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/Quick Point/ – Ireland Fails to Resurrect European Fears
Another sign that “macro-investing” is becoming obsolete: On Friday (September 24) The Wall Street Journal led its front-page “Business & Finance” news brief column with supposedly dire news from...
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/Quick Point/ – Savvy Investment Manager: Time to Use Contrarian Approach and...
Important read: “You Should Have Timed the Market” (By Brett Arends September 29) Key items: 1. Midway through article: “… over the past decade it was actually quite easy to time the market. All you...
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/Quick Point/ – Market Rises. Small Investors To Stop Selling?
From The Wall Street Journal’s front-page “Business & Finance” column today: “The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 10% in the third quarter, even as economic uncertainty fueled an exodus of small...
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/Quick Point/ – Alcoa Provides Important, Positive Indicator
Alcoa’s earnings report had better news than expected. Not only were operating earnings above expectations, but also many areas saw improvements. (Alcoa’s management comments’ transcript is available...
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/Quick Point/ – No News Is Good News for the US Stock Market
WSJ now focusing on politics and foreign affairs The stock market’s rise back to its March/April levels means none of those intervening headlines and articles filled with dire warnings panned out...
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/Quick Point/ – China’s Interest Rate Hike Is Good for the US
China took a positive step yesterday that will benefit not only itself, but also all those countries engaged economically with it, including the US. Here’s why… Sound reasoning The Chinese government...
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/Quick Point/ – Fed Succeeds by Talking – Growing Signs of Inflation
The Federal Reserve (Chair Ben Bernanke, in particular) would like a tad more inflation and thinks its plan to buy bonds could accomplish that goal. Now there are signs that just talking about it has...
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/Quick Point/ – Insurer Reveals Inflation Expectations and Intentions
Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield (DC) let its inflation thoughts and plans out of the bag recently. Here is the new language the company inserted into its general contract with health insurance...
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/Quick Point/ – Verizon: One more thing…
I received a good comment on my article, “Verizon (Part 1) – Announcements Support Its Growth Status.” I am sharing the comment and my response because I added some additional information… Note: This...
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/Quick Point/ – Today’s Score: Bulls 2, Bears 0
Forget Bernanke and the Federal Reserve. The real news today is what drove the stock market up this morning. The Wall Street Journal’s mid-day article says it all… “NEW YORK—The Dow Jones Industrial...
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/Quick Point/ – James C. Cooper’s ‘Business Outlook’ Lives!
Last January I wrote “Obituary: Business Week’s ‘Business Outlook’ Column” (January 27, 2010). Bloomberg’s takeover of Business Week resulted in the demise of the long-standing, valuable “Business...
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/Quick Point/ – 2010 Stock Market Set to Music
In a series of 5 weekday notes, this piano composition matches the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s 2010 performance. http://money.cnn.com/markets/storysupplement/dow_piano/ For investors, ending on a...
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