File this under Read It Here First: Early December, we noted that the Farmer’s Almanac predicted a rough winter: “November...
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Last month, Jim Cramer ripped Edward Jones a new one; While I agreed with what he said, I didn’t bother to follow up because I...
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A few noteworthy issues regarding the general market malaise: 1) Volume was on the light side — 1.1B on the Nazz, 1.5 on the NYSE;...
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If you haven’t seen it yet, I advise you to have a gander at this week’s Dilbert series on trading software: I love that...
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One of the keys to investing is maintaining intellectual flexibility. It tends to be a money losing strategy to marry any one idea or...
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Despite the increase in stock prices since the summer, equities now look even cheaper against corporates, due to the strength in the...
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Each year, fund manager Doug Kass steals (Morgan Stanley’s) Byron Wien’s list of unlikely events — 25 possible...
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Asset allocators will be sorely tested in the coming year, says a skilled practitioner of the art: Duck and cover. That about sums up...
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The S&P 500, even with the recent more aggressive selling, has not scored any structural breakdowns in trend. This suggests the...
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Rob Fraim‘s contributions to these pages are always welcome. Today’s comments are so amusing I felt they deserved a wider...
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