Some Investment Predictions for 2009 - Investing
The year 2008 is coming to a close and none too soon. 2008 will long be remembered as the year when the chickens came home to roost for America's brand of "extreme" capitalism. What follows are a few of the things I believe we will see in the .. [... more]
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Back to work... - Investing
A month ago we wrote under the title "when to buy..." about the crucial importance of waiting for a follow through day, meaning a day when stock prices increase more than 1.7% and volume of major indices substantially exceeds the volume of ... [... more]
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Don't count on The Big Picture alone... - Investing
The Big Picture (TBP) is the daily column published in Investors Business Daily (IBD), which describes the main movements in the markets. It is about the most succinct statement about the stock markets written in plain English that is published ... [... more]
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Is it time to put a toe back in the market? - Investing
Tobias Levkovich, chief US equity strategist at Citigroup suggests that it may be time. He argues in today's NYTs (Business section, June 24th, 2006) that based on his panic/euphoria model valuations are such that the market may be signaling a 20 ... [... more]
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Market Direction determines "Who has the ball?" - Investing
When you get up in the morning your look through the window to see what weather it is. Some pickup the daily newspaper and glance at the weather charts. Others more technologically inclined may have a weather station somewhere in the house, which ... [... more]
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Market timing and sector rotations - Investing
In mid August the "M" in CAN SLIM flashed a buy signal. The "M" stands for market direction in the O'Neill approach to investing. On August 15th the NASDAQ closed at 2115; yesterday it closed at 2252. This represents a 6.4% increase [... more]
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Markets are (still) interconnected... - Investing
On October 19th, 1987 I remember I was in the trading room of the World Bank. During that day I observed some unusual activity but did not get around to realize what was happening. I had joined the Investment Department of the World Bank only a ... [... more]
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Setbacks can breed Success - Investing
Lance Armstrong was on Larry King the other night talking about the death of Mrs. Reeves and his own setback when he was first diagnosed with cancer. Lance as many of you know is the cyclist who won seven times the Tour de France, the biggest ... [... more]
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Why Wall Street Banksters Fear What Obama May Do - Investing
We have not gotten the normal rally in the stock market that usually accompanies the inauguration of a new President. Instead, we have gotten a stock market selloff. Why? The reason for the selloff is that Wall Street is shaking in its boots. The ... [... more]
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What Wall Street does NOT want you to know or realize... ...
This conversation inspired me to write about what Wall Street does not want you to know or realize simply because it is not in Wall Street's best interests! Read the following carefully and if you find yourself ticking off a few that you do not ... [... more]
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When to buy... - Investing
Getting out of the market when the market direction turns as it did in May (May 11-12, 2006) is quite an achievement. While the market corrects and you sit on cash, you don't worry of the daily ups and downs. Question then is: when is it time to ... [... more]
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While the market corrects... - Investing
I wrote: "How do you figure who has the ball? To figure out who has the ball, just open a newspaper, look at some indices... Ask yourself: what has been the recent trend of the major indices such as the S & P500;, the NASDAQ, and/or the Dow ... [... more]
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