The last full week of July was the week that investors decided that markets had gone far enough. Major world exchanges sold off amid worries about record-high oil prices, the implications of a slumping U.S. housing market, and the overbought conditions of many exchanges.
StockHouse members found plenty to discuss after a junior gold miner unveiled news of a new gold discovery in Mexico. For a fast rundown of that discussion, and other popular subjects on StockHouse for the week, check out the Top Five (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
The newest StockHouse feature, the BullBoards Roundup by Robert Arber (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
The parabolic rise in uranium prices has sparked intense interest in all aspects of the radioactive fuel. This week reporter Sean Mason looked at how posters on the Energy Fuels (TSX: TEFR) board reacted to the company’s decision to locate a proposed uranium mill (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
For a brief moment this week, it looked as though Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares were going to become reacquainted with gravity. With connection rates for its iPhone below expectations, would Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: T.RIM), the maker of the BlackBerry portable email device, make headway in the market? Opinion was divided (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
From the columnists this week:
Danny Deadlock revisited content management and data mining software maker Nstein (TSX: V.EIN), highlighting news that it had signed a contract with Canoe.ca (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
Investors should be worried about the amount of investment in U.S. Treasuries by China’s government, but can hedge (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
The U.S. dollar veered dangerously close to the 80-cent level before trading higher. Donald Dony examined the prospects for a 70-something cent dollar (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
After the beating suffered by so many securities, there are going to be bargains in many sectors, and just in time for investors to find them, Micro-cap Spotlight authors Institutional Research Partners listed their favourite Internet research sites (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
Are there troubles ahead for Intermune’s (NASDAQ: ITMN) experimental hepatitis C therapy? Even so (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
This week’s Wizard, Jay Matulich, warned that the bull market was getting on in years, but held out the prospect that there could be another rally (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
Mark McNair, the Securities Sleuth, noted that the board of water filtration company Pall Corp (NYSE: PLL) had begun an investigation (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
While some investors were breaking out the champagne and cigars as the Dow topped 14,000 last week, others were setting stop losses and taking other measures to preserve their investment capitol (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
He’s no guru, but John J. De Goey argued for a little peace, love and understanding in the financial advice community. (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn
And Financially Fit argued that investing in a Roth IRA is a good investment in your retirement. (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn
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