Stocks continued their move to the upside this week, and while the buying wasn’t huge, the action in the markets continues to be cautiously—very cautiously—optimistic. For the week, the Dow edged higher by 0.12% while the S&P 500 added 0.50%. The NASDAQ Composite was the biggest winner on the week, jumping 1.46% on strength in […]

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“The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.”   –Vladimir Nabokov   The great novelist eloquently tells us that you cannot just look at one incident or one example of something if you want to understand the entire picture. For complete understanding, you have to study and examine a lot more of the

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This week, I present to you a commentary written by my friend, colleague and financial journalist Jim Woods. His opinion piece originally appeared on the EagleDailyInvestor.com site. Fans of famed investor Warren Buffett might be a bit roiled after reading Jim’s write-up, but even if you’re a Buffett fan, I think you’ll find the thoughts […]

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Europe clearly is having economic problems but one ray of hope that has emerged there is from European small-capitalization stocks. An exchange-traded fund (ETF) that lets you invest in that narrow sector is WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund (DFE).   The fund seeks investment results that closely correspond to the price and yield performance, before

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  A week has passed since our last Alert, and there really hasn’t been much of a change in what has been the dominant factor in the markets — and that is the fiscal cliff. By now, you are probably sick of the whole fiscal cliff thing. I know I certainly am. But despite the

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"Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it’s the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must

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The real estate market in the United States appears to be recovering, based on the latest data, and the sector seems to be appreciating in many other parts of the world, too. The real estate bubble that captured great attention during the past few years now appears to have bottomed and investors are taking notice.

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  The markets have been obsessed with fiscal-cliff worries ever since the election. While I understand why the resolution of this potential $600 billion erasure from 2013 GDP is rightly a giant concern, it’s by no means the only thing markets need to be fearful of right now.   In fact, the recent myopia over

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  Stocks moved up sharply in this holiday-shortened week, and over the past three trading sessions the Dow jumped 1.97% while the S&P 500 vaulted 2.29%. The NASDAQ Composite was the biggest winner since last Friday’s close, surging 2.57% so far this week. Of course, tomorrow the markets are closed for Thanksgiving, and Friday the […]

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  In the first full week of trading since the election, Wall Street has made its feelings clear—and it has voted decisively in favor of selling. Of course, selling was in effect weeks before the election, and the post-election action has definitely ramped up the bearish sentiment in the trading pits.   By midweek, that […]

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