The Alpha Investor Letter Hotlines

A Great Week for the Markets

Markets continued their relentless move upward this past week, with the S&P 500 ending 1.62% higher. Global markets...

Great Expectations for Earnings Season

The U.S. markets continued their rally into the second week of 2012. The S&P 500 Index broke above...

Starting the New Year with a Bang

Stocks rose sharply on the first trading day of 2012, thanks to encouraging economic reports from the United...

Looking for the Santa Claus Rally

  Global financial markets shook off the news of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il's death over the...

The Dull Days of December

The S&P 500 Index and emerging markets both rose more than 5% this past week. Most of the...

To Rally, or Not To Rally — That Is the Question

News reports out of Europe have held markets in a well-trodden trading pattern over the past several months....

Markets Back In “Risk-On” Mode

Global markets have endured a tough week, with the S&P 500 sliding 4.62% and emerging markets dropping 7.28%....

European Troubles Holding Back a Rally

  Markets ended the past five days lower with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.41% and emerging markets...

Risk On, Risk Off

It was yet another “Risk-On, Risk-Off” week in the markets.   Traders opened the recent five-day trading period...

The Market Finally Breaks out

After being locked in a trading range reaching back to early August, the S&P 500 Index finally broke...