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Sep 30 2008
Tread Carefully

“Tread carefully” is the mantra for this market because one day you are tempted to sell everything and run for the hills, and the next day you can't believe what a great buying opportunity it is!
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Sep 30 2008
Are we in a Depression?

We are not even officially in a recession yet, let alone a depression. The word depression is used perpetually in the media to describe our economy. These comparisons are irresponsible and only do more to unnecessarily destroy confidence. As I mentioned before, confidence is what makes the economy work.
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Jun 30 2008
Life Really Isn't That Bad

The first half of the year made life difficult for investors. Worries about the financial sector scared the market down during the first three months. Just as everyone decided “life was not over as we know it,” the market rallied and came back to life during April and May.
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Jun 30 2008
What's the Fed to do?

Poor Ben Bernanke, talk about baptism by fire! I wonder whether or not he would have wanted the Fed Chairman job if he new what was in store for him right out of the gate? Did you know that Alan Greenspan assumed the Fed Chairman role just two months before the October 87 crash?
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Jun 30 2008
Emotions Run Wild in Q2

The market during the second quarter of 2007 could be described as bipolar with it's extreme range of optimism and pessimism. In addition to the usual market drama, economists recognized a booming worldwide economy
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Mar 31 2008
Bear Market #34

It appears as though we have almost talked ourselves into a recession. Our U.S. President is elected every four years. What most people don’t realize is presidents only have two productive years, and then we suffer through an election for the next two years.
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Mar 31 2008
Investment Barriers

People often wonder how they can be successful investors and build wealth. To reach these goals we have outlined seven steps...
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Dec 31 2007
Understanding how Behavior Affects our Investing

How does your thinking or behavior affect your investing? After buying a stock have you ever uttered the phrase, "Now that I've bought this, it's sure to go down,"
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Sep 30 2007
Seven Steps for Building Wealth

Experienced traders often quip that the markets do whatever they need to in order to cause grief to the largest number of investors. That sentiment is an accurate description of last quarter's market gyrations.
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Sep 30 2006
Dow Industrials Hit New Highs

It has been almost seven years since we've been able to open our newletter with such a flashy headline. Politicians are bragging. Newspapers and magazines are reporting and analyzing.
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