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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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Thumbnail image for Interview With Ben Inker, Asset Allocator at GMO

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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Thumbnail image for Charles Nenner Provides His Key Support Levels for the Stock Market

Technical analysis guru Charles Nenner, founder of the Charles Nenner Research Center, provided his latest outlook to CNBC’s Maria Caruso Cabrera and Bill Griffeth yesterday. Nenner reminded viewers of his call to “go totally long the market” in early 2009. He said he recently exited the market about six weeks ...

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Thumbnail image for Jeremy Siegel: Dow 16,000 by End of Year 2013

Jeremy Siegel, Wharton University professor of finance, was on CNBC a few days ago and said the market was not just going up only because of the Fed’s Quantitative Easing (QE); a popular viewpoint. Siegel said stocks were one of the few reasonable priced assets available, which would not include ...

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Thumbnail image for Gold in Freefall: What Would Tom O’Brien Do Now?

Tom O’Brien, editor of The Gold Report newsletter and CEO of Tiger Financial News Network, was on CNBC yesterday talking to Amanda Drury and Brian Sullivan about the dreary performance of gold over the last few days. O’Brien said gold is a very small market and the SPDR Gold Trust ...

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Thumbnail image for Barron’s Top Ranked Advisor David Zier’s Contrarian Advice

Barron’s top-ranked financial advisor out of Maryland with over $10 billion in assets under management, David Zier, shared his insight on CNBC’s “Halftime Report” yesterday. Zier’s research reveals that stock market performance is overwhelmingly positive following an S&P 500 gain of over 10% in the first quarter. The S&P 500 ...

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Thumbnail image for Investing Links of Interest – April 9, 2013

Bill Hardison at dshort.com recently presented the nominal level of margin debt compared to the S&P 500. It’s just another sign of the market being in the danger zone. Excerpt: What this chart is showing is that, despite the lack of participation in the rally that you hear about, account ...

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Thumbnail image for Peter Eliades Warns the Stock Market May be Peaking

In a debate on CNBC with regular contributor Michael Farr, newsletter writer Peter Eliades argued that the stock market could be approaching its peak. The cautiously optimistic Farr said, “you don’t fight the tape and you don’t fight the Fed.” Farr added that “this isn’t the year to sell in ...

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Thumbnail image for Liz Ann Sonders and Scott Minerd Poo Poo Demographic Concerns

Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, and Scott Minerd, chief investment officer at Guggenheim Partners LLC, discussed the prospects for future stock market gains with CNBC’s Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin yesterday. Sonders said the most telling thing from talking to Schwab clients is ...

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Thumbnail image for What Concerns Marc Faber

On CNBC today Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom Boom and Doom report, expressed his main concern about the current market climate. Faber said he expects a climb before a crash in the summer. What is disconcerting to Faber is that foreign equity markets have not participated in the rally. ...

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