A Few Dollars More

Over the last six years foreign stock markets have been the place to be if you wanted to capture double digit investment returns. This year overseas markets especially emerging markets have pulled back along with the U.S. markets. I see that as a buying opportunity for long term investors.
My own experience in foreign [...]

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Whether you are a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier or Candlestick Maker, each profession has its own myths and legends. Wall Street is no different. Underneath our pinstripes and silk ties, the financial community is a superstitious lot who have divined the market’s direction by using indicators as diverse as the time of the year, [...]

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The markets went practically nowhere this week. That’s not to say it was a boring five days since first quarter earnings announcements delivered both good and bad news depending upon the sector while record highs in oil and gas kept traders on their toes. Yet, the real fireworks begin next week when the [...]

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            “Finally,” you tell yourself scanning the wonderful, almost miraculous rebound in your IRA or brokerage account this weekend, “if the market keeps this up, I’ll almost be even for the year.  Don’t get your hopes up just yet.
Now don’t get me wrong, the market’s action was great: the S&P 500 and the Dow were [...]

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The bulls sure know how to take a beating. The quarterly earnings season began this week with a litany of bad news. First, Alcoa, then Advanced Micro and finally General Electric took turns announcing lower earnings and even lower future guidance. It took the wind out of the market on a daily basis but [...]

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