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By May 18, 2013

The stock market rally has been unrelenting and it is rare to see it continue so long without a correction. The S&P 500 has been up six months in a row without a pullback of 5%. The market is up an impressive 18% year-to-date. In comparison, the average annual gain ...

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By May 15, 2013

“I’m definitely bullish,” so said the ultra-compensated ($2.2 billion in 2012) hedge fund manager David Tepper of Appaloosa Management, who has a knack for moving markets. Tepper was speaking to CNBC’s Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin and gave his typically upbeat appraisal of the stock market and economy. Comparing ...

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By May 14, 2013

Jim Rickards, senior manager director at Tangent Capital and author of Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis, was posed the question by CNBC’s Hong Kong based host Bernie Lo, “are we on the brink of an all out currency war?” Rickards responded this has been going on ...

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By May 12, 2013

James Altucher, writing at Seeking Alpha, has been bullish in the past, but is now becoming more cautious on the stock market and provides his reasons why and a solution for investors. Excerpt: My solution: I am buying smaller stocks where I am not competing for information against massive hedge ...

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By May 9, 2013

Charlie Rose interviewed GMO’s Jeremy Grantham at length recently. It is a fascinating conversation with a self-professed numbers man. Several notes from the interview include: Grantham commented on the commodity inflation from 2002-2008 where the price of commodities rose faster than in World War II and erased 100 years of ...

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By May 8, 2013

Fox Business host Melissa Francis gave a big “woo hoo” as the Dow topped 15,000 and had a couple of guests commenting on several selections from Goldman Sachs’ 40 most undervalued stocks list. In the video below Harrington Capital Management founder Kyle Harrington and American Wealth Management President Laif Meidell ...

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Ralph Acampora on Why the Bull Market Will Forge Much Higher
By May 4, 2013

Speaking to CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo yesterday, Altaira Limited’s Senior Managing Director and long-time stock market technician and guru Ralph Acampora explained why he was so bullish on the prospects for equities. Acampora said we could see the Dow at 20,000 in the year 2017. Acampora stated that the U. S. ...

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Statistical Evidence for a Continuation of the Bull Market in Stocks
By May 2, 2013

Analysis of stock market historical patterns can serve up food for thought as to the probabilities for future gains or losses. For instance, the S&P 500 has closed higher in each of the six months leading up to April 30, 2013. The blog Quantifiable Edges, ASSESSING MARKET ACTION WITH INDICATORS ...

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By April 30, 2013

Mark Hulbert, editor of the Hulbert Financial Digest, was interviewed by CNBC’s Scott Wapner today regarding the validity of the “sell in May” motto. Hulbert said the statistical evidence for selling in May was surprisingly strong, in fact, “it’s incredibly strong,” he stated. “We all think its silly..why does the ...

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By April 29, 2013

The Tactical Timing System has generated a sell signal. To comply with the system the following positions will be sold today. The proceeds will be placed in money market assets while awaiting the introduction of Vanguard’s new international bond ETFs [link]. Position (Symbol) BT Group (BT) Exxon Mobil (XOM) Marathon ...

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