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Be wary of U.S. treasury bonds in 2009
There’s a potential serious problem shaping up
Last year was not only an unusual year for the stock market, but also for bonds.
It’s no secret that as the interest paid on bonds (the yield) declines, the prices of bonds rise. That’s…
6Jan2009 | Street Smart Report | 0 comments | ContinuedNo bones about it: orthopedic stock could outperform
Implants play might see a 50% retracement…
Retail sales are down. Autos and the housing industry are still in the dumps. The financial sector may be under repair – or not. No one knows at this point.
So where is an investor…
Why this recession won’t be that severe
If I’m wrong, though, the battle will indeed have a bad ending
I’ve been very accurate in my ‘big picture’ forecasts over the years. Nine years ago, in 1999, I wrote a book Riding the Bear – How to Prosper…
Smart money’s buying what they sold awhile back
Bear markets return stocks to their rightful owners
The largest sectors of the economy continue to plunge into a seemingly bottomless hole; the housing industry (where it all started), the financial sector still locked in a credit crisis, the giant…
Current economic conditions resemble the 1970s recession
Find out why this is actually a good thing
The recession of 1974-75 was the worst since the 1930s Great Depression. The 1973-74 bear market in anticipation of that recession was the worst bear market since that of the 1929-32 bear…
Corporations, wealthy will pay for this bailout
While ordinary consumers, taxpayers will benefit the most
Newspapers and Internet chat rooms are full of witty comments regarding the costly government bailout and stimulus efforts.
“Where’s my bailout?”, “Hey, I’ve incorporated my piggy bank. Now I’m a failing bank, and I…
Nevermind Warren Buffett, market timing works
Bear market mauls even defensive stocks
Wall Street likes to suggest that investors can readily handle a bear market by simply selecting the right stocks or sectors, the ‘defensive’ stocks. That has never worked in the past, and did not…
Warren Buffett’s great stock market timing move
Nothing strange about the 2008 bear
There have been a lot of comments in the media and among investors all year about how strange the stock market has been acting this year.
I don’t agree. Except for the wild day-to-day volatility (after…
18Nov2008 | Street Smart Report | 0 comments | ContinuedSentiment suggests a looming stock market rally
But is there enough fear to form a bottom?
Investor sentiment is an important tool in market-timing, often indicating an approaching reversal in the market’s direction. It is also known as a ‘contrary indicator.’ That is, investors are usually bullish and…
12Nov2008 | Street Smart Report | 0 comments | ContinuedFund managers trot out “buy and hold” agenda
Why Wall Street can’t say “Sell!”
Why do Wall Street firms advise public investors to buy and hold, when that is not how they manage their own money, and when investors who do so almost always wind up losing money over…
5Nov2008 | Street Smart Report | 0 comments | ContinuedOptions expiration trading patterns prevail
Program-trading firms could influence stock market direction
As strange as it seems, in all this wild volatility the weekly patterns are still playing out normally. For instance, options expirations take place on the third Friday of each month. The week…
29Oct2008 | Street Smart Report | 0 comments | ContinuedBear market won’t be hibernating anytime soon
Inverse ETFs best bet for bigger, easier profits
In a speech last Tuesday, Fed Governor Janet Yellen became the first senior member of the Federal Reserve to proclaim that the U.S. economy is in a recession.
Last fall, and again in January,…
21Oct2008 | Street Smart Report | 0 comments | ContinuedWhen will stock market selling end?
All year long, as I guided my subscribers into the intermediate-term rallies and then the subsequent corrections, I said in these columns that the rallies would be worth going after but should be sold into as they failed, and downside…
15Oct2008 | Street Smart Report | 0 comments | ContinuedStock market looks to “favorable season” rally
Secular bear market trend to hold sway for years.
For the most part I have been on the right side of the market again this year, in for the rally off the March low, in short-sale positions for the subsequent next…
6Oct2008 | Street Smart Report | 0 comments | Continued
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