Each weekend on Top Stocks I like to take stock of the market and see if the market has changed direction and I might need to rethink my strategy. I report how my portfolio on Wall Street Survivor is doing against the other participants from MSN’s Top …
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Each weekend on Top Stocks I like to take stock of the market and see if the market has changed direction and I might need to rethink my strategy. I report how my portfolio on Wall Street Survivor is doing against the other participants from MSN’s Top …
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I’m back from a little vacation, had to go to a reunion of my alma mater, Fort Lauderdale High School – Home of the Mighty Flying L’s. The market did fine without me. As always I look at the same market momentum indicators on BarChart to get a sense of…
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My investment philosophy is rooted in the idea that beating the market is less about reinventing the wheel and more about listening to the right people. That’s how I came to develop my Guru Strategy computer models, and it’s why I take a look every Fri…
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The investment world is filled with new theories and new ideas about how best to make money. But over the years, I’ve found that the best way to produce solid, market-beating returns is to take advantage of the wisdom of history’s best investors. That’…
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After removing the inflationary effects of the Fed’s dollar printing, stocks are now sitting at the lows reached after the swoon in early September. By looking at the relative performance of the S&P 500 to gold futures, investors are nearing some…
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As the market has surged over the past seven months, one of the driving forces has been financial stocks. Since the March 9 low, the S&P 500 is up an impressive 56%, but the Financial Select Sector SPDR is up a staggering 138%. And financials are t…
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Stocks should soon start enjoying the benefits of a renewed surge in liquidity courtesy of the Federal Reserve.
Although the Fed pulled the punch bowl away in one area, by announcing the discontinuation of its direct debt purchases back on September …
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This week, in fact the last two weeks, have not been that great for stocks. The market, as measured by the 1,700-stock Value Line Index, was down two weeks in a row about 5.8%. Not the 10% retracement some predicted, but still cause for some conc…
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When it comes to investing, I firmly believe that reinventing the wheel can be a dangerous game. If you want to beat the market over the long haul, I think your best bet is to learn from those rare investors who have done just that — that’s why I crea…
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My Warren Buffett-themed Top Stocks tracking portfolio on Wall Street Survivor has been on a roll lately, having gained 9.3% in the past month (vs. 3.6% for the S&P 500) and 23.8% since I created it back in mid-June (vs. about 14% for the S&P)….
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Beat the Market is a series on stock picking, portfolio management and keeping score. Wall Street Survivor will keep score on my picks not only against the market but also against the other contributors to MSN’s Top Stocks Blog.Yesterday the market too…
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On the Top Stock Blog we’re having a little contest to show how our stock recommendations perform not only against the market but a little friendly competition against each other. We’ll enter our picks on Wall Street Survivor and they will keep the sco…
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