Roger Conrad

Analyst Articles

September is back-to-school time. It’s also a great opportunity to re-examine your portfolio and strategy to ensure you make the most of what’s often the year’s most profitable quarter in the markets. Read More

  • August 30, 2006

By Yiannis G. Mostrous ANTWERP, Belgium–The world’s stock markets can rally in the short term, especially if the US economy doesn’t produce any big surprises to the downside. Investors should treat such a rally as tactical in nature and therefore steer clear of major portfolio restructuring. Read More

  • August 29, 2006
  • Alert

Three months ago, Richard Kinder, the CEO of Kinder Morgan, offered to take the pipeline firm private at $100.00 a share. However, the offer price was recently raised to $107.50 so the stock is now trading at around $104.50; so, rather than wait for the deal to be completed, take profits now. Read More

  • August 28, 2006

Using its uniquely structured lithium titanate batteries—which operate just like a conventional lithium ion battery pack—not only do you get three times the power on a fraction of the charge time, you also get a battery that can be used exponentially longer at a much wider temperature range. Most important, it's drastically safer. Read More

It’s been a little more than four months since my last visit to this fine city, and my long-held view that London is a stimulating international investment environment is being reinforced this week. Read More

  • August 22, 2006
  • Alert

Options can be used as an excellent risk management tool which locks in some gains and hedges against a pullback or correction. Read More

  • August 16, 2006

By Yiannis G. MostrousATHENS, Greece I expect that SRI readers are enjoying the summer. After all, history has shown that extensive investment moves during the summer–especially in August–have never been particularly successful. It also allows an opportunity to make necessary portfolio changes both tactically (i.e., leading… Read More