When it comes to quantitative easing, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is playing AA minor league ball at best. If he ever wants to make the big leagues, he needs to take batting practice with Japan’s new central bank governor, Haruhiko Kuroda. In addition to the “usual” quantitative easing actions of buying government bonds, the Bank of...Read More
Charles Sizemore, CFA, talks with Jeff Reeves of InvestorPlace.com about auto stocks and whether GM ($GM), Ford ($F) and Daimler (DDAIF) have anything to offer in 2013. Daimler is Charles Sizemore’s pick in InvestorPlace’s Best Stocks of 2013 contest. Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA, is chief investment officer of the investment firm Sizemore Capital Management and the...Read More
Watch me give my thoughts on investing in the rise of the Echo Boomer generation on Fox Business: Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA, is chief investment officer of the investment firm Sizemore Capital Management and the author of the Sizemore Insights blog.Read More
Auto stocks have had a nice run over the past month, the present Cyprus jitters notwithstanding. Before the recent sell-off, most global automakers were up 5-8% for the month, with two notable exceptions: German automakers Daimler AG (Pink: DDAIF) and Volkswagen AG (Pink:VLKAY). And though it’s not included in the stock chart, rival German luxury automaker...Read More
If Silvio Berlusconi couldn’t set off a Eurozone crisis, then there is little chance that Cyprus will. Is this reasoning a little on the simplistic side? Yes. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t completely true. For anyone not up to speed on the matter, Cyprus is days away from national bankruptcy and systematic bank failure unless...Read More
