Investing savvy to invest savvily

Positive investing results can be achieved in many different ways, but having a solid understanding of an opportunity and all of the various factors that influence it will improve results, even if, such as in the case of technical investing, the strategy does not involve consideration of fundamentals (understanding that an issuer faces imminent bankruptcy, for example).

RHT.V vs. NMX.TO

A themoneynarrative reader recently asked about RHT.V and NMX.TO.  The question and response may be of interest to readers:

Reliq Health Technologies (RHT.V) – see the forest

Many investors worry unduly about short term share price volatility, failing to bear in mind the compelling investment thesis that directed them to invest in the first place.  RHT.V is a good illustration of the point.

Analysts chasing the numbers

You haven’t been imagining it: most analysts in the financial world have a bad habit of chasing the numbers.  The price of your favourite equity tanks (in a short term retracement), despite great prospects, and the analysts lower their price targets.  The positive factors start to come into play and the stock rises in value and, you guessed it,

themoneynarrative crude oil commentary

On June 21, 2017, WTI Cushing oil closed at US$42.48 [all subsequent references to oil and prices are WTI Cushing].  Yesterday (January 10, 2018), it closed at US$63.55, a 49.6% gain in just six and a half months.  Looking back, the commodity moved in the opposite direction during the same time period in 2015 – 2016, moving from US$59.62 (June 19,

Nemaska Lithium (NMX.TO) – buying opportunity

Market action suggests that NMX.TO’s share price is poised to move up on news.  While many investors appear to be of the view that there will be a substantial discount on equity issued as part of the financing, themoneynarrative believes that that may not be the case.