What is a “Black Swan”? According to Wikipedia… The phrase “black swan” was a common expression in 16th century London as a statement of impossibility. The London expression derives from the Old World presumption that all swans must be white because all historical records of swans reported that they had white feathers. After Dutch explorer […]
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It may seem like we are constantly beating the drum of a top in the market with recent articles like  the NASDAQ ROC stock commentary , Obama’s Comments Worry Stock Bulls and today’s Signs of the Top, but each of these articles was developed separately by different authors from different points of view although  Beware of Bears was written by
Today Chris Ciovacco points to some other indicators that are beginning to turn negative. Of course, we are coming to the end of the summer doldrums and so we could see a reversal of fortunes as we enter the fourth quarter but we still have to make it through the notorious months of September and October. Remember the ROC has not issued a sell signal yet but just a preliminary warning.
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Everyone is aware that the “recovery” is lame and is primarily an illusion due to the printing of funny money by the FED. What effect will it have if the FED shut off the spigot over night? Well just the thought of that idea recently sent shivers down the DOW’s spine. So Bernanke had to
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Older investors are starved for income investments that don’t require them to take on undue risk. The days of 7% CDs are gone and not coming back any time soon. There are however, investments were we can still get decent yield if we’re willing to take on a little more risk and to more actively monitor our portfolio. In this article we’ll cover some of those.
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In today’s article Chris Ciovacco looks at the current battle between Bulls and Bears in the market and what we should watch closely and what we should do about it. Is this just a correction or has the market made a new high? ~Tim McMahon, editor The market currently has a mixed profile; the bears have control
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In today’s article Grant Williams takes a look at mythical Bizarro world (Htrae) where everything is backwards and compares it to the supposedly logical and normal functioning earth. Unfortunately, some things that belong in Bizarro  world have somehow made their way to Earth. ~ Tim McMahon, editor By Grant Williams  In the early 1960s, a new
Things That Make You Go Hmmm: What On Htrae Is Going On? Read More »
The time to buy is when everyone else is selling. That holds true not only for stocks but also for commodities like Gold and Real Estate. Another truism is to buy when you least feel like buying. Right now an extremely out of favor asset is real estate in Portugal. They almost can’t give it away. Which is why we are taking a look at it today. In her article, Vivian Lewis gives us some great reasons to consider Portugal.Â
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Since the S&P 500 made an intraday low of 1,536 on April 18, the widely-followed stock index has tacked on 130 points and the markets have migrated back to full-bore risk-on mode.
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The stock market is a big place, you can’t buy everything, how do you determine whether you should even consider a particular investment recommendation?
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