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The furious stock rally continues… But

Leave a Comment / Stock Market / By Guest Contributor

The furious stock rally continues. But if you’re considering adding to your stake in the markets, be careful where you tread.

On July 23rd the percentage of bulls in the stock market, as measured by the American Association of Individual Investors, jumped 10%. And not only did the survey reveal a huge increase in bullish sentiment, the number of investors who see themselves as bearish dropped 11%. In one day!

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The Stock Market’s Five Fingered Discount

Leave a Comment / Stock Market / By Elliott Wave International

When I was a kid my Dad used to complain about people taking a “five fingered discount” referring to those who lifted things that didn’t belong to them. In this article we have Jeffrey Kennedy the Chief Commodity Analyst at Elliott Wave International talking about how the stock market can take a five fingered discount from your portfolio.

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Why are my “I-Bonds” paying so little?

Leave a Comment / Investing / By Tim McMahon

Recently I received this question about I-bonds. I-bonds are inflation adjusted Treasury bonds. The amount they pay is adjusted twice a year to compensate for the effects of inflation. I am a holder of Treasury I bonds (adjusts to the CPI every May & Nov.) Last November the CPI that Treasury used was 2.8,

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Buy Iraqi Dinars?

Leave a Comment / Investing / By Tim McMahon

I recently received the following question from a student at Virginia Commonwealth University and I thought I would pass on what I told him. Question: This past Wednesday I talked to two guys who had both bought the Iraqi Dinar in large amounts. I figured you might have some financial thoughts on this investment and

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Elliott Wave Books

Leave a Comment / Stock Market / By Tim McMahon

Anyone who has spent much time on this site is familiar with Robert Prechter’s Elliott Wave. His fantastic team has been providing us with individual articles and links to some excellent information over at elliottwave.com. Their experienced analysts keep a constant eye on the markets, and provide insights into trends that are available nowhere else.

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Simple Timing Tool That Will Help You Protect Your Assets

Leave a Comment / Stock Market, Trading / By Guest Contributor

Editor’s Note: At this point a lot of ink has been spent on whether stocks are really cheap and if the market will now rally from here. Of course “time will tell” but in order to make money we need to know the answer before that. My personal gut feeling is that we still have another

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Emerging Markets in 2009

Leave a Comment / Investing / By Tim McMahon

Another Look at Emerging Markets By the editors of Without Borders, Casey Research After passing much of 2008 standing thankfully on the sidelines, we believe that with current valuations, opportunities have returned for putting capital back into long-term positions in emerging markets. In fact, we believe that emerging markets will recover faster and outperform developed

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Doug Casey on 2009: Another Year of Shock and Awe

Leave a Comment / Economic Trends / By Casey Research

In their annual forecast edition, the editors of BIG GOLD asked Casey Research Chairman and contrarian investor Doug Casey to provide his predictions and thoughts on issues everyone’s thinking about these days. Read what he has to say on the economy, deficits, inflation, and gold… The $1.1 Trillion Budget Deficit My reaction is that the

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The Reverse Wealth Effect

Leave a Comment / Investing / By Chris Ciovacco

By Chris Ciovacco Ciovacco Capital Management In our current global economic environment, the number of moving parts for the individual investor to track and attempt to analyze is often overwhelming. Without a systematic approach to the global asset markets, it is virtually impossible to discern the relative importance of an almost infinite number of inputs.

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The Foundations of Crisis

Leave a Comment / Investing / By Casey Research

The following article was recently updated by one of the legends in the investing world. In it Doug Casey shows how different each generation is and how each carries the seeds of its future allowing history to repeat itself. Consequently, it gives us a glimpse of what is in store for our near future. Because

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