With banks failing and the economy falling apart everywhere you look, short term we are obviously in a mess. But, I thought I’d present you with an optimistic way to look at the world today. ~editor A Thorn With Every Rose- The Economy isn’t as Bad as it Looks By Alexander Green “Let us be […]
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By Steve Selengut Looking for good news in today’s markets is like searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. Needless to say, practically all investment grade equities and nearly all closed end funds that specialize in providing regular recurring monthly income have been reduced in market value by this prolonged correction. The quake has
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By Chris Ciovacco To Make Money Find Trending Investments Based on the charts of most stock markets above, the trends will have to change before long-term investors can again make money. If a trend has to be in your favor to make money, then you should overweight investments which are doing just that. The inverse
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The old Wall Street saying “The trend is your Friend” is as true as ever but what does that really mean to your investing? In this article, Chris Ciovacco shows us how to manage risk by following the trend and using volatility to our advantage rather than letting it wipe out all of our gains.
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A Sad Day for U.S. Taxpayers and Investors By Chris Ciovacco Ciovacco Capital Management July 14, 2008, 9:00 am ET “Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson swatted back reports of government nationalization of Fannie and Freddie, which would mean making explicit what, has long been an implicit taxpayer guarantee of their liabilities. This would instantly add $5
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In this article Susan Walker explores a question we have touched on before… conventional wisdom and hedging against bad times like inflation and recession. ~ Tim McMahon, Editor Gold, the Dow, T-Notes: Which Does Best During Recessions? By Susan C. Walker, Elliott Wave International Each year, the NCAA college basketball tournament winnows its starting field
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With as many as 2 million sub-prime mortgages, scheduled to reset to much higher levels by the end of 2008 many market watchers began to get worried in the last few months, which drove the stock market down. A sub-prime mortgage is a loan offered to borrowers with spotty credit histories and with interest rates
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By Chris Ciovacco This month we have a special article by Chris Ciovacco the Chief Investment Officer for Ciovacco Capital Management, LLC. with the recent rate cuts by the FED I felt this extremely timely and would like to thank Chris for providing us with this information. — Tim McMahon,editor “Developments in financial markets since
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With the subprime mortgage problems reaching farther and farther out… touching hedge funds, U.S. and European banks, mortgage companies and money-market funds, at the risk of mixing musical metaphors and styles, it looks more like we’re about to see “The Dark Side of the Moon,” (the title of Pink Floyd’s 1973 smash album) when it comes to financial markets.
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With the recent 5% tumble in one month in both the NYSE and the NASDAQ, I’ve begun thinking about protecting my portfolio from the downside. In an effort to keep you fully invested at all times investment advisors are quick to quote statistics like, “By missing just the best 10 days in the market between
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