if you could give us a few example that are now at the point of buying or selling so we could track the success of this method.
Colorado Ken
I would feel more comfortable after analysing several examples of market behaviours which result in ‘inflection points’ and being enabled to identify those market behaviours which can mislead the investor.
Best regards,
Stan
I would like to add my
Hi, I would like to add my YES with all the rest.
Thanks Ralph
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address the small investor 3rd request
Hi, Martin
I have a path for making money in this market but I would really appriciate looking @ your path for identyfying market turns because it could be a better path then mine or make my path easier.
The only way that showing any of us your indicator will help is if we understand that which we are thinking.
If an individual has a junk heap of invalid theories in there mind regarding the market fear will cause them to sow that which they hate. (fear is an emotional response to that which threatens ones values)
Man can not keep all his knowledge in his focal awareness.Yet in order to survive man must be able to make instantanious appraisals of the situations he encounters. If a pedestrian is crossing the street & a truck is traveling @ breakneck speed in his direction. Rather then carry out a lengthy thought process the pedestrian instantly lunges to safety. Fear allows the pedestrian to lung to safety & fear perhaps the most powerfull emotion because it is needed for survival seams to govern the trader to buy & sell.( perhaps love as well)
Love is an emotional response to that which one values & causes one to act to come in contact or in possesion of that which one values.
Emotions (energy in motion) can not be eliminated when investing.
An individual must first learn how to think to be able to distinguish truth from falsehood.Before they can develope a method for inveting
Thinking is a complex process of logical identifiction & as such can only be performed by the individual mind.
I need to understand the step by step logic to why this indicator should be trusted.
Thanks,
Darren
Dr. Weiss,
I’d like to know the market turns in the near term and long term. It’s difficult to understand why the markets are going up when the fundamentals is not there to support it. I’d also like to get your thoughts about the Canadian market.
JD
When the markets are so contrary to logic and expectations how can one feel secure investing either way? SKF, for instance, was a reliable hedge when the financial system was corroding away. It’s still corroding, but in suspended animation. When will the corpse drop? Or will it? Capitalism requires employed labor, production and commerce to continue but this trio is currently off duty….and the market goes up?
AbCap
What are the hardware and software requirements? Does it need a trading platform to run on? If so, which ones are it compatible with.
What are the training requirements? How will we be trained to use the tool?
Realistically, what kind of results can we expect from using the tool? Is it effective for short-, medium- and long term trading.
What is my advantage if many other traders also have this tool?
I’m really a neophyte at short term investing but it appears to be an important skill to acquire. Any and all information you can furnish would be helpful. How to start, with what kind of broker or online procedure, how to screen to find the prospective investment or are you going to make suggestions to consider? The timing of when to get in and out would be great to know provided I know what prospects to study. Also, what about a stop loss and how much to use would help.
I look forward to what you are going to tell us. Thanks
hmclaycomb
Hello Martin,
To give us “everything we need”, I believe we need the tools & understanding how to use those tools to know when to enter/exit trades. I hope these are tools that are readily available with products such as Bigcharts or Telecharts. We need a clear description of what the tools are, how to use them and how effective they have been in the past.
Thank you!!
Ken
I HAVE BEEN READING ALL YOUR PREDICTIONS AND ABOUT THIS CONTRARIAN PORTFOLIO THAT YOU WILL BE TRADING. I LOST 40K IN THE MARKET IN THE LAST YEAR AND ONE HALF AND I’M DISGUSTED. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHO TO TRUST. I NEED TO TAKE CHARGE OF MY OWN ACCOUNT INSTEAD OF BUYING A MUTUAL FUND , RIDING IT UP AND RIDING IT DOWN. OF COURSE THE BROKERS SAY -REMEMBER YOU ARE IN IT LONG TERM!!!!I NEED QUICK TURN AROUNDS AND REAL CASH!!! MARTIN CAN YOU HELP ME–TELL ME WHAT TO SIGN ON TO THANKS!!!!
Martin, To reinforce learning your timing technique, I would like to see you demonstrate with live trades and provide 48 hour alerts, just as with MCP.
I believe this would build confidence and allow us to venture out on our own at some point in time. Also, explain each trade in detail and the rational behind each trade. Thank you and God Bless you and your entire staff for caring about us the way you do.
Martin,
I would definitely join your market timing event.
I would also ask that you consider including charts and stats as examples. Going forward, things will change, old technics will fade away to be replaced by new metrics; perhaps due to new products are offered or old products pulled, (e.g. ETFs are looming more popular now). Securitization is such a macro state, I am afraid individual investors may know them, but would simply often feel inadequate to understand.
Weiss Research will become the salvation if it could publish/refresh regularly these metrics to assist us in catching the ‘more correct’ market timing.
As Spock says: “Living Long and Prosper”.
v.h.w.
Martin,
I look forward to your insight and continue to learn from you and your magnificent group; with your uncommon sense, that gives me more useful knowledge then all the others financial (so called) experts put together. The Lord Bless You!
Robert M
I cannot express enough acolades in your ability in the finance world. I am a dward in that field but not quite in the dark. I am sure you have heard the best from some others so I will not waste time with nonsense.
My question to you is regarding the hocky mocks you had a meeting with a few weeks ago in Washington. That would brighten up my dark room. Did you come out of that meeting disappointed or optimistic? Were you impreessed with their comments? Can you elalborate on the meeting? Our leader is living up to my view of him before the election and due to the present fiascos, I think that we are in for a storm. He showed to the Middle East and Korea that his a softy. He was tested and failed in his response. We are in for a long, long dark ride. I see the tidal wave coming and don’t know where to turn. I know the hunger side but not the darker side where everybody suffers. Something is coming. Guns are hard to get, specially ammo. Some sign. Thanks.
Dr.Weiss
Thank you for everything. I learn lot of marketing and trading from you.
I wll continue.
Answer to your question ::
I need prompt precise email advices telling me when to enter and when toleave a trade
Colin M
Mr. Weiss:
I am glad of an opportunity to communicate my situation to you. I’m almost 90 and I just want to find solid, substantial companies that pay good dividends. The drop in the Market plus the financial and political news of the last seveal months has shut me down. What would you say to me?
Timing-especially to sell
You currently let your subscribers know by e-mail or phone so they can sell within 2 days. Why dont you give a couple of these trades away for those who are not convinced for us to watch and be convinced and fully join your subscription site?
Thanks
Martin, timing is everything….Put me in and big thanks for your reccomendations backed up by the Weiss family wisdom.
Automated computer trading software that is tied to your recommended trades
If this is to work in the long run. How can a world be dominated by a commodity(GOLD)!! Would it be more of a Warren Buffet solution to base a company on it`s potential to produce goods in a sustainable and profitable way ,than to let one country with a lot of GOLD, DICTATE POLICY and add extreme pollution. Hope for the best Live unlike the rest. SURFER DAVE
As a Canadian my Contrarian Investments are further eroded by the drop of the U.S. dollar in relation to the Cdn. dollar. Further research to safe guard against the inevitable continued fall in the U.S. dollar is required. What are your recommendations?
All of us investors, big or small, should have (in theory) a similar asset allocation – and I think your views on THAT would be more valuable than (with respect) the notion that ANYONE can accurately TIME these markets. Having said that, you can help us ‘get ready’ and poised to take action – for example, if we’ve bought into your views of impending financial armageddon then we should be “tracking” (but not buying) inverse ETFs on the Dow and S&P (e.g DOG, DXD, RSW) ready to jump in when the markets do turn (as surely they must). If I’d bought them months ago when they were first brought to my attention I would have significant paper loses. Other things, like gold, it seems clear we should have bought already! Thanks again.
Martin
can you recommend a trading platform where I can access inverse EFTs ,bullion and other instruments ,you recommend where i can have leverage. i currently use Saxo bank that doesnt allow me to trade these and i remember one of your online forums some months back you introduced a trading platform but i have heard nothing more about it.
This would be very useful in order to maximise my returns
Thanks for your great insight
Nick
The help I need is in short term analysis of rallies. I pretty much missed this one except for oil. Ive been invested in a gold bull etf for awhile but hanging tight. Also bought an s/p bear etf. Wondering about specific sectors or countries that you think will grow this summer.
RE: > The Biggest Victim of the Debt Crisis
by Martin (Martinho) D. Weiss, Ph.D.
Monday, June 8, 2009 | 7:30 AM
Thank you Martinho for this last article in the Money & Markets Report…you are a true financial prophet and great financial analyst…Gods true prophets Daniel, Zephaniah and Ezequiel just to mention an few would be very proud of you…in this irrational crazy financial system and markets you are like a bright star of true wisdom and honesty guiding your readers through all the nonsense insane spin of deceit and lies. And its not just the stock market suffering from acute schizophrenia…look at whats happening with the price of oil, never before in history we have witnessed such profound tremendous fluctuations,,,,in less than 12 months the price of oil went from US$147.00 per barrel down to US$35.00 and now suddenly back up to $US 70.00…this makes the wildest ride at the Calgary Stampede look like a baby stroll in the park….this only underlines the immense insane bedlam and instability in the economy and financial markets…Myself and for sure many of your other readers would love to hear what you have to say about this most irrational fluctuations in the price of oil….could it be that speculators in the stock market are bidding up the price of oil in the expectation of a US dollar collapse due to the tremendous US Government debt and continuous unprecedented borrowing…to cover their rear ends….
Hi Martin,
Thanks for keeping us informed. Going through personal issues right now which distracts me from developing an investments strategy. So, need some straightforward simple advice and please include reference to the Canadian market(s), ETF’s etc…
Thanks again.
I am more of a currency man. I deal in US$, Pound Sterling and Euro’s/. I would very much appreciate your views on these currencies bearing in mind that most of our inventory is in US$’s. When do you think it is best to get out of US$ and into the other two currencies.
Thanks and best regards
Henry
Give me the facts,show me some examples-and K,I,S,S it. Thank you for whatever help you can give me.Blaine
Improving market timing would be great thing to achieve.
Dear Martin,
Thank you for taking the time to produce a free one hour on line briefing on market timing tools.In order for us to use these tools they need to be easily accesable.
If your tools are not included on normal software packages could you find a way to provide them, perhaps on your web site or provide links to services where they can be found in order to do some back testing to build confidence in their use.
Many thanks,,,,Walter O Neill.
Dear Martin:
Thank you for each and every email/newsletter/and taping
you sent out to all of us, your friends and followers.
Your insights got us through all the ups and downs
of our current financial situations. I am sure that
many people feel as I do that without your input,
we could have lost everything. And God Bless YOU,
Martin.
All the best, Carolyn Hester Blume
Dear Martin, For me, it’s not so difficult to know when ot sell. I set my 20-25% increase goal beside the buy entry on my list and I sell, if I’m lucky enough to get the 20%, or I wait till it falls to a negative 20% and sell to cut my losses. So, as you told me, I have goals and I stick to them, even if it means I leave some money on the table. But, when to BUY. That’s the difficulty. In troughs, contrarian, etc. Should I always wait for these signs, or are there times when buying into a rising market makes sense. Too often, I buy into the rising tide only to get hit with declines that are serious and longer-term. That’s my weak point. Can you help? Many thanks, again, for your advice. It really helps.
As an ardent follower of your wisdom from both Australia and the UK, can I ask that, like other ‘webinars’, your hour on timing – invaluable for us all – be made available for viewing after the event? What you have to offer is applicable word-wide and, yes, I’m an ardent follower, but even my ardour cools around 2am .
How can anyone time the markets. Look at oil up to 140 barrel and then down to 40 and now back to 70 and demand is still down? Financials got killed and ETF FAZ was up to 9 and now back to 4.5 and what I am reading from you is the worst is yet to come? But the markets are rising?
Dear Dr Weiss
It would be really helpful if your 1 hour tutorial can be downloaded at any time (ie not a live one time only web cast) to allow those of us in different time zones to access it conveniently
Regards
Cliff
Hello Martin.
A question from the UK.
My spread betting sompany says that they don’t have an option to sell bonds down and rates up.
Is there an inverse ETF etc which allows a positive position to do this ?
Perhaps you can advise some short term punts for those of us who need to do this.
Regards, Mike Beard
Right now the market is made up of a wide array of predatory operators whose only priority is to use market movements to enrich themselves. To many this may seem like a perfectly valid approach but to the average retail investor these predators represent the single most compelling reason to stay out of the equity markets completely. These predators like nothing more than having large numbers of retail investors ( like your readers) with piles of cash moving in out of the global equity markets. In my opinion it is impossible to equip your average reader with the skills needed to enter equity markets with confidence , let alone challenge the dominance of the predators be they day traders, hedge funds, short sellers and the like. To suggest otherwise is to expose your readers to the risk of further equity losses when the bear returns as you claim it is likely to do at any moment
Dear Martin
I’m a Canadian and I read your newletters every day. Also, I bought your book. I have NO skills whatsoever concerning investing money, but I followed your advice and got rid of nearly all my debts. If I wanted to put a small monitary inheritance outside a Canadian bank, where would I put it?
Sincerely,
Joy
It will be important to know whether the tools you introduce are for decision making purposes or purely indicators that will assist in the selection process.
Whether they can be applied across all types of investments. and their level of reliability.
If they are user friendly and freely accessible.
Common errors to avoid.
Given Currencey strengths and weaknesses should Europeans invest in U.S. and Asian Stock markets or is it better for U.S. citizens to invest abroad.
I have studied technical analysis for many years and am always ready to learn something new and reliable.
Tom
Call Options on: Gold, Silver, Copper, Oil
Put Options on: Declining US Dollar and Dow Jones Industrial Index
When to BUY and SELL them + what are the qualifications to buy the contracts on MARGIN.
I would like to use OPTIONS to leverage a smaller amount of money into some Big gains !!
Sorry — I was out of town yesterday. But I am interested in getting beter in the timing process of buying & selling — Frank
I love your letters because i see the bigger picture and learn more about how the economy works. I´m not worried about the inverse etf´s. Stops can be great but some use them to run the market up or down to their advantage which i guess is one reason for this rally. Longterm i am very bearish for the stockmarket. After all the sun will explode in 5 billion years or so..
Sign me up! As to what would help me to use the tools better…the thing most helpful would be a link to a pdf outline of instructions. First time through stuff is fresh in my mind, but getting back a few days later can be difficult.
would be helpful to have a better understanding of technical analysis
i have good hindsight. certainly need ideas looking forward!
thanks for all you do
What is your opinion of penny stocks?
ITS ABOUT TIME FOR YOU TO LAY OUT TIMING TECHNIQUES TO DD TO YUR JAN OF 2008 STATEMENTS BOUT SELLING OUT..IT WASNT STRONG ENOUGH HOWEVER TO MAKE ANY IMPRESSIONON ANYONE…..
BEING A TECH ANALYSIST FOF 45 YEARS AND HAVING GONE TO CASH IN 1990 2000 AND FALL OF2007 AM CURIOUS TO SEE YOUR APPROACH…
.I HOPE IT INCLUDES MONTHLY STATS USING FIBANNCI NUMBERS IN WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGES
..THEY RE THE MOST ACCURATE FOR THE PAST 100 YEARS
we need to know when to buy and when to sell, We need the proper tools to know the direction of the market,up or down,Joe G.
I would welcome a market timing tool that would do for the small investor what the S&P Oscillator does for the major investment firms that can afford subscriptions to that tool. Your seminar can help level the playing field
The only way anyone can make sure that, by the end of the webinar, one has everything they need to produce the profit potential this volatile market offers, is to understand its successful test results (how and why), the repeatability, and the success probability, and practice with the tool (builds credibility and confidence). The tools need to maximize automation, should be easy to use, and should take no more than an hour per day. (working people are already working 10 to 12 hours per day).
How does one learn to let themselves use the tools in spite of being confounded by emotional reactions? Its not so much a lack of tools as it is the inability to separate business from feelings.
How Could We Be More Successful With Your Investment Tool?
I have been in the training field for over 25 years. If you could offer coaching on a weekly basis based on market conditions that would be helpful for novices who would like to know what to invest in and when to get in and out. Also, some kind of a job aid or quick reference card/guide that we could download would be helpful. You all have the research at your fingertips, but we need specific suggestions as a basis for us to make investment decisions as to what to invest in for short term versus long term. Where’s the $ potential now?
Martin,
Understanding how to properly utilize a trailing stop loss would be of great help.
Frank
In these scarey times, we need step by step what to do financially and the confidence to stay the course.
HOW WILL THE MASSIVE BOND SALES 7 CHRYSLER DECISION,EFFECT INTEREST RATES??
Martin, If the govt stats are off and we are in big trouble what will it take for those who believe we are in recovery to decide to stop throwing money into this market?? What are we looking for some real revelation from the govt who keeps telling us everything is ok?
hi martin thankes for all your advis wish i had mour mony to invest only 20 000 to offer
sory for the speling thank you
Yes, I could use the advise to recover from my loss. carolyn
I would prefer to have a simple buy/sell idea and what to expect to see in the market in the near term.
I think Options would be a better choice for short term with better leverage for the small investor such as myself.
I would hope that you would agree.
Thanks
Don Smith
Is anything being done to remove oil from the speculative market? Thank you.
One of the problems with these timing programs is that too many traders can have an unsettling response in the market for a specific equity/commodity. Therefore, your suggestions could possibly create unhappy outcomes if there are too many traders on one side of a trade.
Keeep up the good work!
more chinese/india recommendations would be welcomed.
One of the most difficult questions to answer is “Is this a dead-cat bounce or a real recovery? In the short term this may be irrelevant, but it adds a level of discomfort to any financial decision one makes. I will be very interested to learn your opinions.
up to the minute advice from someone with a more comprehensive view of the financial world than that of an ancient southern grandmother.
I am looking for help to sell bear market rallies, I know no one can predict this exactly but there is shortly going to be another big drop on the S&P and other indices, my estimate is the S&P may hit about 1000 before the drop starts which I reckon will drop by a fairly big margin, then another bear rally for a while followed by the mother of all capitulation drops after which we will gradually keep creeping higher until we hit another bull market but in my opinion this will be a very slow recovery, I may be totally wrong as Mr Market does his own thing, just wondered what your opinions are on this analysis.
Anxious to hear your ideas. But this irrational market is very confusing. I feel we are between a rock and a hard place. And some are undoubtedly doing things to prop up the market which probably will make any special programs’ outcome hard to predict.
I don’t know. But hopefully, I will know after the online briefing
A little bit of a cliche, but still true, is that ‘timing is everything’. We are (or at least I am) paying you for help in this maddening market. With so much apparent manipulation going on at such a massive scale, timing is paramount! I suggest you cover some of the most critical basics of timing that are most often overlooked. I don’t imagine you’ll be able to cover all the nuances in an hour, so it would be helpful to point us to some trusted online sources for the full story about timing ’secrets’, or post them in additional newsletters. If you have addressed that in prior newsletters (likely), you can just point those of us who are new to your group to those articles. Thanks again.
According to Claus: in April, the personal saving rate in the U.S. surged to 5.7 percent, a 15-year high Couldn´t that also be considered as a strenght and that its not so bad after all (the consumer not only having loans then?)
Some of us, myself included used money market funds to manage our money and in the past that was enough to make money in just about any mutual fund. I pulled my 401k out of mutual funds and into cash, (still in 401K). I was blessed to get mine out when the DOW was at about 12,500. I have read your briefs regularly and watch the news like squak box, but this doesnt give me the tools to know exactly what I should be investing in, what %, commodites, gold, EFT’s. I feel like I am taking stabs in the dark. I don’t want fear to keep me on the side lines. If inflation takes off my money will be worth less and less.
Just the name of the stock,the price, and when to get in and out.
If I knew what I needed, I would be using it now.
Martin,
It would be great to have a service that identifies some stocks that fit the “bill” for the buy and sell timing that is necessary. If you offered this speculative service for even a three month subscription, it would help me to actually “do” the buying and selling with more confidence by gaining experience through your recommendations. I realize some will be winners and some won’t, but it would give me the confidence that you, too, thought the stock might go up, or be time to sell.
Janet
Mr. Weiss
Your advise may be better than most, However, as a people eventually receive what we deserve, unless we work with all haste in the restoration of our constitutional freedoms, well. As John Maynard Keyns warned us. “In the long run we are all dead.” And this is the long run!
Lyle
martin,
i am more than interested to hear what you have to say , the end result
is that i need more info as to what to actually ” DO” to invest and into what!
thank you for all the info that you do post.
KELLY MCDANIEL
Thanks for all the help you are providing. Reading charts’ is one area I need to improve on. Your help in this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again!
Dear Martin W.
I wish all participants well. Perhaps a portion of profit could be used to build a new charity. Contributions for education, and/or social service projects would be commendable.
Thank you!
Fred F.
I’m really a greenhorn when it comes to investments; & I’d love to learn more. I started reading your book. Is there any other simple investment book taht you’d recommend?
As much as I can. I try to attend you web classes/meetings.
Thanks for all the things you do to help us, Leonor
You have been recomendig buying gold for several months. It has not moved much,
Is gold still a good buy,and if so what do you recommend?
IS gold still a buy, and if so what do you recommend??
Timing, timing, timing. Is there a good way to tell when to throw good portion of my IRA to buy TBT? Thanks
Martin,
I am retired and depend on my investments for my income. I’ve tried to follow your advice during the past 2 years but due to market timing the program has been unsuccessful, particularly during the past 6 months. I have not found that any other market advisor has been any more successful in predicting the market moves. I look forward to your proposed market timing advice.
Thanks,
Jack
I have a lot of info about the large banks (Goldman Sachs and others) controlling the price of gold on the market with the U.S. Gov. looking the other way or who knows? maybe they are directing the manipulation.
How long can artificial manipulation of the Gold and silver prices go on before worldwide forces of the total world market push through and take over?
Janet Rainey
This has been going on for many years.
I think Oil is the world currancy and because it is always dollar denominated for transactions as established, that is the fundamental strength behid the basis for the Dollar. Should that ever change, who knows.
I would like to see your evaluation or, a survey of the members, regarding the quality of service for the discount brokerages. If we are going to increase our transactions substantially, we need to lower the cost of each transaction. I would like to know which on line brokerages give the best terms and the best service.
Thanks
Tom
(Not in relation to the above.) Had lunch this weekend in Canada with two savvy multimillionaires (Canadians who follow the market closely) who both expect the market to tank again. I find myself worrying that Claus may feel pressure to sell our inverses and am looking for reassurance this will not occur.
With all the incredible economic changes going on is it really possible to time the markets? Bill Burks
Martin,
Thanks for all you and your associates do! I feel we are edging into a period where we are being misled all over again. Oil prices more than doubling for no fundamental reason. The media is cheerleading and hyping up market sectors and individual stocks.
The trading speculators are back with a vengeance. Oh, by the way, CNBC’s Larry Kudlow along with some other analysts have stated that “THE RECESSION IS OVER.”
I still lack trust in our financial institutions and our government. I value your contrarian perspective because it reflects the way I feel about this economic environment. Yes, I am for any webinar you may provide regarding market timing or any other financial topic.
Please keep me posted. David Maxwell (06.09.09) best sums up how you can best assist your followers in my opinion.
Martin:
& am very pleased with your daily reporting, and everyone on your team is always on target. Am not an active trader yet, but am saving for this, so learning lots from you. My question is: my main monies are in ’segregated funds’ rather than ‘mutuals’. I talked to my advisor about cashing in/moving everything to their money market fund – and was told ‘I would be stupid’ to do that – I would lose to much to make it worthwhile. So, am not sure what the difference is between ’seg’ funds & ‘mutual’ funds – and what you would do in this case? Thx.
I read your book and am interested when it will be time to buy things like the SKF. It has been hovering at 39 – 41 for a while.
How can G.S. continue to climb the way it has?
Shelly
Hello Martin!
I learn from every webinar you hold, and I feel that the more info I have, the better off I will be.
My main interest is in being able to time when to buy dividend producers for the long haul. This most closely fits my need, as I am new to investing, and don’t (comparatively) have a lot of money to work with. I am in process of inheriting several annuities my mom left my sisters and I, and work in a field that doesn’t pay a lot (Substance Abuse Counseling–it truly is a calling, and adversly affected by the economic crisis we are all in right now!) I do get a PERS retirement I inherited from my deceased husband–If it were’nt for that, I’d be up a creek without a paddle!. So timing close to the absolute bottom of the market — which can be different for different types of investments, I understand — and investing in the companies that will survive and give dividends in the future is my plan. Right now, I have 16 shares of Proshares TR Short QQQ (PSQ) , some precious metals in my safe deposit box, and 30 shares of FPL (Florida Power and Light). I’m planning on holding on to the PSQ until the market finally bottoms out, and those shares represent only about 5% of what I plan on investing anyway. I will be investing in some gold and silver ETFs as soon as I get my next chunk of money.
So timing the bottom of the market–to invest in long term investments, is my plan, and where my need is. Thank you for all you are doing to educate and help us.
Lisa Ryan
After the event, it is up to the individual to follow through. At that point there is nothing that you can do.
Yes, I agree that an indicator to predict trend reversals would be extremely useful. Because large volume stocks (over 5 million day) tend to follow the technical rules well, an indicator that also projects near term time and price calculated from basic technicals (for example, ROC, ADM, RSI) would also be a nice touch. Thanks.
YES YES YES
Thank you Martin for fighting for Americans! My husband I are on a fixed incomes due to disabilities and find it VERY hard to find health care coverage. Not only is it very hard to find healthcare coverage but find coverage to cover our medicines we need very badly. Keep the petitions comiing! I’m with you all the way!
Thank you again!
We see that Claus Vogt & M. Weiss are bullish on gold. I would be interested in your opinions of the status of silver in the current scenario.
Thank You,
Al
Martin, it’s a great idea.
However, because of the great volatility in the markets right now caused by the ’scamers’, i.e. hedgies, daytraders, investment bankers, PPT, and other market manipulators, etc., I plan on relying only on long-term indicators.
Nevertheless, I’m open to paper-trade the short term signals to verify their potential.
Hi Dr. Weiss
Thanks a lot for the concern you show for the average investor, with your attempts to educate us. I would suggest that with any tools that you may choose to give us, please post precise instructions on how to use the tools.
Thanks and God Bless.
I can hardly wait.
Thanks
Still confused–but believe you are the voice in this financial wilderness. Any assistance is not only necessary but much appreciated, hope something definite will soon emerge.
I’m interested in day trading FTSE100 stocks
yes. technical rules and basic technicals are now back to play its game, however, fundamentals require lot of “confidence” to bring the Dow back to 9500 points
when the market will need support of “more employment.” U.S. dollar is more
difficult to predict when it will be stable, may be in the winter.
Dear Dr. Weiss,
Ofcourse I am in.
Perhaps dispelling myths like, “if gas goes up, stocks go up” would be helpful. This market is different as we cannot just run to bonds. In fact, I would like some idea where to park our money! Thank you for asking.
i will need knowledge and skill to avail of the tools you have mentioned. Any idea how I might acquire these?
Trial periods to test the system.
I don’t have huge amounts to invest, I didn’t lose too much because I got out when you said things were going downhill, and I have sound pensions. So, new strategies are obviously called for now that the rules of the game have changed. I am reluctant to take many chances at my age , so please remember the people who are under the same umbrella as I am. Many thanks.
I will assume you will be talking about timing ETFs and similar products.
You and your staff have been absolutely astounding in pointing out
various market trends, but I can’t see you delving into the timing of
individual stocks.
Yale
I would like to know more about how the EFT’s work.
MARTIN, should we be using tools such as ..WIP, TBT..now, at this time in the market??
I’ve seen the market go up since March. I’ve been too uncertain to do anything in the Market. I know there are places to put money. But I have very little to work with. As much as possible I want to know what to do to help my situation.
What is your advice?
Short of sending me a nice chunk of money to invest there is not much YOU can do. At that point, the ball is in MY court. I need to be ready to make the necessary moves, my funds should be readily available and I should be alert. You have already educated me and your other readers on relatively safe havens for our money. If we have not followed your instructions, we won’t be ready.
YOUR QUESTION HOW WILL WE KNOW…
THE ANSWER–WHEN YOUR SUBSCIBERS HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS. FOR YOU.
Martin,
Please give us all the help possible. So many of us need the tools to make the a difference in this market.
Thanks for the help.
Lowell
What will I need from the “tool box” video? Specifics as to how to apply the information you will be sending….nothing beats a “complete picture” and the “how to’s” without too much assumption as to the “level” of the receiver of this information. Not all of us are well versed in the lingo and application of stock investing. thank you again! I’m excited about the video! Peg
Martin,
My answer is perhaps. Having moved my remaining retirement nest egg to short term treasuries. I am like the “deer in the headlights” or the “man in a minefield” afraid to move.
I had my retirement investments in highly diversified five star mutual funds which collapsed like a house of cards. I no longer trust stocks; I am afraid of bonds and don’t want to invest in anything that requires constant watching. I don’t want to get up in the early morning hours and check on Bulgarian currency. I know that scared money never wins, but since I no longer work this will be the last roll of the dice for me.
Thank you for yoiur advise on the safety of short term treasuries.
Thanks, Martin!
Yes, yes and YES!
Only God knows, daily, hourly, and moment by moment.
I’m not Him, neither are you – but He shares His secrets with the humble, and obedient.
I’m praying for you to be led by His Spirit – not even by your past research and experience.
After all, the Supreme Commander is available!
Blessings,
Raylyn T
Dear Martin, I am a poker player. I need to know my odds of hitting a hand . In order to use a technical tool in timing a stock move, I need to have the same info. so as to have the confidence to use it. i.e.: This indicator, flashing this sell signal, has a 78% of being accurate. Thanks, Grant
Dear Martin:
The email just before me almost mirrors our situation except we have been in short term
treasuries for fifteen years almost exclusively with the exception of real estate (the
house we live in plus vacant land bought for pennies on the dollar in Lakeview (a
great neighborhood in New Orleans that is coming back strong. This is long term as
all of our grandchildren are there. My daughter rebuilt after Katrina and we hope
to go back soon, with my son building as well.
We subscribed to The Million-Dollar Portfolio and are paid up for all the years, however
we have not even opened a brokerage account to follow what you’re doing.
I met your Dad many years ago in New Orleans twice at investment conferences.
He was such a great man, who would give personal attention freely.
I’ve always used your safety ratings and so far can say we’ve lost nothing.
However we would like to take advantage of comebacks that are solid as a rock,if we can only learn how.
Lois
I am a big believer in using Stop Loss orders as a key risk management tool. However, I seem to either set the SL to tight and get “stopped” out just at the point of a turn for the better, or too loose and end up giving back my hard earned profits. I have tried using resent resistance levels, a percentage amount (e.g. 5, 7-8, 10, etc.) of the buy point or current high, fibonacci retrance points, etc. and still do not feel I have it right. Could you give us some words of wisdom for what works best (it is being to appear to me that the answer may be different for the various investing time frames)?
I have been learning much from the e-letters etc. and I really like the idea of a managed account. Is there anyway you could combine multiple clients’ funds to have the minimum met for a managed account? I am a small investor and the numbers are just to large to manage at this point in time. To put a small amount in the account would be more workable. Eventually, I want be able to have my own managed account! I was thrilled to see that you were offering this vehicle, but the minimum to too large. Also, to be able to work with a solid investment group would be a plus. Thanks for all the info and time.
Martin
I truly appreciate your effort to educate all of us.
My question is do you think the downturn will still be deflation or do you think with the Feds printing all this money we will have inflation and our dollar will be worth nothing?
Thanks Rich James
Best thing for me to see before actually using the tool with real transactions is to try it for a few weeks free with paper trades to see evidence of it’s worth. If you are offering this tool as a service, I would like to see you provide a money-back guarantee as well. Thanks.
I am an FX Options trader and I wonder if this would also work with options…I know this depends on different fundementals but will it work for these as well?
Martin:
Your response to our need for better timing goes to prove the saying that “‘old dogs’ can learn new tricks”. I’ve followed your predictions for years and generally lost money by jumping right on your recommendations when you made them. It took me a long time to realize that your forsight was much better than your timing. I appreciate your new approch and hope it works better for us this time. I’m still with you, because you have a near perfect record in predicting the economy’s direction. What you say today will eventually come to pass. The only prophetic publication I know of for better accuracy than Money and Markets is the Holy Bible!
Don Davis
My wife and I are leaving Friday to visit our son’s family in Cheyenne, Wyo, where he is stationed in the Air Force. Lord willing, we plan to fly home (North Little Rock, Arkansas) on Tuesday, June 16.
With that in mind, we hope that we will be able to view and keep a hardcopy of the broadcast, or a transcript of it, when we return home.
Really looking forward to seeing this.
Steve Collins
s.collins3@comcast.net
Hi Martin,
I have just moved to Ecuador with an online trading account in Panama. I cannot wait to see the timing method. Keep up the great work.
Peter
thanks for establishing road maps for trading where opportunities can be taken on
for trade to become profits rather than suffer a losses. Keep up good work for informing traders like me cheers, aw
I would be more active to trade the stock if you could tell us the entry and exit point.
Thank you
cc
Need more stops and sell recommendations from you. It seems too many options are allowed to expire worthless, when you could have at least saved us 50% of the premium. You never recommend stops or stop limits for options. Also, some of your Inner Circle buy recos are way too late to execute. Your Inner Circle emails recommend lots of buys, but they don’t recommend when it’s time to sell those buys. This makes life more complicated for me, instead of easier. My hope in springing for the Inner Circle service was that it would allow me to manage my investments better in less time. Instead it requires more of my time, as I have to monitor all of your services. Also, I am very interested in silver. You guys have pretty much ignored it as it has quintupled in the last few years. And meanwhile, silver stocks jumped 1500%.
Thanks for your info and keeping us informed. Hard to trust anyone to be honest and having integrity these days about finances. Guess the love of $$ is the root of all evil. If we live 1st unto God then we can have a good conscience about $$$, thanks jean
How can you determine which ETF is the best to give you the greatest gain – say within 60 days or less in the short term?
Timing is the difference between losing and winning in the investment world. Anything that can help sharpen it is well worth the time.
Needed is a system to accuratley predict the direction of trades in a timely manner.
Hi, I written to you before, never recieved a response, I own skf at a much higher price than it is now, do you think it will eventually go higher? I know you think were in a bear market, but what about the banks? Please write me back…thank you Lynn
YES… I have been following your postings and emails for several months and began trading today so I would love to get additional insight from you and your team.
Thanks,
AW- Georgia
HI Martin; Its very simple really. All you have do do is give us specific stock identifications and when to buy them and when to se3ell them. The quantities are depedent on each invedstors finanaces and ridk tolerace. Some guidelines for a 50K or 500K portfolio would be helpful…..Newton
Its hard getting to the bottom of this pile ,but some of the comments are eye opening. Martin, I would like to listen to your advice ,and get a handle on this new system. I am learning to trade right now,but my capital is small, its not easy making a buck in these times. I HAVE TO LEARN THE CONTRARIAN skills…that I dont know yet,so I am BULL right now.Here’s to learning more from you….alvarene
I have several thousand $ in U. S. I-bonds that I could cash in NOW or any time in the next 20 years. I’m thinkihg about buying some more gold with at least part of their value.
Since their value increases by the amount of inflation, I know they’re different from regular long term bonds.
Any comments you would care to make would be much appreciated
Dear Martin,
Thanks for a great offer from a unique site that cuts through all the spin, confusion and blows away the fog that surrounds pronouncements of experts, pundits and governments alike. I have a couple of questions:
1. The tool that you propose, will it be an indicator that one could apply to say, Metastock?
2. I live in Australia, where the market is not as `sophisticated` as in the US (some might say, thanks goodness), for example, we don`t have reverse ETF`s.
I guess, the above comments would apply to those who live outside US and don`t invest in Wall Street.
Cheers,
Mirek
dear martin,
you are of sorts my inheritance from my father when he passed away. he was a faithful subscriber and profitted greatly from your input. when he passed a year and a half ago, my sister and i subscribed to your safe money report because we sorely missed our info “briefings” with dad, but also, and more importantly, we were afraid that the times he had predicted would come were closing in upon us. neither of us is investor saavy, or for that much, have any great financial assest to work with. i suppose we are true rookies.
what would be helpful for me would be the ability to talk with someone about my particular circumstances and to get some guided hand holding as we get into the market. all my husband and i have is an annuity with TIAA that is increasing 4%/yr. dad predicted that when the govt would run out of money, they would go where the cash is and raid the retirement accounts of folks like me. i am too novice to begin the withdrawals as once they begin, they continue over time until all the funds are out. not knowing what to do with them, or better, how to do what you suggest, i remain inactive reading your reports and feeling helpless. with no other real retirement to speak of, my risk tolerance is pretty low as well.
i would benefit from a service where the broker was paid out of the profits and where i could be assured he would invest and trade only on your advice and recomendations.
Martin
I would be very helpful to know exactly what amount (percentage) of my total savings should be put into each of these various “timely” investments if i were a …
1.Conservative investor ?
2.Moderate risk investor ?
3.High risk investor ?
Furthermore, when exactly should I buy and sell these investments?
Thank you.
Michael
Yes, I need timing tips / methodology. But I also need to know WHICH security to buy/sell. I assume you’ll give me a handle on that. ALSO, besides long-term investments (yours tend to be that), I need some SHORT-term investment advice, like for bear-market rallies. It pains me to do nothing during a three-month rally of 40%. I could have made 40% gains. SO… please give us long- AND short-term strategies and buy/sell timing signals/methods. Thanks!
Friend Martin: ‘nough said!
Harry
In one of your blogs or emails you mentioned something about “Low quality companies with weak balance sheets with the strongest rallies”…I believe it was mentioned as something to avoid. However it seems they would make perfect targets for shorting or for buying PUT options on.
How do we find such companies and is there a reason to avoid them as PUT options candidates?
Thanks,
Shyni
Dear Martin:
You know I have been a follower of your newsletters for several years now, and I always find your insights “bang on the money”.
Please continue to count me in on your information sessions.
Your insight is invaluable to small senior investors trying to preserve capital in these tough times.
Best regards,
George Scott
You give complete instructions on buy and sell its true: BUT The only way they can be used is if I were talking to a broker on the phone ( those guys are expensive) . How about giving some instructions for buying and selling on line such as at Scottrade .
you cant tell a computer only sell my full buy order is filled etc. How about go to and find so and so and then click this and then go to another place and click this etc.
Also some of us are getting pretty old ( I think I have taken several of your letters for about 20 years or more ) and now I would like some eaiser ways to make some money ( after my gold days back in the 7o’s and later my options days etc.) I was happy for the last few years with some CD’s and T-Bills and ( since the early 2000’s some more gold etf’s and funds of some mines ). The good thing is they were easy and I didnt have to keep a close watch on them But for what you get from T-Bills or CD’s
now one might as well stuff a matress with ones money . But I need to make money with my money ( I want to leave my capital to my kids so they will have a cushion in their old age ) But I need the income from the capital for me But at 72 I need some thing easy … But what ?? Please suggest for those of us with not much energy left for
the strenuous job of jumping in and out of investments something that pays better then t-bills.
Thanks for this Blog and the ability to tell you our needs. And for all the advise over the years.
LIla Olson
Delilah said at 06.09.09/3:19 PM-”If you REALLY want to know what’s going on with the country and economy, look up, “The Bilderberg Group.” NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS about them and their agenda. This economic crisis is NOT an accident.”
So true…..
Geither, Paulson, Cheney, etc are ALL responsible for the current economic crisis. I knew NOTHING about investing in 2000. I watched my portfolio sink during the tech crash. My advisor told me to hold on. I listened to him the first time. The second time I was having problems getting him to give me annual/quarterly statements, he sent false monthly statements and lied about several other things. The fist think I did was have him sell ALL the proprietary stock he generously purchased for my account. I sold EVERYTHING else except a gas stock which HE advised me to get rid of. I DIDN’T. Thank Goodness I stopped listening to him, sold only the mutual funds and junk bonds he had me in.
It was solely because of Martin and Co. If we had stayed in we would have lost thousands of dollars.
I think its going to get worse before it gets better. Get some gold. GLD is one Martin pushes. Also, get into 3 month T-bills and get some cash out to stick under your mattress. The crap is nearing the fan with the crash of commercial loan mortgages. Don’t be dumb and try to sell after the fact. Its much better to keep your principle than it is to lose ANYTHING through your broker. Bank savings accounts SUCK so you might as well have some of the cash in YOUR hands. At least you won’t pay taxes on the abysmal rates.
we’re in our late 70’s have lost most of our retirement, we both still work part time, now what do we do with the small amounts of money we have left to save?
NEW MONOCLE 2.
It was the easiest ETF momentum and buy/sell signal generator plan I used with a friend, sucessfully for several years, until getting ownership legally screwed up and the software support never kept up with Windows. It was always an obvious “port” from a DOS-type ugly interface rather than using standard windows-type dialogue boxes, etc…and unfortunately their business-model required a proprietary daily download source for market data by subscription.
A similar program accessing FREE Yahoo/financial market daily data online would be awesome – or use an online JAVA interface so all updates to the software are instant and you can sell a monthly subscription to the access…
We need to rank funds and ETF’s…and stocks…using Alpha, look for positive Beta, screen for a few other easy parameters and compare their candle/RSI#/deviance from Bollinger’s, and you have a HIT.
That would let a guy easily move only a few funds from any losing momentum to those starting a climb, and only need to look for 5 minutes at the end of each day and enter an order for the following morning. Easy. Works. Takers?
having your info at the right time would be of help!
Martin, I just couldn’t get in to your timing webinar. My imac said it hadn’t started yet; then it said it was over. Could you please “renar” it before the date you published in your follow up email? THANK YOU.
My problem is, my computer is still on Dial Up and is too slow to pickup your videos. Early
on, after a video you sent out a printable version which I was able to read. You haven’t
done this lately.
Martin, I’ve just read your blogs and I feel lost! Please don’t forget the small investor, with limited resourses, we are depending on you. Thank you for all your help and your book.
Frank
I have a large amount invested in mutual funds with AIG which the Government mostly owns. Is it time to take my money out of AIG? I am also concerned that the US Government will belly-up. What should I do?
Martin, EXcellent session this noon with Claus. Very sound reasoning
by both of you. As one of the pioneers in technical reasearch, I am
looking forward to your recommendations on technical tools. Have you
ever looked at Tom DeMark’s technical work? I hired Tom out of college
many years ago to computerize the technical work I developed as an
institutional money manager. He has been very successful working with
many of the top traders on the street, speaks internationally and I
believe has a service that he offers. available through his web site.
I also like the Worden technical service. Keep up the good work.
William R. Johnson
Dr. Weiss: as a college professor I am maximizing my contribution in the school’s 401K plan (school matches 6.5% of annual salary) and 90% of my savings are there (TIAA-CREF). I do not feel comfortable withdrawing money from the 401K to invest it myself, even though last year I lost about $40,000 with the meltdown. By the end of this summer I will have about $20,000 extra that I could use for investing myself and would appreciate your advice. I considered your contrarian portfolio but didn’t think I had enough money to participate in the program. One last comment, I am 66, have no experience with investment vehicles but am willing to take some risks. Thank you!
Remind you to create A TEXT MESSAGE EVERYTIME YOU MAKE A TELECAST..
Martin, I have the same problem as a previous gentleman,in that i’m also still on dial up,which i ahve been unable to do anything about up to this point,and would also really appreciate a printable version,as you have done in the past. Even a version picking up on the highlights would be a help. You are to be commended for all the good work you do in helping people to try and navigate all the madness in markets .
Would really appreciate anything you could do about printable version!
I’ve always been, but am not now, a buy and hold investor. I agree with another of your respondents, buy and hold in this environment is not smart. As with others of your subscribers, I intend to rely on your recommendations to the Million Dollar Club. I am looking at your recommendations as a hedge to offset losses elsewhere, and perhaps do a little better and make some money. But my main concern now is preservation of overall asset value until you recommend going long again, that is, when employment starts up. Just keep giving us the true story on what these macroeconomic numbers really mean, so we can avoid the spin that CNBC, Fox and Bloomberg put on these same numbers. This is your “stock in trade”, as far as I’m concerned.
Yes, I’m in.
I would need to know of where to get an extensive list of rated ETFs so I could refer to it when it is time to trade if you are talking about strictly timing the market. Other ways to trade for the short term other than shorts, futures, or options. Also determine which ETF is the best for profit if you plan to do more than offer a timing device. Many thanks for your always being concerned for the individual investor and doing everything you can for our protection and betterment financially.
Martin am I ever looking forward to this. Really need your help.
Thank you,thank you!
Yes, Count me in, as well.
What next?
How do the market traders do it? What do they use? What are the different types of tools available? After you get the tools which stocks do you use them with or how do you pick the proper stock or index. How long does it take to use the tools?
How much time will be needed? I have a full time job [ lucky me ] ;however, I have a sick spouse that needs attention also.
Thanking you in advance for your valuable input.
Are there any stocks stable enough to hold for the next few years and be long term investments.
Martin
Thank you for all your support in these tiring times. I’m a new member to Safe Money report and I’ve purchased your book the Ultimate Depression Survival Guide. I’m ready to get started but I’ve been able to find any reliable information on selecting a broker. I’ve access the Martin Weiss web site but the information for Selecting a Broker, under the Education tab, appears to be blocked. I’ve email tech support but have not received a reply. I’m eager to get started and have approx. 40,000 to invest. Any help you can provide is appreciated
ThanK You again
Hi Martin:
I watched you on Larry Kudlow’s show Wednesday and caught part of your segment last night on CNBC’s Dennis Kneale show.
1. Do you know that CNBC did Not post the Video of your appearence with CNBC’s Dennis Kneale. I wanted to see the Video again and in full.They usually Post Every Video. Did the Treasury and the Fed have that story pulled???
Since I missed the beginning of that segment… can you please explain what that segment was about and outline the Risks to the System that you were talking about? Why is that Texas Firm (Name?) in trouble and how does that affect the rest of the system? Can you post a link and/or the complete title of that 1994 Report you held up on the Show? I would like to read it.
2. On Larry’s show you said “JP Morgan is Ground Zero for Interest Rate Derivatives”. Can you explain these in more detail and why you think these will “blow up” on JP Morgan? Don’t you think they are managing these with great care to prevent a “blow up”?
If this may be the next shoe to drop, I would like to fully understand these 2 issues you discussed on CNBC and figure out a way to take advantage of the situations.
Thank you in advance for replying to my questions.
Redards,
Joe S.
P.S. I am a memeber of the Contrarian Portfolio.
please be as specific and detailed as possible for novice investors like myself.
thank you very much. joan laue
Yes, I would like to see a discussion of market, investment timing.
Nolan
Can perservation of capital and income (dividends) be a reality with this kind of investment strategy? What good is capital gains without income. At least it offers a reward you can use either to reinvest or to help with the monthly bills.
Thanks,
Jim
Martin,
timing is everything in the market ,,anything you can do to advise us will help long and short moves,,,,,I’ll be there
Thanks
JRS
I would like for someone in the Weiss Financial family to review how my accounts are allocated with my Vanguard Brokerage account. I think I am trying to follow the advice of too many Weiss partners and should just stick with one advisor. Let me know if this do-able………….cm
Yes, I would be interested in knowing more about how to properly control my finances and my savings and to create wealth. I am only beginning to do this, and this does sound like a great opportunity.
Dear Martin,
I am totally convinced that my stock trading account is being looked at and being made an example of by the pudits of Wall Street and our beloved Federal Government. I made some moves today in what looked like a bullish day on the market. I sold some of my Inverse ETFs and wham! it turned the market instantly Those ETFs were losing money fast after a gain yesterday. The market has been doing this alternating days and doing nothing. Once I sold they did a complete reversal. Now in less than an hour they not only recovered what they lost this morning but went into another gain today. So I loose again. I think this markety is being so munipulated it is freightening. This is TERRORISM!
Steven Hougland
Steven Hougland
Mr. Weiss, you have been right on everything so far and I am sure you will continue to be right. Thank you for any help in this crazy market. I will try to learn as much from you as I can. I am green to the market and I have a lot to learn like every one else.
I got away from Morgan Stanley because they didn’t want to go the way you wanted to go. God Bless you for what you are doing for so many. Thank You Milbert Oster
I enjoy your book and informational articles. I am also wondering how do I give my broker an intelligent answer when he asks me ” why do you want to make a purchase like that” when I am not totaly sure myself. Thank you – Jerry Thayer
Hi Martin,
Thanks for the invite to the timing webcast. It definitely something that is needed to improve performance in the stock market. I’m hoping to catch some of the seminar, but am obligated elsewhere for that time slot. Will there be a time to view a replay?
Many thanks,
Marc
Loved the presentation but feel woefully inadequate
Your suggestions have to be presented at a very basic level. I have
13 years of post high school education, and understand I am in trouble but
there is so much conflicting info out there that I need a simple road map
Thank you for your professionalism
Roger