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Gold Trades In A Tight Range
Gold prices closed lower on Monday, giving back a portion of the previous week’s gains as the bulls continued to encounter resistance around the $1203 level. Richard Fisher’s comments about inflation and bullish sentiment in equities also weighed on the market. Richard Fisher, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said “I don’t […]
What Are The Masters Of The Universe Buying?
You should never blindly follow the investment moves of anyone—not even masters of the universe like Carl Icahn or George Soros. You never know what their investment game plan is or whether a stock position is part of a larger multi-stock trade. That said, I do consider guru trades a nice starting point for further research. If investors […]
The 5 Best Large Caps
I wanted to find the 5 large cap stocks that had the most consistent upward momentum this past month. I used Barchart to sort the S&P 500 Large Cap stock index to find the stocks that had the most frequent new highs in the last month. The stocks making the cut are: Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW), Lowe’s(NYSE:LOW), Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC), Red […]
Here’s Why The Long Bond Could Be About To Blast Off
I always love hearing people say things like, “interest rates are so low they can’t go any lower!” That’s the sort of superficial thinking that gets investors into trouble and provides opportunities for those willing to look a bit deeper. So let’s take a look and see if that’s actually true – that rates are […]
Nothing Has Changed-And That’s The Problem
Playing monetary games has done nothing to eliminate moral hazard. If we step back and look at the past six years since the global financial meltdown of 2008, we see that in terms of financial and political power, nothing has changed–and that’s the problem. If nothing has changed structurally, then none of the problems that caused […]
CPHD Receives FDA Clearance For Xpert Flu/RSV XC; SUPN Receives Issuance Of Fifth US Patent
Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) announced it has received clearance from the U.S. FDA to market its Xpert® Flu/RSV XC, an on-demand molecular test for accurate and reliable determination of Flu A, Flu B, and differentiation of RSV infection. Xpert Flu/RSV XC runs on Cepheid’s GeneXpert® System, the world’s leading molecular diagnostic platform with more than 7,500 systems […]
Euro Inches Higher On IFO
Investors are all but convinced that the European Central Bank is on the verge of additional easing and have already begun the sell-off which sent the common currency Euro to a 2-year low versus its major rival, the U.S. Dollar. Last Friday, the head of the ECB, Mario Draghi, said that the future of the […]
E Caveat Emptor! Cyber Crime Threatens To Derail The Growing Digital Economy
Securing computer networks has become paramount in the new digital age. Computer and network security, most often referred to as cyber security, involves safeguarding Americans private information, securing financial data, protecting national military secrets, and creating a bulwark around our most important intellectual property secrets that drive our economic growth. The Internet was founded on […]
Test Results Are In
Podcast: Play in new window | Play in new window (Duration: 13:16 — 6.1MB) DOW + 7 = 17,817 SPX + 5 = 2069 NAS + 41 = 4754 10 YR YLD – .01 = 2.31% OIL – .81 = 75.70 GOLD – 3.80 = 1199.30 SILV + .02 = 16.57 The S&P 500 has gained 11% since bottoming […]
Choose A Bond Fund For Greater Diversification
Bond funds offer investors an opportunity for diversification and professional management. Fund performance Just because a mutual fund company buys bonds, owners of the fund still must accept certain risks. One example is “interest rate risk,” which means that as interest rates rise, bond values fall. Therefore, the money you invest in a bond fund […]
