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It seems that Treasuries are back on the table again — but with much less supply.  It’s quite possible that it’s time to go long Treasuries for an intermediate-term trade. Do you think the stock market is overbought and due for a pullback? Do you think the Eurozone’s fears about an explosion in Spain are [...]

Continue Reading Time to Buy Treasuries Again? Are You Sure!

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The investment world is shivering and shaking like a frightened lamb in the icy shadow of a potential economic slowdown in the Middle Kingdom.  Fear is so pervasive, I’d wager that the S&P 500 would be significantly higher if Wall Street weren’t so fretful over China. Let’s say their fears are well founded, and the [...]

Continue Reading 3 Ways To Play If China Crashed

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Markets are running and gunning higher, but small investors are stampeding out of stock mutual funds. According to the Investment Company Institute, over $2.84 billion was pulled out of mutual funds last week alone.  Moreover, Bond mutual funds have added over $29.6 billion in just four weeks. What do these small investors know that the [...]

Continue Reading Is Now The Time To Buy ? Or Time To Dump?

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One of the key emerging themes we examined this weekend was confronting the specter of deflation. Let me give a little background for those of you who may be unfamiliar with this term… The simplest way to think of deflation is as the opposite of inflation.  When we have inflation, prices go up; when we [...]

Continue Reading Bond Market Flashing

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This will be the last report article I write this year. Given that, I thought it important that we touch upon some of the big themes going into 2012. For the balance of this year, we have seen the S&P 500 remain essentially flat. Yes, we have had a lot of volatility, but in terms [...]

Continue Reading Last Report For This Year 2011, Key to Survival in Today’s Stock Market

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