It’s almost that time again. Another year, another window of opportunity to select employer benefits options for the upcoming new year. How do American workers feel about open enrollment season?…
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“I have ways of making money you know nothing about.” – John D. Rockefeller Contradiction- A situation in which inherent factors, actions, or propositions are inconsistent or contrary to one…
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Clarity Financial Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts examines the divergence of world markets to the U.S. and discusses the message they may be sending to investors.
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Clarity Financial Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts examines stock valuations vs investor sentiment, and agrees with Prof. Robert Shiller’s assessment that investors have become complacent to the risk of higher…
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In our last installment of Technically Speaking, we discussed the current bullish trend and our price target of 3000 by year end. To wit: “Regardless of the reasons, the breakout…
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This past week marked the 10th-Anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Of course, there were many articles recounting the collapse and laying blame for the “great financial crisis” at…
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One of the ongoing thesis behind a continuation of a bull market from current valuation levels is that there has been a permanent shift higher in valuations due to changes…
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Unscrupulous stockbrokers and advisers are always dangling yield in front of unsuspecting clients. “I can get you (fill in the blank with a percentage),” they say to yield-starved investors. But…
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This morning the futures (S&P and Nasdaq) are, as is the custom, higher. The markets continue to ignore a number of cautionary signposts/macroeconomic events/concerns and are benefiting from the float…
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Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published the August monthly “employment report” which showed an increase in employment of 201,000 jobs. It was also the 94th consecutive positive…
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“We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.” – Thomas Piketty The essential underlying elements of supply, demand, scarcity, and prosperity described in…
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Autumn is the period of transition from summer to winter; a time of harvest. Use the season to breathe fresh perspective into your finances and prepare for a prosperous 2019….
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A couple of weeks ago, I discussed the recent breakout to “all-time” highs and the potential run to 3000 for the S&P 500 index. “Regardless of the reasons, the breakout…
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Jason Zweig, a neuroscience and Benjamin Graham expert, re-published an article last year entitled: “Ben Graham, The Human Brain, And The Bubble.” The entire article is a worthy read but there were…
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Doug Kass made an interesting observation about the market yesterday: “The month of September started with optimism. That optimism has faded in the last two trading days. The most notable…
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Here we are, ten years after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, and one would be hard pressed to find evidence of meaningful lessons learned. “As long as the music is…
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I recently penned an article which discussed the Fed and the risk of a monetary policy error in the future. This isn’t a possibility, it is a probability given that…
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J. Brett Freeze, CFA, founder of Global Technical Analysis. Each month Brett will provide you their valuable S&P 500 Valuation Chart Book. This unique analysis provides an invaluable long term…
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If you were contemplating an investment at the beginning of 2014, which of the two assets graphed below would you prefer to own? Data Courtesy: Bloomberg In the traditional and…
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“Hello I Mr. Ed. A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course That is, of course, unless the horse…
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