There was an article on hedge funds, which suggested to keep five to ten percent of your portfolio in investments that don't move with the market. Pakistan is one of their recommendations for bonds as their bonds that mature in five years are yielding 12.3%, 11 percentage points more than the US. The same article sited the best no load mutual fund as PREMX with its portfolio including Ukraine, Venezuela and the Philippines. It yields 5.5%.
Another hedge fund suggested is UGA, which is gasoline futures, stating that as the price goes up at the pump, you can at least know your investments are happy. However, another article I read today online said that people are driving cars less in the US these days, and consistently have been undershooting government predictions. The driving decrease is partly from our aging population, the unemployment, and the younger generation either being green (biking or public transportation) or living somewhere that they don't need to drive often.
Another article was on eight low price, highly speculative, but promising stocks. The two that sounded the most interesting to me were CERS, which cleans platelets and plasma and later blood cells and CRY, which has a bioglue and a product to control bleeding during surgery.
I liked the sound of the Eventide Gilead fund, as it chooses companies that align with Christian principles, and has earned 17.5% annualized, and beating the average midsize fund by 8 percentage points a year.
Recommendation for how to spot an upcoming superfund- promising manager with five years of solid track record, a sound strategy and a willingness to close the fund if assets get too big.
Those were the things that stuck out to me in the magazine for the month.
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