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Everyone expects a correction; they just haven’t caused one yet!

The release of data that is unexpected can be disruptive to markets as we’ve just experienced, but what causes even more volatility is the impact of surprising data releases on investor expectations.  Bear markets caused by recessions are easier to … Continue reading

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Money Flows and Regulatory Overkill!

I was reading an interesting article about the U.S. JOBS (Jumpstart our Business Act) which in effect begins to unwind some of the so-called “investor protection” constraints imposed by the excessive reactionary measures contained in the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank laws.  … Continue reading

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Time to buy resource stocks again?

Resources to start Rockin’ Again? I think so. A year or two before the resources fund I launched (long gone now) would start a steady climb towards the #1 spot in those performance charts, the mood was just like it … Continue reading

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Real Reason BANK stocks are STRUGGLING!

Banks are in the news. The stocks are sucking wind, and massive layoffs continue unabated (recall in one of my earlier postings that that jobs relating to ‘financial activity’ have been declining rapidly in America). And it’s clearly a global … Continue reading

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Sell in May and go away? Smarter to buy in July!

Seems we may be getting a taste of the seasonality I warned about in prior postings (and discussed in my literary masterpiece A Maverick Investor’s Guidebook – also available as an ebook for the digitally minded).  If you’re like most novice investors and only … Continue reading

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