A week on the Web in five minutes
It was the last full trading week of the year, and StockHouse writers, editors and columnists wrapped up 2006, a year of enormous boom times for commodities producers and private equity deals.
One news outlet (http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003522448 ) named 2006 the You Tube year for the video sharing site acquired by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Time magazine named Web denizens (you) person of the year. StockHouse Publisher Darin Diehl looked at this upbeat Web worldview and contrasted it with Maclean’s less charitable opinion of the Internet in this week’s Publisher’s Notebook.
http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19120
Danny Deadlock looked at three speculative investment ideas that could bring riches in 2007. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19115
It’s safe to say that investors would like a lot less SPAM in their in-boxes in 2007. Douglas Hadfield of Resourcex outlined some of the worst examples of investment spam and listed tips to avoid being caught out by deals that are much too good to be true.
http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19116
One investment idea that looks good and is true is the Diamond Hill Investment Group (NASDAQ: DHIL). The company, which is the parent of mutual fund company Diamond Hill Funds and hedge fund Diamond Hill Investment Partners, is a growth through value story, said Micro-cap Spotlight. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19117
Harry Boxer, this week’s Market Wizard, listed four stars for the short-term portfolio based on “promising chart patterns” and strength on his technical screens. Three of these companies just happened to be from China
Speaking of China
And IPOs continued to flood to the market in the normally quiet week before Christmas. There were solar power companies from
China
, and a big splash from a Macau
’s Jon Ogg says the rain of deals isn’t likely to let up in 2007, as this year’s private equity acquisitions return to market as re-packaged IPOs. (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19128 )
Luke Burgess noted OPEC admitted its latest new member,
Angola
, last week as the cartel looks to prolong its production by adding new members to the club http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19130
The Securities Sleuth looked at the most egregious examples of back-dated options shenanigans (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19126 ) of the year.
Nancy Zambell wrote about how to foil identity theft (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19133 ) and safeguard your privacy in her weekly Financially Fit column.
Uranium juniors, meanwhile, could continue to see their share prices soar into the stratosphere in 2007, says Venture Friday’s Don Whiteley. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19135
And, John De Goey asked “What is long-term?” (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19134) in his new STANDUP Advice column.
Want a quick look at what’s hot on the site? StockHouse Top Five http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19125 assembled by Sean Mason and Keri Korteling is a list of lists for the week.
Top Gaining Stocks
Top Losing Stocks