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Investing For Income In A Rising Interest Rate Environment

One of the biggest challenges investors face today when investing for income is a low interest rate environment, the high price of stocks and bonds, and the possibility of a correction in both. There are many current world events that can cause a correction in the stock market such as the Middle East contagion, the [...]

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Retail Sector Heading For A Spring Clearance Sale

Since the March 2009 lows, the retail sector has outperformed the broader market by a margin of nearly two to one.  However, if your still invested in this high flying area, one needs to pay attention to current price action of the entire sector and at least one important company in the space. Take a [...]

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Margin & The S&P Correlation

Margin debt, also known as ”borrowing to buy stocks and other securities” has increased and gotten ahead of the S&P 500. It normally follows the index in both directions, up and down.  When stocks on margin debt get ahead of the market index, any significant drop can have a cascading effect because stocks and other securities tend to get sold [...]

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Presidential Cycle and The Stock Market

Our economy certainly isn’t short on reasons for concern.  Even though the pundits are claiming victory and continue to maintain their reliance on the Federal Reserve, we should exercise caution and beware of the herd mentality. As the new year gets underway, you will hear much to do about the fact that in the third [...]

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The Gold Canary?

If you’re not familiar with the Canary in the coal mine example, see previous post. If you are looking for a sign of a top in the Gold Market, look no further than Boca Raton, FL where a local company just installed a vending machine that dispenses gold bars.  The end of the bull run in [...]

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60 Minutes – “Canary in the Coal Mine”?

This is what makes the the markets so interesting.  You never know where the next signal is coming from.  First, let’s understand what the phrase “Canary in the coal mine” means.  Early mines didn’t have any form of a ventilation system, so the miners would send a into the mine ahead of everyone else.  Canaries are sensitive to methane and [...]

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7 Reasons We Are Correct About The Stock Market

Top News Story Of The Day - “Investment experts agree: Get over your fear and get back into stocks” from the front page of USA Today’s Money Section. This could be one of the best signals anyone in the market can look for.  The “dumb money” indicator as it’s known on wall street is…..drum-roll please: You [...]

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Do The Federal Reserve Policy Makers Control Interest Rates, or Simply Just Believe That They Do?

Current evidence would suggest that the Federal Reserve’s recent policy decision to inject $600 Billion over the next several months into the banking system by purchasing Treasury Bonds seems to be having an opposite effect from what they intended. Today, on December 14, 2010 the 30-Year Treasury Bond was yielding over 4.5% which is the [...]

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