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Expectations are for courteous questions and familiar answers when Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke sits before the Joint Economic Committee in Congress today. After all, it’s not as if the two-term Fed chief doesn’t have his story Read more…
Mitchell Clark: There very well could be more upside in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI). Read more…
George Leong: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has had a nice upward run since declining to its 52-week low of $385.10 on April 19, 2013. Read more…
European markets slipped a bit while Japan rips to another high of the year. Japan is now up an incredible 50%+ since November. US stock futures are 1-3 handles as we made another record high yesterday. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke takes Read more…
Commodity ETF investing has been pretty rocky this year thanks to erratic product performances in recent months. Some commodities like natural gas, cotton and cocoa have been on Read more…
What is going to happen when the greatest economic bubble in the history of the world pops? The mainstream media never talks about that. They are much too busy covering the latest Read more…
The recent surge in popularity of high yielding investment avenues is not at all surprising, considering the desire for income in this low rate environment. Fortunately, there are a number of options Read more…
Douglas Davenport: Even if you’re a novice investor, you’re probably familiar with the age-old saying, “Sell in May and go away.” In short, it means that the May through October season Read more…
Frank Holmes: A strong stomach and a tremendous amount of patience are required if your invested in gold stocks these days, as miners have been exhibiting their typical volatility pattern. Read more…
Moe Zulfiqar: Gold bullion has attracted a lot of attention lately from both the bull side and the bear side. The main reasons: the continuous decline in the prices since the yellow metal reached Read more…
Michael Lombardi: The U.S. housing market is still under stress, and it will take a very, very long time for it to recover. Take a look at the chart below of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index Read more…
It all began in the last quarter of 2012. Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) gross margin declined by a whopping 600 basis points year over year. The trigger? 80% of revenue during the quarter came Read more…
Ron Rowland: The Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:SYLD), launched May 14, is an actively managed ETF employing a quantitative algorithm to select companies with strong emphasis on returning free cash flow to their shareholders. Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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