Category Archives: Current Events

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Personal Finance Articles – Safe Investing

Some interesting reads for the shortened trading week: 3 ways to take control of your retirement (CNN/Fortune) Raising a child just got $8,000 more expensive (CNNMoney) Fire in the Disco – Mean Reversion Overdue (Reformed Broker) 9 ‘Cliffs’ investors should … Continue reading

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Stock market enters downtrend – 2012-10-10

Today’s trading session saddled the stock markets another day of heavy selling and put them back into downtrend territory. A quick check shows below average trading volume during that timeframe, with the last two distribution days more influenced by Monday’s … Continue reading

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Stock market uptrend encounters selling pressure – 2012-10-09

The late summer stock market uptrend appears to have hit rough waters. After a volatile July, the market was in rally mode, spending most of August and early September climbing higher. The end of September brought some weakness, as the … Continue reading

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Market Insight from JP Morgan – 4th Quarter – 2012

October is here, which means it is time for the quarterly market outlook from JP Morgan Asset Management (hat tip to B. Ritholtz). Each quarter, you can find this little gem of a PDF on JP Morgan’s Asset management website; … Continue reading

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Stock market rally back from the dead – 2012-07-26

Strong statements from the European Central Bank ignited leading stocks, causing the markets to recover some of this week’s losses. The show of strength was enough to reverse the market correction that started on Tuesday, and confirm a new uptrend. … Continue reading

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Latest stock market rally dies – 2012-07-24

Yesterday’s upward momentum was the silver lining in an otherwise gloomy day in the investing world. After opening lower, the NASDAQ, S&P 500, and NYSE clawed their way back to close near the highs for the day. But today was … Continue reading

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