Signs of Hope for Future Economic Growth
Ian Shepherdson, chief United States economist at High Frequency Economics, is seeing optimistic trends in credit creation signaling better times ahead. About 5 years ago, Shepherdson was one of the...
View ArticleAmazon’s Great Deal on the Highly Acclaimed "Mad Men" Series
As a head’s up, Amazon has an incredible deal on Mad Men on Blu-ray discs. Seasons 1-3 are only $9.99 each. I don’t know how long this deal is good for, but I bought them myself this morning.
View ArticleThe "Experts" Are Unanimous: Get Into Stocks
Adam Shell of the USA Today recently hosted a roundtable featuring the bullish views of Abby Joseph Cohen, Bob Doll, David Bianco, Richard Bernstein, and Dan Chung. All are suggesting investors should...
View ArticleThe Market Thoroughly Convinces Investors to be Optimistic
Paul J. Lim, senior editor at Money Magazine, has written an article published in The N. Y. Times revealing that investors made decent returns by taking on more risk in the past decade: Risk-taking...
View ArticleJohn Bogle’s New Book: “Don’t Count on It!: Reflections on Investment...
Amazon features a Q & A with John Bogle regarding his new book: In Don’t Count on It, you discuss how we deceive ourselves, particularly with numbers. Can you describe what you consider to be the...
View ArticleAAII Puts Current Investor Allocation in Historical Perspective
The Pragmatic Capitalism blog commented on the fact that smaller investors are shifting out of bonds. A look at the chart shown at their site indicates the shift has been small and probably meaningless...
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Mark Hulbert: Bull Market May Have Ended Yesterday
Coincidentally, October 9th was a major turning point for the stock market twice in the past decade (October 9, 2002 and October 9, 2007). The analyzer of stock market newsletters, Mark Hulbert, says...
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Jim Chanos Explains Why He Wouldn’t Invest in Herbalife
Highly regarded short seller Jim Chanos told Bloomberg’s Trish Regan why he wouldn’t be an investor in Herbalife (HLF). Chanos got to the point in one minute as opposed to the hundreds of pages used by...
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Alarming Chart of the Stock Markets of 1987 and 2012-2013
Several days ago I posted a chart showing the S&P 500 index now as compared to 1987 because, although there are major differences, this year’s price action reminded me of the movement which led to...
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Jeff Saut’s Best Ways to Play a Market Continuing to Run
Raymond James Chief Strategist Jeff Saut, Beacon Capital Management Partner Jon Maxson and Trean Derivatives Senior V.P. Scott Shellady provided their outlook for 2014 on Fox Business. Shellady thinks...
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