Enterprising Investor Forum

Poll Results: New House Purchase Tuesday, December 16, 2008

It looks like our readers would rather wait until early next year before starting to consider any kind of housing purchase. Here are the detailed results:

• Buy now: 25%.
• Wait until early next year: 50%.
• Wait for clear signs of recovery: 25%.

Despite the fact that prices are probably not going to go a lot lower, consensus seems to be that they will go a bit lower and most people are still in a wait and see mode… hoping that 2009 will mark the beginning of a new start.

Our feeling is that we might have to be a little more patient than earl ’09….

Poll Results: US Dollar Outlook Wednesday, November 26, 2008

It looks like our readers are USD bulls. When asked on views on the year-end USD trend, the majority voted for continued strength.

Here are the results:

• … Dollar strength: 60%

• … Dollar weakness: 0%

• … Don’t know: 40%

We’ll have to see how this actually plays out but we also feel that – especially due to de-leveraging and risk aversion – the dollar will continue to have strength until conditions stabilize, funds close their year and the outlook becomes clearer.

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Poll Results: Commodities Tuesday, November 18, 2008

It looks like our readers are quite bullish on commodities and we could not agree more!

Here are the results:

Do you think the correction in commodity prices was:

• … Justified, they will be more stable 22%

• … Too severe, they will bounce back 67%

• … Don’t know, don’t really understand them 11%

Indeed, the sell-off does seem very severe but beware of the short-term trend… most of you have probably been keeping up with the latest news with the miners, oil and especially Russia… the correction still has to play-out before things start to stabilise. There is still a lot of uncertainty in the markets!

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Poll Results: Market and Obama Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Just a quick note to let you know that the consensus last week was that the the markets will react positively to Obama.

Here is the breakdown:

• Positive = 45%
• Negative = 39%%
• Don’t Know= 15%

To be honest, we were a bit surprised – not with the outcome – but by the negative sentiment… time will tell but it is clear that it will be a difficult and bumpy ride.

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Obama President Elect Wednesday, November 5, 2008

It looks like our poll got it right: Obama is the new President of the United States of America.

The final results were:

• Obama = 50%
• McCain = 45%
• Undecided = 5%

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Poll Results: Best Performer in 2009 Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Just a quick note to let you know that the consensus last week was that the S&P will outperform the DOW and the NASDAQ in 2009.

Here is the breakdown:

• S&P = 43%
• DOW = 29%
• NASDAQ = 29%

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Poll Results: Large/Medium/Small Caps Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Just a quick note to let you know that the consensus last week was that in current market conditions, Large Caps offer the best prospects.

We gave readers 4 options if they had to invest now and here are the final results:

• Large Caps= 43%
• Medium Caps = 0%
• Small Caps = 29%
• Market ETF = 29%

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Poll Results: Investment Strategy Friday, October 24, 2008

Just a quick note to let you know that the consensus last week was that it is time to invest and that stocks are deeply undervalued.

We gave readers 3 options if they had to invest now and here are the final results:

• Greedy = 50%
• Fearful = 35%
• No Idea = 15%

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