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3 Sector ETFs That Are Leading The Market

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:36:40 +0000

After recording a short pullback, the S&P 500 once again returned to growth thereby recording multiple sessions of gains and closing at multi-year highs. This recent rise in the benchmark index was mostly led by encouraging data on home prices(...)
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Short & Leverage ETP Assets Up 10% Year To Date To $48.5 Billion

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:56 +0000

Global Short and Leveraged ETP assets rose by $4.4bn (10%) in the first four months of 2013 to $48.5bn and 70% since Dec 2008, as investors continue to increase their usage of Short and Leveraged (S&L) ETPs. The increase in S&L ETPs(...)
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Securian Introduces Managed Volatility Portfolios for MultiOption Variable Annuities

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:16:07 +0000

By using a range of volatility management strategies that actively respond to market conditions, the new Managed Volatility Portfolios (MVPs), available with some MultiOption variable annuities, seek to provide more consistent returns over time while(...)
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Important Breakout In The Dow To Gold Ratio and Its Implications For Gold

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:03:06 +0000

Przemyslaw Radomski, CFA: There are several indications that the currency war is heating up, the gloves are coming off and new players are piling into the barroom brawl. First, Australia unexpectedly cut interest rates, then both the Swedish(...)
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6 Reasons Why Gold Stocks Will Begin A Big Rally

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:49:40 +0000

Jordan Roy-Byrne: 1. Huge rallies begin from these conditions(...)
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Consumer Confidence Increases: Will The Stock Market Follow?

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:58:14 +0000

Moe Zulfiqar: In May, the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s preliminary consumer sentiment index, an early gauge of consumer confidence in the U.S. economy, registered at 83.7, up from 76.4 in April. This is the highest the index has been (...)
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A Dead Cat Bounce For Gold Prices

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:12:43 +0000

Bob Kirtley: On Monday, May 13, 2013 we wrote that Gold Prices would Re-Test $1350/oz level and so they did, trading sub $1340/0z at one stage. Gold had fallen for 7 straight days from $1470/oz before the slide was arrested earlier today with a bounce(...)
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Gold, Silver and Miners: Powerful Reversal Off Multiyear Support

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:46:26 +0000

Jeb Handwerger: I wrote nearly a month ago that “The Worse Things Were For The Mining Sector, The Better They Will Get”. This was after the first downward plunge in gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) and silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) in April due to the Goldman short.(...)
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Afraid You’ve Been Too Conservative And Missed The Market?

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:35:21 +0000

Joseph L. Shaefer: Don’t worry. Be happy. Here’s why…(...)
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Investing Strategies For Conservative Investors and President Obama

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:26:11 +0000

John Whitefoot: Despite the record run of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) and S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX), many investors continue to sit on the sidelines, preferring capital preservation to wealth creation. It could be because they(...)
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JP Morgan’s Dimon Should Not Hold CEO and Chairman Titles

Greg Cullen — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:24:41 +0000

He’s been called the golden boy, the best banker in America, the person singly responsible for JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) success, and someone too important to be messed with. But if you ask Chris Whalen if Jamie Dimon, or any(...)
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Putting Cash To Work: 3 Ways To Enter The Market Today

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:18:11 +0000

With global equities up more than 25% since their bottom last June, many investors are wondering: “Is it too late to move cash from the sidelines? Should I wait for a pullback?”(...)
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Apple Inc. (AAPL): A Vaporware Maker?

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:14:40 +0000

Michael Robinson: In Silicon Valley, there’s a term for products that a company makes bold statements about and always seem on the cusp of launching but never quite materialize – vaporware.(...)
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Will Wednesday’s Fed Minutes Spark Sell-Off?

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:32:04 +0000

Chris Ciovacco: Since the S&P 500 made an intraday low of 1,536 on April 18, the widely-followed stock index has tacked on 130 points and the markets have migrated back to full-bore risk-on mode.(...)
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It’s Time To Be BRAVE With Gold Stocks

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:57:41 +0000

David Banister: I used to half joke with some of my investing friends that the best time to buy stocks is during or right after a crash. Think 1987, 2000-2002, 2008-09, and now perhaps Gold Miners?? Well, before we get too far ahead of ourselves,(...)
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Bear Market In Gold, or Misinformation?

Greg Cullen — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:16 +0000

Paul Craig Roberts: You know that gold bear market that the financial press keeps touting? The one George Soros keeps proclaiming? Well, it is not there. The gold bear market is disinformation that is helping elites acquire the(...)
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A Great Spot For A Gold Reversal

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:44:19 +0000

Corey Rosenbloom: Gold completed a series of chart-based steps today that tend to precede a short-term reversal in price.(...)
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Silver Prices Undergo Wild Trading

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:34:33 +0000

Diane Alter: If you’re wondering why silver prices fell sharply Monday, it looks like the answers lie in Asia.(...)
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Divergence Between The S&P 500 and Current Economic Recovery Grows

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:17 +0000

Sasha Cekerevac: There continues to be mixed data regarding the strength of the economic recovery in America. This is creating an interesting divergence between the level of the S&P 500 and the growth rate of the economic recovery, (...)
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A Bullish Sign For The Merrill Lynch Semiconductors HOLDRS ETF

David Bettencourt — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:04:38 +0000

After a decent morning advance, stocks sold off in the afternoon with most averages closing just about flat on the day. Turnover eased on both exchanges, which is a good sign, as stalling action accompanied by higher volume is known(...)
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