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(ETF) Income Strategies for a Low Yield Environment – AAII Investor Update

Shawn — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:46:07 +0000

The Federal Reserve continues to be the enemy of savers. The minutes of the September Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, released earlier this week, signaled the possibility of new actions to bring long-term interest rates down further. Specifically, several committee members stated that if the pace of the economic recovery does not strengthen or [...]

(ETF) Income Strategies for a Low Yield Environment – AAII Investor Update

(AAPL) Bond Strategies for a Low Yield Environment

Shawn — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:55:06 +0000

October 14, 2010 The Federal Reserve continues to be the enemy of savers. The minutes of the September Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, released earlier this week, signaled the possibility of new actions to bring long-term interest rates down further. Specifically, several committee members stated that if the pace of the economic recovery does [...]

(AAPL) Bond Strategies for a Low Yield Environment

(ETF) Why It’s “Mayday” For the Euro And What You Should Do

InvestmentU — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:28:03 +0000

I’ve often said that it’s not possible to predict stock markets, commodity markets, bond markets or currency markets consistently and accurately. But there is an exception: when both valuations and sentiment reach severe extremes simultaneously. That’s what happened with the dollar a few months ago. And, seeing the planets in alignment (as I’ll explain), I [...]

(ETF) Why It’s “Mayday” For the Euro And What You Should Do

(ETF) How to Play Rising Foreign Stocks and a Rising Dollar

InvestmentU — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:23:18 +0000

by Alexander Green, Chief Investment Strategist Monday, January 18, 2010: Issue #1177 I’ve made no secret here recently that I believe the dollar is likely to soar against the euro, the pound and the yen this year. Yet this remains a distinct minority opinion. Most analysts are focused on the huge U.S. budget and trade [...]

(ETF) How to Play Rising Foreign Stocks and a Rising Dollar

(ETF) Gold and Oil: Why These Two Commodities Are Set to Blast Higher in 2010

InvestmentU — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:05:20 +0000

by Lee Lowell, Stock and Commodity Option Specialist Thursday, December 17, 2009: Issue #1160 If you’re looking for some calm during the market’s ongoing storm, don’t expect to find much in the commodities sector. Not that this is a bad thing. If you know what you’re doing, commodities offer some of the most lucrative and [...]

(ETF) Gold and Oil: Why These Two Commodities Are Set to Blast Higher in 2010

(EMF) Bill Clinton’s Thoughts On Obama’s Tax-and-Spend Policies

InvestmentU — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:57:47 +0000

by Mark Skousen, Contributing Editor Thursday, November 12, 2009: Issue #1136 “It’s illegal, but I’ll do it anyway.” Famous last words by former President, Bill Clinton. Last month, I had a chance to talk one-on-one with Clinton at the annual International Crisis Group Award Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. I [...]

(EMF) Bill Clinton’s Thoughts On Obama’s Tax-and-Spend Policies

(ETF) Profit From the “New Decoupling”

InvestmentU — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:13:29 +0000

Tony Daltorio, The Investment U Research Team Emerging markets first hit investors’ radar screen about 20 or so years ago. There was a lot of skepticism and a lack of understanding about emerging markets, which was understandable because there were few emerging markets open enough (or large enough) to invest in with a degree of [...]

(ETF) Profit From the “New Decoupling”

(ETF) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (March 2 – 8, 2009)

prieur — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:48:57 +0000

“Down, down, deeper and down”. So goes the chorus of a Status Quo song, but it is eerily starting to sound like the stock markets’ anthem. Another week and another plunge of equities on fears about the intensity of the global recession and renewed skepticism regarding the beleaguered financial sector. And, yet again, flight-to-safety trades [...]

(ETF) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (March 2 – 8, 2009)

(CEE) Roubini Global Economics: Eastern European Tinderbox – How Explosive Could It Get?

prieur — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:43:17 +0000

By RGE Monitor The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region is the sick man of emerging markets. While the global crisis means few, if any, bright spots worldwide, the situation in the CEE area is particularly bleak. After almost a decade of outpacing worldwide growth, the region looks set to contract in 2009, with almost [...]

(CEE) Roubini Global Economics: Eastern European Tinderbox – How Explosive Could It Get?

(ETF) Proshares UltraShort Financials: Stock of the Day

InvestmentU — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:05:19 +0000

by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist, Investment U When Bad is Good We’re nearly a month into the New Year, the United States has a new President, and many investors are looking forward with more than a little trepidation. They’re wondering if it’s at all possible to eke out a few gains in the coming months. [...]

(ETF) Proshares UltraShort Financials: Stock of the Day