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Stocks are trying to fight into positive territory after the Philly Fed and after Leading Indicators, but investors have to consider two issues today. Some profit taking may be in the cards and...
If the brand of Lance Armstrong was a stock, let’s just be nice say that the value would have tanked. The reality is that the exchange would have probably halted trading if it was public. After the...
Stocks are trying to stage another rally. Is it the presidential debate, earnings season, higher revisions, or just a continuation of a bounce? Well, that is where the charts come into play because...
PIMCO manages enough money that investors care about the money management firm’s picks and strategies even when they are outside of the company’s bond operations. Neel Kashkari, head of global...
Stocks are trying to hold on to gains this Monday stage a bounce after four days of steady selling was broken with only a marginal gain on Friday. A mixed set of economic readings from retail sales...
China has been trying to hold its own. The obvious growth shows how dependent the nation is upon exporting finished goods to the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. Standard & Poor’s is...
Stocks gapped up higher this morning and are trying to hold on to solid gains after looking closer at the weekly jobless claims report and the reason why the drop was so large. The fundamental...
Stocks are lower yet again on Wednesday as some investor profit taking and caution is coming in ahead of the onslaught of what is expected to be weak corporate earnings reports. The long and short of...
It is no secret that we have grown cautious in the area of high-yield corporate debt, also known more commonly as junk bonds. Our concerns are not the underlying credit metrics of the companies and...
Stocks are lower so far on Tuesday as small business confidence dipped and as the European situation is back in focus. Right now seems like a market dominated by charts ahead of earnings season,...
Stocks are seeing a post-unemployment pop today now that the rate has dipped to 7.8% as the lowest since January 2009. Whether or not you trust the numbers is up to you, but one thing that investors...
Stocks are seeing a post-Obama/Romney debate rally this morning and the report on weekly jobless claims and August factory orders are having little impact. Perhaps the markets are trying to factor...
Jon OggDividend and income oriented investors need to be on the lookout as of now as the formation of a bubble among the high dividend and high-yield stocks and funds appears to be peaking. The...
The Value Investing Congress has many value fund managers and market pundits out with their respective stock tips this week. Glenn Tongue of T2 Partners talked up shares of American International...
Bill Gross, a.k.a. ‘The Bond King,’ was very pessimistic in his monthly PIMCO outlook for October. What is so interesting is that he was actually far less negative than what I was expecting based...