Oct. 15, 2012
It’s October again, that time of year when seniors find out how much, if any, their Social Security benefits will be increasing through the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). In 2012 seniors have...
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Certainly one of the main stories of the summer was the U.S. drought and its impact on grain production, specifically corn and soybeans. In 2011, the U.S. reaped a corn harvest of some 314 million...
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Oct. 29, 2012
Since Halloween is this week, i present you a “scary” chart…. Below is an interesting look at how the Dow Jones Industrial Average fairs in an election year 1) if the incumbent wins (the top gray line)...
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Oct. 5, 2012
The Labor Department delivered some decent news Friday, reporting that the nation’s employers added 171,000 jobs in October, plus 84,000 more jobs in August and September than initially estimated. The...
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Oct. 12, 2012
Two major noteworthy technical indicators triggered this week. My risk model initiated a sell order on Wednesday and Friday’s market close brought about a breach in the rising wedge that has been in...
View ArticleNov. 19, 2012
The Employee Benefit Research Institute recently reported their findings regarding healthcare expenses in retirement, and their results paint a possibly direr picture than that of the annual Fidelity...
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Nov 26, 2012
I hope everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing and much of modern security analysis, recommended in his treatise The Intelligent Investor, investors steer...
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Dec. 3, 2012
Concerned about a stock market correction, I continue to closely monitor them for cracks and signs of a permanent turn. One of the things I look for are divergences. Divergences occur when two...
View ArticleDec 10, 2012
All eyes are once again fixed on Washington but instead of the Presidential election this time everyone is looking for signs of life as we fast approach “fiscal cliff”. This self-caused folly has been...
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Jan. 7, 2013
I hope everyone had a great holiday and a safe New Year. I thought we should kick off the new year with a little insight as to what it takes to be considered wealthy here in the US of A. If you are...
View ArticleJan. 14, 2013
I saw this incredibly honest and unbelievably true post by Mark Dow talking about investing and emotions and it really hit home. While I have not addressed the topic of emotion in my blog, after many...
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Jan. 28, 2013
I think Cam Hui has it right here when he says … Seemingly overnight, it seems that the whole world has turned bullish. According this report from Reuters, the Great Stampede Rotation into equities is...
View ArticleFeb. 4, 2013
On Jan. 1, 2013, Congress averted the so-called fiscal cliff by approving new legislation titled the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA-2012). President Obama signed the bill into law. The new...
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Feb 11, 2013
Historical Perspective Reasons to be bullish Ever wonder how the market performs in a post-election year? The chart below shows that the markets tend to come out of the gate a bit rocky as they await...
View ArticleFeb 25, 2013
I thought I would try something different this week and created an audio file with supporting charts rather than just my normal written musings. To be able to listen you will need to have the most...
View ArticleMarch 4, 2013
Looking back at 2012 we saw the top jobs with the lowest unemployment rates included, not surprisingly, fields in areas from health care and finance, to social services and engineering – the bulk of...
View ArticleMar. 11, 2013
Sometimes it’s fun to stroll down memory lane (or not) and when I saw a list on Zerohedge last week I couldn’t resist in taking a look back and reminiscing. On October 11th 2007 the last time stocks...
View ArticleMar. 18, 2013
In keeping up to date on the state of retirement in the United States, I found the following article by John Sullivan to be quite telling. We learn that in a recent survey looking at 150 nations, the...
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Mar. 25, 2013
Commodity Weakness Since last year most commodities including copper, oil, precious metals and even “softs” such as coffee and sugar have fared quite poorly despite the upward move in stocks. This is...
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