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Just Stop Teasing Me

December 2, 2009

Let’s start off this week’s Alert with a quick glance at a chart of the S&P 500 Index for the past two months. As you can see, we’ve basically been mired in a trading range between 1,030 and 1,110 throughout this entire time. It’s as if the market was just teasing us here, tempting us […]

JFK on Gratitude

November 25, 2009

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” — John F. Kennedy As the late president so poignantly put it, gratitude is much more about action than mere words. This Thanksgiving, don’t just merely speak about the things you’re grateful […]

ETF Talk: Does the Yen Offer a Safe Haven?

November 25, 2009

If you are concerned that the stock market’s rise in recent months could be running out of steam, you may want to consider protecting yourself by making a short-term investment in a stable foreign currency, such as the Japanese yen. With the yen appreciating in the face of a weakening U.S. dollar, the Japanese currency […]

Give Thanks to Those Who Deserve It, 2009

November 25, 2009

Now, for another perspective on being thankful, here is my good friend and writer extraordinaire Jim Woods with a few unconventional thoughts on the matter. Enjoy! By Jim Woods This Thursday is Thanksgiving, and I suspect that most of you reading this have plans to spend time with friends and family feasting on a sumptuous […]

What I’m Truly Thankful For

November 25, 2009

I can’t let this Thanksgiving week go by without addressing a few things that I’m truly thankful for. On Monday, I had a great conversation with a new Successful Investing subscriber who told me that prior to joining the service he was so worried about the market and his investments that it actually was making […]

A Year-End Rally?

November 25, 2009

This time of year, we normally can count on the market being in full-rally mode. There is a term that I use in my book "Maverick Investing" to describe this time of year. I call it the growth season, and it’s from Nov. 1 through April 30. Historically, this is the time when the market […]

‘Paine’-ful Wisdom

November 18, 2009

“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” –Thomas Paine I think the great Thomas Paine said it all with this famous quote, so I’ll refrain from any further elaboration other than to say that if you haven’t read any of this incredible thinker’s work, […]

ETF Talk: Striking Black Gold

November 18, 2009

The continued weakening of the U.S. dollar could spur a mini-gusher for investors looking to profit from oil. Also known as black gold, oil is among the commodities that tend to be inversely related to the strength of the U.S. dollar. As the dollar dips, the price of oil rises. Indeed, the exploding U.S. debt […]

The Professor on the Dollar

November 18, 2009

“Has America’s Federal Reserve become the single greatest obstacle to global economic recovery? Central bankers around the world increasingly are asking this question as the American greenback continues its Fed-inspired decline and damages the export-driven growth of countries from Latin America and Asia to Europe.” The preceding quote comes to us courtesy of my friend […]

The President on the Debt

November 18, 2009

I find it both a welcome relief and an ironic twist of fate that President Obama now feels compelled to address the issue of our national debt. In an interview with Fox News, (another ironic twist given Mr. Obama’s hitherto reluctance to speak with Fox reporters), the president said that if government debt were to […]

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