This Week on Stockhouse October 1 to 5
October 5, 2007 by Douglas A. McIntyreThis week we proudly launched the new Stockhouse beta (http://beta.stockhouse.com/). We’re very proud of the new site with its new rating and ranking tools, improvements for networking and expanded charting capabilities, among other elements. We want everyone to take some time to look around, play with the new features, and give us suggestions or questions using our feedback form (http://beta.stockhouse.com
Publisher and Executive Editor Darin Diehl announced the launch in his regular Publisher’s Notebook (http://beta.stockhouse.com
The news flow from the community continued to address a wide range of important issues.
In a continuing series about how statistics can be used to manipulate a message to the public markets, littleguy123 wrote about the consumer confidence number (http://beta.stockhouse.com
While Sigurd profiled a silver company (http://beta.stockhouse.com
Many investors looking to cash in on the booming China economy have put funds into Chinese markets, but Gabrielgray warned his fellow users to move cautiously (http://beta.stockhouse.com
While interest in zinc (http://beta.stockhouse.com
What does a high Canadian dollar mean for investors in Canada? Stacey Laliberte suggested that U.S. stocks are looking cheap (http://beta.stockhouse.com
And from our regular columnists…
Danny Deadlock also looked at silver this week, profiling a company with a large land position (http://beta.stockhouse.com
The credit crisis is driving consumer price inflation, and will be the main driver of higher gold prices (http://beta.stockhouse.com
Greg McCoach agreed, saying all signs signal that gold is a buy (http://beta.stockhouse.com
Steven Saville concurred, although he focussed on the commitment of trade (http://beta.stockhouse.com
Sticking with gold and silver, Institutional Research Partners interviewed CEO Richard Hamelin of a gold and silver exploration company (http://beta.stockhouse.com
Using a deflated energy play, Don Rodgers cautioned readers against guessing they know where market sentiment (http://beta.stockhouse.com
Septos Capital Management’s Jay Matulich said that the markets are in for a rocky ride (http://beta.stockhouse.com
In the latest salvo in a series trumpeting warnings about a coming fiscal crisis, the Casey Files warned investors against thinking like the Wall Street crowd (http://beta.stockhouse.com
Wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to take off your shoes every time you took the kids to Disneyland or flew to your best client’s office for meetings? Totally Technology writers Leon Hamerling and J. Paul found an Israeli company with Homeland Security connections and a technology that could eliminate at least one headache of air travel (http://beta.stockhouse.com
If you read last week’s report on why to write your will, you’ll want to read about how to set up trusts (http://beta.stockhouse.com
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