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Most financial professionals agree that precious metals should make up around 10% of your portfolio.  The question then comes up as to which form should it take.  You could invest in a pool account, or buy physical metals but keep it with the entity you bought it from, or buy into an ETF, or buy and take physical position of it, or even buy shares of an actual gold mine.  The form you select depends on your motivation for diversifying into precious metals.  For us, we elect to buy physical gold and take position of it.  Our view is that in diversifying into gold, we are protecting ourselves against a serious market downturn.  In such a case, the other types of accounts may not be able to meet the demand of those wishing to cash out and take position of physical gold.  Plus, nothing helps ease the pain of a market bump then knowing that you have a healthy stash of a solid physical asset.

www.aestocks.com finished the week with a 48% gain.  This is in a week when the DOW finished down 2% and the NASDAQ finished down 1%.  Confidence is streaming out of equities as demonstrated by the heightened VIX, finishing the week just below 28.  Gold also finished the week up, adding to the notion that money is moving out of the equities markets.  But in any market there is a lot of money to be made, as demonstrated by the 48% gain of AEStocks.com for the week.  Bearish sentiment will continue in the market, with financial issues dominating across the board.

Little to nothing.  This in itself is the most beautiful aspect to an actively traded stock system.  When an investor or stock trader looks into active trading, the biggest hurdle is the long term mindset.  Investing and stock trading long term has totally different variables then short term active systems have.  This is why what the market or the stock’s sector is doing means nothing for the one to two days you hold the stock.  www.aestocks.com has 17 variables that are specifically designed for short term stock picks.  Don’t forget that when you are looking for short term stocks, that it is imperative for you to be in your short term mindset.  When I first began venturing from long term into short term stocks, it took me a year to figure out that there were different variables for each.  I missed out on several explosive gains during this period because the sector the stock was in happened to be getting nailed.  One of the main reasons we actively trade is to avoid market exposure.

China is the second largest foreign purchaser of U.S. debt.  They certainly have a need to support our dollar, since we are the number one purchaser of their goods.  Like with every other country that has hosted an Olympic games, China is taking on a great deal of debt in their preparations.  This will cause them to no longer be able to hold up the U.S. dollar, sending it lower by the end of 2009.  The inverse of all of this will certainly be higher and higher levels for gold and other precious metals.  www.aestocks.com will continue to provide incredible returns throughout this period, allowing for greater accumulation of hard assets such as precious metals.

The days of going to the financial page to check stock quotes are long gone.  It is extremely unfortunate that many investors and stock traders actually get their information from outdated sources.  By the time a monthly financial magazine hits the newsstands, the information in it is already old.  Anyone looking to actively manage their portfolio, and make a great deal of capital appreciation, should be well aware of the best financial sites on the web.  www.aestocks.com is certainly one of these sites, giving solid weekly short term stock picks.  The vast amount of financial sites makes it easy to research companies that fit into your portfolio.  AEStocks.com has a limited subscription base for its recommendations, whereas the “picks” in a monthly financial magazine has none (as well as the fact the information is outdated).  Be sure that you are using all of the tools at your disposal to assist you in obtaining the most up to the minute information.  The monthly periodicals can be beneficial, but only in the correct context.