http://www.whitecapreport.com White Cap Report Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:08:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Japanese Small-Caps Hold Big Rewards For Contrarian Investors by Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research Monday, March 8, 2010 Mention Japan to any global money manager and he or she will probably react with a frustrated look and a weary sigh. That’s because too many investors have lost fortunes trying to call ... http://www.whitecapreport.com/archives/japanese-small-caps-hold-big-rewards-for-contrarian-investors/ Why It’s “Mayday” For the Euro… And What You Should Do by Alexander Green, Chief Investment Strategist Monday, March 8, 2010: Issue #1211 I’ve often said that it’s not possible to predict stock markets, commodity markets, bond markets or currency markets consistently and accurately. But there is an exception: when both valuations ... http://www.whitecapreport.com/archives/why-it%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cmayday%e2%80%9d-for-the-euro%e2%80%a6-and-what-you-should-do/ My Big Fat Greek Deficit Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research Saturday, March 6, 2010 Wall Street seems obsessed with pigs these days. PIIGS, that is – Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain – the smaller economies in Europe. Many people worry whether these countries can honor their sovereign debt because of high, already-existing ... http://www.whitecapreport.com/archives/my-big-fat-greek-deficit/ How to Profit From Health Care Reform… in China by Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research Friday, March 5, 2010 It’s safe to say that the financial media is obsessed with four subjects these days: Economic stimulus, healthcare reform, Greece and China. And let’s face it: After the eighth, seventeenth or twenty-fifth ... http://www.whitecapreport.com/archives/how-to-profit-from-health-care-reform%e2%80%a6-in-china/ 50 States… A $300 Billion Black Hole… And 10 Years “Lost” by Martin Denholm, Senior Editor Friday, March 5, 2010 A “lost decade” of “permanent retrenchment.” Quoted on Stateline.org, that’s how economist Raymond Scheppach, head of the National Governors Association for the past 26 years, sums up the “State of U.S. States.” He argues ... http://www.whitecapreport.com/archives/50-states%e2%80%a6-a-300-billion-black-hole%e2%80%a6-and-10-years-%e2%80%9clost%e2%80%9d/ Biofuels: Don’t Let This Alternative Energy “Greendoggle” Fool You by Dave Fessler, Energy and Infrastructure Expert Friday, March 5, 2010: Issue #1210 As the old sixteenth-century saying goes, “You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear.” Translation: Sometimes, you can dress something up as much as you want, but ... http://www.whitecapreport.com/archives/biofuels-don%e2%80%99t-let-this-alternative-energy-%e2%80%9cgreendoggle%e2%80%9d-fool-you/ I’m Formally Declaring a Fiscal State of Emergency… by Robert Williams, Publisher Thursday, March 4, 2010: Issue #1209 “Three years of record tax increases coupled with an economy on the mend have lifted the financial fortunes of all but six states.” That’s an excerpt from an Associated Press article that ran on ... http://www.whitecapreport.com/archives/i%e2%80%99m-formally-declaring-a-fiscal-state-of-emergency%e2%80%a6/ Google’s Failure in China… Revisited Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research Thursday, March 4, 2010 Back on January 28, I wrote an article about Google’s big failure in China. I detailed exactly why the giant tech corporation fell so hard over there even while doing so well in the Western world. My analysis ... http://www.whitecapreport.com/archives/google%e2%80%99s-failure-in-china%e2%80%a6-revisited/ Jim Chanos Is Wrong About Investing in China Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research Wednesday, March 3, 2010 The China bulls and bears have been going at it lately. The bears argue that the country is creating a nasty bubble, especially in its infrastructure and real estate markets. Famous short seller Jim Chanos ... http://www.whitecapreport.com/archives/jim-chanos-is-wrong-about-investing-in-china/ The Best Kind of Healthcare Reform You Can Get by Marc Lichtenfeld, Healthcare Expert Wednesday, March 3, 2010: Issue #1208 Last weekend, I was in Costco when I noticed what represented two Americas: America #1: As I was in line at the checkout, I thought I recognized someone from a television ... http://www.whitecapreport.com/archives/the-best-kind-of-healthcare-reform-you-can-get/