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Financial Planning for the Decades
In this week’s Monday Morning Market Outlook audio broadcast, I began a new series on wealth advice for listeners in all age groups. This week, I started with strategies for investors who are in their 80s. Believe it or not, even in your 80s, you can make big mistakes with your money if you aren’t […]
Your 2012 Mid-Year Review and Market Outlook
A teleconference presented by Doug Fabian In what will likely be a very challenging summer for the markets, having the right strategies in place to both preserve and grow your capital is absolutely critical to your investment success. Now is the perfect time to decide how you should position your investment dollars to achieve […]
A European Hope Rally
The big catalyst helping stocks enjoy a huge surge last Friday was the deal reached by European Union (EU) leaders to effectively bailout troubled banks. That day, the market woke up to news that EU officials had agreed to allow the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to directly recapitalize banks, rather than having money flow through […]
Welcome to Bankrupt Stockton
I live in California, and today I saw the news that one of the state’s large cities, Stockton, also is the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy. Stockton came into existence during the Gold Rush, but now it is a hub for California’s agricultural exports. It also now has the dubious distinction of going […]
The United Kingdom Returns to Recession
Today, we received news that a double-dip recession in the United Kingdom now is official. The U.K. economy shrank in the first quarter, as gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.2% from the fourth quarter of 2011, when it declined 0.3%, according to the Office for National Statistics. The decline came as a surprise, as most […]
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The Bond Bull isn’t Over
There has been a lot of banter in the financial press about the folly of owning bonds right now. The theory is that if we are experiencing a strong recovery in the U.S. economy, then interest rates will begin to rise after a decade of low levels. Unfortunately, the opposite is occurring. Interest rates remain […]
Europe’s Woes Flare
First, debt problems slammed Greece. Now, they are hitting Spain. Recent events in Spain have emerged that make the country the next potential hotspot that could flare up into a recessionary fire in Europe. The latest headlines in Spain reveal that the nation’s budget/deficit issues are coming to a head. Yesterday’s bond auction […]
No Fear Here
If you read the financial media as much as I do, you’ve likely read about how little fear there is in this market right now. One such measure of the lack of fear is the Chicago Board Options Exchange’s (CBOE) Volatility Index, more commonly known as the VIX. The VIX is quoted in percentage […]
A Chinese Headwind
One headwind of more immediate concern to this market than even oil prices is the economic slowdown in China. In recent days, investors have turned sour on Chinese stocks. The chief reason why is the slowdown in the growth rate of the world’s second-largest economy. Recently, the Chinese government lowered its full-year 2012 gross […]
A Golden Opportunity in the Works
In the midst of Tuesday’s big equity market rally, the Federal Reserve came out with a rather optimistic outlook on the U.S. economy. Though the central bank did acknowledge the potential negative effect that high gasoline prices could have on the economy, its statement also acknowledged what it called a notable decline in unemployment in […]
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