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Market Commentary
In the real world study of schizophrenia known as the stock market some of you (ok probably about all of you with a life) may have missed this news over the weekend: “This past weekend, China printed their September Import and Export data, and brother did it surprise...
Market Outlook
For sometime now we have remained fully invested, but very nervous. Starting in mid-September, I have been cutting back on our risk exposure. Our Seasonal Growth model has been in more conservative (lower beta) equities since May. In addition we are now about 25% in...
While the markets have shown some recent volatility, the one thing we can count on is our dividends and dividend increases. One of our popular holdings, Microsoft (MSFT) announced a dividend increase yesterday. Their quarterly payment has been upped from $.28 to...
Investors.com quote
Here is a link to an article, Biotechnology ETFs Show Rebust Health In August I was quoted in posted at investors.com – the online publication of The Investor’s Business Daily (IBD). Short article focusing on two of the hottest market sectors, biotech and solar/green...
Fed Policy and the Market
Below is an excerpt from our Monday report from Sterne Agee, (emphasis added): “Fed Chair Janet Yellen gave a balanced assessment of the labor market in her keynote speech at Jackson Hole last week, according to Standard and Poor’s Economics. She said there is no...
No Need to Worry: Positive Trends Remain in Place
Last week I published an article at horsesmouth.com that can be downloaded here: Liquidity Worries. The short version is that the stock market seems to be continuing along in its uptrend. Despite a few recent bumps and a little volatility the trend is...