Foreigners cut Treasury stakes; Rates could rise. This was the article in Yahoo Finance from February 16 based on a press release from the US Treasury that lead me to dive a little more into the foreign holding of US treasury securities. This article shows the historic graphs and my findings, like the chart below.
 

      Foreign holding of US Treasury Securities 2008 - 2009

The Stock Trend Investing system indicates after the closing of January to sell your investments in the Japananese Nikkei now. The trend and pattern in the Nikkei index during the last half year tells the system that a prolongend down-turn in the Nikkei index is the most likely scenario for the coming 3 to 6 months. This has nothing to do with Toyota recalling a few cars.

See below the Nikkei 225 trend investing history chart. Contact us if you have any questions on this chart.

You can ask yourself if you are using the right stock market investing strategy when corrections like the current one do worry you. Corrections Happen. You can't avoid them. You do not know if or when they happen. So how do you deal with it?

It would be great if you can predict exactly when corrections will happen. Maybe some people can do this. But remember that predicting the future is very difficult and those who attempt so would in any case always need to follow the markets on a daily basis very closely and to be able and willing to act quickly. Trying to pre-empt corrections, also means taking the risk of additional trading costs and maybe missed gains if the markets do now behave as you has seen in your crystal ball.  

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What alternatives do you have for beating the low interest rate you get from your bank on your savings account? Let’s start looking at what you actually get now. Do you know what the interest rate is that you are getting on your savings account in 2010? Have you checked? If not, do that now.

My bank has lowered the interest rate I am getting on my savings account in 2010. I am now getting only a miserable 2.5%. For a Stock Trend Investor, that is not enough. For nobody, that should be enough. What are the alternatives?

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