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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - During the first two months of the new year 2010, the global financial markets has seen a number of positive and negative news headlines sending most of the domestic and international broader stock market indices to a roller coaster ride.  Although there were a...

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Market Report

Thursday, March 11, 2010

OVERNIGHT CHANGES THROUGH 6:05 AM (CT): S&P 500 -330, DOW -19The stock market comes into the action today well off the recent highs and seemingly giving off the impression of sagging momentum. One might have expected favorable Chinese economic data to have bolstered equity prices this morning but that news was countervailed by suggestions that the outlook for recovery in many countries is currently too upbeat for reality. The market continues to be concerned about the push for health care reform and perhaps some investors are uneasy about the threat of financial...
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A Curse of Abundance

Is there such a thing as too much of a good thing? Can having an existence in a land of abundance actually have a down side? In economic terms, the answer to both questions is yes.

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Five Facts About HOLDRS Every ETF Investor Must Know

For the most part, ETFs are pretty similar regardless of which issuer is behind the fund. But as many investors know, there’s one notable exception to this rule.

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Long Term Unemployment: Less than Actual Out of Work

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Children: Expense Or Investment? Tips on How to Make Your Children Your Best Investment

If you're a parent, you can probably recall the moment your child was born.

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The Other Side Of The Leveraged ETF Coin: How Compounding Can (And Does) Work For Investors

At the height of the leveraged ETF controversy in recent years has been the performance of these products when held for extended periods of time.

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Economic Recovery? Yeah. Too Much Economic Recovery

It’s true: I stand firm by my conviction that the global economy is in a lot of trouble.

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GDX vs. GDXJ: A Better Way to Play Gold?

A recent survey released by InvestmentNews highlighted the ten ETFs financial advisors researched the most, based on data provided by Morningstar.

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Normalized Employment: The Real Employment Story

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In Our Opinion, the Major Asian and North American Markets Will Continue to Rally For a Few More Weeks At a Minimum

In our opinion, investors are looking for a way out of European currencies and into the Canadian, Australian, and even the U.S.

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The Financial System: More Dangerous than an Al Qaeda Attack?

“What we don’t know will hurt us, and quite possibly on a more devastating scale than any Qaeda attack”.

 

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