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Raymond James‘ chief market strategist Jeff Saut recently delivered a bullish forecast at Minyanville and elaborates on his discussion with Rich Bernstein, who believes the bull market is only in the 4th or 5th innings. Saut doesn’t see the market correcting in the near-term, but later in the summer the ...

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“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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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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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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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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Thumbnail image for Fox Business Guests Comment on Goldman Sachs’ Undervalued Stocks List

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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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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Thumbnail image for Mark Hulbert Comments on Statistical Basis for Selling in May

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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Thumbnail image for Is the Retirement Crisis Really a Crisis?

PBS Frontline recently presented a documentary called “The Retirement Gamble” which examines the role of the financial services industry in the developing retirement savings shortfall facing a large number of Americans. According to PBS correspondent Martin Smith, “half of Americans say they can’t afford to save for retirement while 1/3 ...

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Weathtrack’s Consuelo Mack began her introduction of Ben Inker by commenting that no one knows how central bank’s experiments with new forms of monetary stimulus will turn out. Mack pointed out that bond funds have had inflows for 17 consecutive quarters including the latest one ending March 31st, where inflows ...

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