Lion Asset Management

Its no secret that China is pulling all stops in an attempt to slow or thwart an oncoming asset bubble in real estate as well as the stock market. Most recently, China moved swiftly to raise the reserve ratio at lending banks in an effort to lower the money supply ceiling.
Reserve Ratios [...]

In one week we watched the stock market tumble more than 6% on news that Greece was having fiscal problems stemming from its oversized debt. Though the country is a member of the EU, and bankruptcy is never good for the global economy, I can’t find any reason for the markets to react in [...]

If there is anything I’ve learned after years of trading the markets for myself its that you buy a company when its down. Toyota seems like the perfect name, having a strong history of quality cars despite recent problems with its accelerators and now brake problems with the Prius line. However, all this [...]

The big money is good, really good, at predicting when the markets are soon to move. For the past year I’ve been watching the option volume of the big boys and many of them have proven to be extremely profitable. Recently, $1.2 billion of stock was protected to the downside with put options. [...]

I’ve been throwing an idea around in my head. At what point do the odds cease to matter and the chance of big money becomes the main motivator?
Investing Theory
The whole goal of investing is to place yourself in positions that come out to positive odds. That is, with enough data sets you [...]

It has long been accepted that January is a bellwether for the performance of the stock markets for the rest of the year. That is, if stocks rise in January, the market will rise for the rest of the year. If stocks fall, stocks will drop for the rest of the year. [...]

Banks are getting creative with their advertising by utilizing a model that is half adopted from the mail in rebate idea. Some banking institutions are offering high interest, high yield checking accounts that pay as much as 4% on accounts greater than $25,000.
Reward Checking Accounts
You’ve heard of rewards on credit cards, but [...]

Last year I wrote about the reasons for buying Phillip Morris International as a safe, anti-dollar investment. Well, after doing some more research into the cigarette industry, I’ve found that there is cause for concern. Fire safe cigarettes. (FSC)
Fire Safe Cigarettes (FSC)
New York state was the first to require that cigarettes [...]

The blogosphere, and the news industry, has been all over Apple Computer’s supposed new product: an Apple branded tablet computer. Tablets, or computers that run on a touch screen system, were first tested in the early 2000s but never really caught on. I’ll examine Apple’s newest product, as well as the possibility this [...]

In a phenomenon that couldn’t be more ill-timed, tens of billions in Alternative mortgages are due to be reset in 2010-2011. Though not sub-prime, many of these loans are interest-only, those in which the borrower makes no payments on principle. Once reset, borrowers could have monthly payments 15-20% higher than today.
The Gamechanger
Just [...]

With all eyes on Haiti after an earthquake of unbelievable magnitude, the world has learned so much about such a small country. After hearing day in and day out about the disaster that has taken such a toll, I thought it would be interesting to look at the Haitian economy, a country I had [...]