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Market Risks and Challenges That Lay Ahead in the Second Half of 2010

January 12, 2010 · 0 comments

in 2010, DJIA, Financial New Year, Q3, Q4, S&P 500, bull market, earnings, economy, indexes, market bottom, market crash, market timing, market trends, recession, risk, technical analysis, wealth protection

Increasingly, analysts seem to agree that the first half (and the first quarter, especially) of stock markets in 2010 will look robust and promising, but stock markets in the second half of the year leave much to be desired.
The possibility of a double-dip recession still remains for some, while others mitigate this prediction about the [...]

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Stock Market Investment Outlook November 2009

November 2, 2009 · 0 comments

in DJIA, November, Q4, VIX volatility, economy, interest rates, market reports, news and updates, recession, seasonal investing

Last Friday, the final trading day of October 2009, saw triple-digit losses following the previous day’s excellent U.S. GDP numbers.  Are traders and institutional investors just taking money off the table for some profits?  Or will this be the beginning of the retrenchment that we didn’t see in September or October?
One thing that is for [...]

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Will the September Correction Come in October?

October 5, 2009 · 0 comments

in October, Q4, September, VIX volatility, earnings, investing, market timing, seasonal investing, special dates, stocks

We’re still waiting…. If the traditional September stock market pullback doesn’t happen, conventional wisdom says we should look for it in October.  October, after all, is historically just as stormy – memories of the crash of ‘87 and even the big post-Lehman DJIA collapse keep investors cautious.
Caution is even more advisable when you’ve got the [...]

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