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Making Money Alert: The Final Days Before the Real Action Begins
It's the tail end of what has been a hot and dry summer throughout most of the country....
PowerTrend Brief: Facebook, the Fed and A Dash of “Hopium”
This past week there were two stock market topics that were widely discussed. One was company-specific to a...
PowerTrend Brief: When Bad News Means “Good News”
There are many types of bad news in the world around us. They include accidents, the loss of...
Making Money Alert: Summer Sizzle, Market Fizzle
Living in beautiful Southern California, I should be the last one to complain when it comes to the...
Beware of Central Banks Giving the Markets a Temporary Lift
Be careful not to assume the jump in stock prices in recent days is fueled by any renewed...
Making Money Alert: It’s Central Bank Week
This week's market action is going to be dominated by two central bank events. We got the first...
PowerTrend Brief: Souring Confidence and Earnings Set the Stage for Housing, Bernanke and More
Economic indicators are interesting because we assume that they are signaling the vector and velocity of the economy...
Making Money Alert: The Fed’s Still ‘Twist’-ing in the Wind
It can be argued that the rally in the equity markets during the past couple of weeks was...
Making Money Alert: Serious Selling and the Bailout Bounce
I’ve said it many times in the past, but one of my favorite market idioms is worth repeating...
Fed is Right Not to Launch Quantitative Easing Part III
The markets reacted the wrong way yesterday by pulling back when the minutes from the last Federal Reserve...