Knee jerk reaction is wrong- let the bubble continue on

I'm well aware of the difference between being early and wrong.  As the old saying goes, there is none.  I've attached a  snapshot of Smart Money's Map of the Market.  As you can see the defensive…


Not all dividend ETFs are the same

There's one dividend ETF that stands heads and shoulders above the rest.  This i sone heavily weighted to some  of the highest credit quality dividend payers.  We've owned dividend ETFs before but we…


The Punchline In His Own Words: Bernanke Advocates Blowing Asset Bubbles As The Antidote To Depression | ZeroHedge

The Punchline In His Own Words: Bernanke Advocates Blowing Asset Bubbles As The Antidote To Depression Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/13/2012 16:02 -0400 Ben Bernanke Bond Main Street Monetary…


What really happened today

Once the dust settles, pundits and analysts will begin to start calculating what we've been telling you all along.  Many, many blue chip stocks are dirt cheap based on discounted cash flow analysis…


iPhone 5 with LTE could be boon for Verizon | Mobile - CNET News

To date, AT&T has been the primary Apple partner when it comes to the iPhone. Even with competition from Verizon and Sprint, AT&T has sold more iPhone units. Apple's move to support LTE,…


Coca Cola is our largest holding going into today

With interest rates this low and the economy this bad, you want some fizzle in your portfolio without a lot of credit risk. S&P raises rating on Coca-Cola to AA- from A+ Standard &…


Looking ahead September 12th could be pivotal day for two reasons

One thing we talk about in our Investment Survival Workshops is learning to develop a horizon further out than tomorrow.  I know that sounds obvious but it's harder to do than you think.  Most people…


‘Lead or leave euro’, Soros tells Germany - FT.com

By Quentin Peel in Berlin George Soros has issued a passionate plea to the German government to lead the eurozone out of recession by boosting growth, creating a joint fiscal authority and…


The irony is overwhelming- Obama bad for markets?

On a day that marks the highest point in the Dow during the Obama presidency, this article is published. Four more years bad for U.S. markets: PollReprintsSeptember 6, 2012 4:09 pm Global investors…