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Video Update: Is the Correction Over?
Recently, we had a 5% correction, and the markets were looking shaky, but they then came roaring back. Generally, we have not gone to new highs, but the stock markets appear to still be in a bullish...
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Video Update: Meandering Markets
The markets are up, down, up, down and not really going anywhere for sure, even internationally. Does the Federal Reserve want a stock market correction? When interest rates do go up, they will likely...
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Winning Investment Strategies for 2014
We are seeing three winning investment strategies for 2014: North American Energy Precious Metals Emerging Markets If commodities are able to maintain and grow, the emerging markets will come back –...
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High-Yield Market Sectors
In today’s investing environment, high-yield investments are: Energy Emerging Markets Commodities Precious Metals We think that these investment categories will help you get a better return on your...
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July ETF Snapshot: Top 10 Exchange Traded Funds So Far
Emerging markets and precious metals both severely underperformed the major indices in 2013; however, through the first six months of 2014 they’ve rebounded with a vengeance. Emerging Markets: From a...
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Strategy When Investing
Strategy is when you take an investment idea and you start to implement it. Using strategy – not just buying and selling, but using an overarching idea and concept – is vital to smart investing. Equity...
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Narrow Your Universe
Doug is working on a presentation called “The Five Secrets of Success in ETF Investing” for the San Francisco Money Show coming up next week. Today we’ll share one of Doug’s secrets, which is: Narrow...
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“Dry Powder” AKA Cash Available
We believe that having what Doug calls “dry powder” or available cash in your portfolio will be very helpful in the weeks and months to come. Opportunities are upcoming in September and October, and we...
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Seasonal Weakness
We tend to see weaker markets in September and October, and this year is no exception. We’re also noticing some worries in the market because of the independence referendum in Scotland and the United...
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What are “Alternative” Assets?
There is an asset class the investment industry calls “alternatives”. Alternatives are assets that are not correlated to interest rates, the bond markets or the stock market. Most non-correlated...
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