Chris Ciovacco: Why stocks may post surprising gains in the months ahead: Read more…

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Chris Ciovacco: As outlined in a popular October 2011 video on the European debt crisis, we are well aware of the serious nature of the problems facing the financial markets. However, our market models have been telling us, and continue to tell us, to be open to ongoing Read more…

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Kathy Boyle of Chapin Hill Advisors appeared on a FOX Business segment yesterday to provide an insight into what she has been trading and what funds she likes right now. Read more…

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John Nyaradi:  A “fiscal cliff” lies just ahead but prepared investors can turn danger into opportunity. Recently, Federal Reserve President Ben Bernanke and others have sounded the alarm about the looming “fiscal cliff” they see coming Read more…

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Sy Harding: Another week of economic reports adds to the likelihood of a summer correction in the stock market again this year, and even to the possibility that it has already begun. Read more…

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Michael Snyder:  Not so fast.  Those that are publicly declaring that an economic recovery has arrived are ignoring a whole host of numbers that indicate that the U.S. economy is in absolutely horrendous shape.  The truth is that the health of an economy should not be measured by how well the stock market Read more…

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Michael Snyder:  Most Americans know that things used to be much better in the United States, but they don’t have the facts and the figures to back that belief up. Well, after reading the shocking statistics in this article nobody should be left with any doubt that things have gotten worse in America.  Read more…

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ETF Base:  Leveraged ETFs are under fire for creating volatility in the stock markets, especially in the last hours of trading. The story goes that traders move through large positions in leveraged exchange-traded funds which then permeate through prices for individual securities. Read more…

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The Daily Capitalist:  Oops!  They’ve done it again.  Maybe. Here’s the evidence that the Fed aborted a mini-recession with Operation Twist, which in association with enlarging its balance sheet by reinvesting dividends from its mortgage-backed securities portfolio was essentially the QE 3 that Jeff Read more…

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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Suddenly the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a key index that economist watch for signs of expansion or trouble ahead for the world economy, has collapsed.  Because two Read more…

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Keith Fitz-Gerald: The next 1,000 points on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEArca:DIA) in either direction are going to be determined by what happens in  two cities thousands of miles from our own shores… Athens and Berlin. Read more…

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Michael Snyder: If you increased your credit card spending by a couple thousand dollars per month would your lifestyle improve?  Of course it would.  By going into large amounts of debt, it is possible Read more…

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Mike Larson: There’s no longer any doubt. It’s not something the  bulls can argue against. The global economy is fading fast — from one end of  the world to the other. And many markets are rolling over sharply. Read more…

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