And Where We are Going? Policy Makers- Blowing Bubbles Again Many hard-working Americans are scratching their collective heads about the following questions: Why have stocks performed in a manner that seems to be out of step with the relatively slow pace of economic expansion? Why has the economic recovery failed to gain traction, even though […]
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Tech companies are the wave of the global economic future. They will never totally replace the “traditional” sectors of the economy like manufacturing, energy, and agriculture, but there certainly seems to be increased integration between tech and old-line industries.
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Lately we have been hearing rumblings in the media that the market is getting “too frothy” and looking like a “bubble” and the media is wondering if we are nearing 2008 proportions. Usually as long as we hear talk like that the market is safe because when we are really nearing a top all the media
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The investment world can seem like the same old game with the same old rules, but it’s always changing and if you don’t adapt, you won’t win the investing game.
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Just like buffalo people often feel safer in herds. In most situations this is not a problem, but in some instances (like investing) herds of people act more like lemmings than buffalo, which can land you in serious financial difficulty. Here’s why. Ignoring Fundamental Analysis could Equal a Harmful Investment When looking at a potential portfolio, there are two types
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I’ve never been a fan of Larry Summers. Perhaps he was too smart for his own good. After all, he was responsible for driving Jack Meyer out of managing the Harvard endowment fund. Meyer took the Harvard Endowment from $4.8 billion to $25.9 billion in 15 years but apparently Larry thought he was earning too much
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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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