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Tony Sagami On
November 13, 202011:46 AM EasternWhen I was a 30-year-old newbie retail stockbroker at Merrill Lynch, I thought I knew everything. You couldn’t tell me anything. But looking back, the only thing I really knew was the sales jargon...
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Kelly Green On
November 11, 202004:27 PM EasternI’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again … you can absolutely lose your mind by trying to follow the news these days. That’s even more true if you’re trying to use the news as a resource to time...
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Mike Larson On
November 10, 202003:37 PM EasternIs a “big shift” at hand?
That’s the question Wall Street is wrestling with here. And, naturally, the answer will have major implications for investors.
Before I offer my answer to that...
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Jon D. Markman On
November 9, 202004:59 PM EasternIt’s not a bold-sentence recommendation, and it’s based on an interview conducted by a journalist for a different media outlet.
It’s Jon Markman, writing in the Aug. 10 issue of Pivotal Point:
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Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On
November 9, 202009:43 AM EasternThe stock market is surging dramatically this morning, celebrating the U.S. election and an announcement by Pfizer that its COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective.
But I don’t envy Joe Biden.
More...
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Jessica Borg On
November 8, 202012:48 PM EasternWe just endured an election “season” like no other. And true to brand for 2020, even long after the last ballots were cast, drama and uncertainty persist.
The backdrop continues to be a...
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Tony Sagami On
November 6, 202009:16 AM EasternThe coronavirus crap is really getting old. And my highly unscientific polling of my friends shows a roughly equal split between those supporting lockdowns and those opposing lockdowns.
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Kelly Green On
November 5, 202005:29 PM EasternAny investor knows that the goal is to buy low and sell high. But, by the time a hot stock gets the media coverage, it’s too late. The fat cats on Wall Street have already collected their gains.
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Mike Larson On
November 4, 202004:48 PM EasternThis is probably going to sound ridiculous, in a “Woodward’s garage freak” sort of way. But, here goes ...
Someone on our staff — who’s in a position to see things like presidential campaigns’...
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David Dittman On
November 2, 202005:43 PM EasternCan you feel it?
There’s never been tension like this ahead of a presidential election, at least not in most of our lifetimes.
Lots of folks have invoked 1968 as a comparison to what’s...
