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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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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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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One of the biggest problems with investing in the stock market is that there are no guarantees. You can do your homework pick a likely stock and watch as it falls to oblivion. Has this ever happened to you? You subscribe to a newsletter because the magnificent advertisement makes it sound like you can’t possibly
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Over the years, I have mentioned the “Plunge Protection Team” when markets looked bad and in need of help. It’s existence has been denied by every elected official but the rumor persists. Its existence was originally postulated by none other than the legendary stock market analyst Richard Russell. Many other respected analysts also believe it
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Last week I said, “On Wednesday March 12th the market neared its October lows but extremely significantly DID NOT break through to new LOWS! This is extremely Bullish! This is very significant. Even with all the negative news and fears about a WAR with Iraq… the market could not make a new low. This may very
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On Wednesday March 12th the market neared its October lows but extremely significantly DID NOT break through to new LOWS! This is extremely Bullish! The following table shows the October lows compared to the March lows.
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How can the CPI be flat and the inflation rate rise? The rise we are seeing is exactly what we have been predicting for months! And next month is almost guaranteed to be another even sharper uptrend. The reason why is fairly interesting. This month the Consumer Price Index stayed exactly the same as last
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On November 6, 2002, The Wall Street Journal, in a front-page article entitled “Inside the FED, Deflation draws a closer look”, stated that the FED was discussing the possibility of deflation at a country inn in Woodstock, VT. It said “central bank officials” attended this ominous-sounding meeting. But wait, when was this meeting? A careful
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Why the Deviation? This historical chart has been posted in response to a question posed by a regular viewer. He asked why our projection deviated so drastically from from the actual CPI as shown by the red line on this chart. As you can see the deviation occurred for several months but during the most
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