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The weekend’s gone, just like that. And so is the new year and the holiday season. Just like that. And now the collective breath that had been held into new year, as I’d been looking for, is about to be let out. First, let’s hit on the
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Happy Friday! Markets are mixed which means we’re still at the levels we were at in 1998, 2002, 2008, 2010 and 2011. Apple’s up today and it’s up a lot over that same time period though, see what I mean about why we need to focus on
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Early going and the indices are back where we were to start the year. I could be referring to either 2011 or 2012 of course in this 1 year S&P chart: Or I could be referring to the fact that the markets are still flat from where they
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Over the last few months, I’ve asked you guys several times to answer the following question — and every single time, the results of the poll have indicated the next moves of the market: Who’s more scared right now, bulls or bears? For more than a decade, I’ve
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Welcome back friends, trust you all survived the holidays (read: relatives) and are looking forward to a prosperous 2012; another year of making money while the Chicken Littles scream about falling skies and failing currencies. At some point volatility will simmer down — but probably not for the time being. If
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Here’s what I was reading and thinking about when I wasn’t trying to get my hands warmed up in the chilly NM mountain air this morning. On Insurance Stock Indexes – Merkel’s thinking about starting an insurance-only hedge fund and the reason I like the idea is because
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Good morning and happy new year. I hope you all had a great break. The markets are screaming to kick off the new year, up 2% here in the early going. FIO’s continuing its wild ways, up 10% on the day. And Google’s kicking in again, making my
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It’s Friday. And it’s the last trading day of the year. And we’re going to close out the year at just about the exact same levels we started the year at. Aren’t you glad you didn’t panic when Greece blew up. Or when Greece blew
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Markets are in rally mode, up 1%, making them about even on the year, which is what they were last week and twelve months ago too. We’ll see more pitches come our way and the only way to continue our vast ourpeformance is to be very different in our
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Here’s what I was reading and thinking about when I was working late into the night: 2012 – Things that will happen – I’ve read and re-read Bruce Krasting’s latest piece here, a fascinating look at the year ahead with lots of suprise predictions. My favorites include: “-Obama will
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“But the kick was never needed. The fake spike proved Marino was most lethal as soon as the defense dropped its guard” — NFL Films Drew Brees set the NFL record for single season passing yardage last night which now stands at 5087 yards. It was rather thrilling and you couldn’
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The markets are closed on Monday so unless there’s some emergency, there likely won’t be any posts from me until Tuesday. In my experience, the markets tend to have a pretty strong upward bias as volumes and attendance and care is low from the pros, few of whom