Airline Stocks: Short Term Investment Opportunities

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.Adam Hewison, charting strategist of INO.TV, brings you another edition of his invaluable service of daily technical updates on the ups and downs of various markets. This short analysis is a great tool for keeping one’s finger on the pulse and timing the markets.

"Failure does not equate to a crime,” said Kenneth Lay, the chief executive of Enron, as he proclaimed his innocence in the 2001 collapse of the company. With investors and the economy reeling from the financial crisis, there is much public clamoring for an Enron-like crackdown, complete with executives in handcuffs being paraded before the cameras.  (A federal jury convicted Lay of fraud and conspiracy charges, but he died before he was sentenced.)

By Robert Kessler: US interest rates are likely to rise over the next year and that should limit performance of high credit quality bonds as well as municipal bonds. With the European debt crisis coming back to haunt us occasionally and the Federal Reserve still committed to their bond buy back program until the end of June, Treasury yields may be stuck in a range over the short run.

By Shmulik Karpf:On November 30th, I initiated a Buy-Long recommendation on Charming Shoppes, Inc. (CHRS) in my article- 2 Potentially Profitable Turnaround Plays. We entered the trade at a price of $3.6 for a share of CHRS.

By Brian Nichols:During this time of economic worry, investor's are selling in fear of another recession. Many of the greatest corporations have lost a large portion of value recently. Rather than selling all shares, investors should change their strategy until the future becomes clearer. Stocks that have performed fairly consistently over the last five years should be considered while there is so much uncertainty.

James Cordier submits:As I watched stocks collapse to new 2010 lows last week, I was amused to observe all of the TV “analysts” from daytime fund managers to nighttime TV stars talk about which stocks are at good “value” levels now and where you should be buying. Buy low and sell high. It all seems so 1990’s in today’s investment environment. Buy low and sell high only works if asset values are moving up.

Ira Stoll submits: Bloomberg News has an article about investors annoyed that hedge funds wouldn't let them withdraw their money in the downturn. "Hedge-fund firms including D.E. Shaw & Co.

Mobius Says Derivatives, Stimulus to Spark New Crisis A new financial crisis will develop from the failure to effectively regulate derivatives and the extra global liquidity from stimulus spending, Templeton Asset Management Ltd.’s Mark Mobius said.