| 17.9 Percent Real Unemployment - How Solid is the Recovery? |
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| The unemployment picture painted by today’s jobs report headlines is much rosier than reality. Still, they were enough to provide a serious pop for stocks. What are the real numbers and will reality seriously ding the market? - 03-05-2010 |
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| Is The New Bull Market Just a Hoax? |
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| The small shock induced by the late January decline has been forgotten. Wall Street sees no reason for stocks to decline, even though a number of key components of the economy are in bad shape. For investors right now, it’s about being in the right assets at the right time. What are those? - 03-04-2010 |
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| Is S&P 1,100 Another Chance for the Bears? |
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| So far, S&P 1,150 is the high for the year. Immediately following the high, the S&P dropped to 1,045 in just a few days and thereby damaged a number of previously bullish technicals. The S&P has not recovered to 1,100. Is this the second and final chance for the bears? - 02-23-2010 |
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| The Mystery of the Price to Earnings Ratios solved |
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| More investors are willing to buy stocks at Dow 10,000 than they were at Dow 7,000. After a 70% plus rally, shouldn’t valuations become a concern? This article dissects the different forms of P/E ratios and its significance in pin-pointing a market bottom.
- 02-16-2010 |
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| Can Emerging Markets Kick-Start the World Indexes? |
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| As of late, the U.S. market seems to be in a funk. The recent decline has erased as much as three months worth of gains and major support lines have been broken. What about “Big Brother?” Can China and its BRIC cousins lift the U.S. indexes to new highs? - 02-09-2010 |
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| Real Unemployment 18 Percent - Will Stocks Falter? |
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| The unemployment picture painted by today’s jobs report headlines is much rosier than reality. Yet, the Dow broke below 10,000 for the first time in months. The real unemployment number reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is much higher and scarier than they want you to believe. What's next? - 02-05-2010 |
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| What Economic Indicators Are Really Telling Us |
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| The past few weeks have been packed with economically sensitive pieces of information, such as job numbers, earnings and a host of other economic wet blankets. But what indicators really count and what really drives the stock market? - 02-04-2010 |
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