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Nicholas Vardy

How to Profit from the Income Investing Panic of 2015

It hasn’t been easy being an income investor over the past few years. The Fed’s zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) has punished savers with its low interest rates since 2009. Many retirees who depend on their accumulated savings have grown increasingly frustrated trying to eke out income from their hard-earned investments. So it’s no surprise […]

Revisiting The Rubicon

For all the drama of the big up and down moves of the past few days, the stock market pretty much ended the week where it started. The Dow Jones fell 0.54%, the S&P 500 dropped 0.65% and the NASDAQ tumbled 0.48%. Perhaps surprisingly, the MCSI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) ended the week 1.29% higher. […]

A Rocky Start to 2015

If 2014 went out with a bang, 2015 came in with a whimper. Over the past week, the Dow Jones fell 3.40%, the S&P 500 dropped 3.74% and the NASDAQ tumbled 3.87%. Global markets offered no safe haven, with the MCSI Emerging Markets Index falling 3.41%. The only gainer in your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio […]

These Were the Best and Worst Global Markets of 2014

In the world of global stock investing in 2014, it was the U.S. market that attracted the attention of stock market bulls, alongside a handful of markets in Asia and the Middle East.

Profiting from the Ebola Outbreak

It was a tough end to 2014, with the Dow Jones down 1.22%, the S&P 500 tumbling 1.46% and the NASDAQ dropping 1.67%. Global markets offered no relief, with the MCSI Emerging Markets Index ending the week 1.65% lower. Virtually all of your Bull Market Alert positions fell last week. But your short position in […]

Santa Claus Leaves Early

The Santa Claus rally petered out early this year, as global stock markets flat-lined over the past week. Nearly every position in your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio moved less than 1%. The Dow Jones was down 0.23%, the S&P 500 fell 0.09% and the NASDAQ jumped 0.25%. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index was the star […]