What Investors Need to Know About Oil’s Bear Market
Oil is in a bear market. That’s using the official definition of a bear market which requires a price drop of 20% from a high.
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RESEARCH & ANALYSISThis Sector Could Be a Big Winner
The midterm election is now in the history books and the hard work of governing is about to begin. For the next two years, Democrats will
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Could This Be the Time to Consider Bitcoin?
For the past few weeks, many traders have been focused on the stock market. They are concerned about the recent pull back which pushed the S&
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China’s Secret Could Make the Next Recession Deeper Than Expected
Debt makes recessions worse and recoveries more difficult. This was one of the conclusions emphasized in “This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly,” a
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Buybacks Are Now Important to the Bull Market
In the recent market sell off, some analysts wondered if the lack of corporate buybacks was a problem for the market. Buybacks have been a primary
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Investing Secrets of Bernard Baruch
Among the long forgotten Wall Street legends is Bernard Baruch. His biography seems short, according to Wikipedia: “Baruch became a broker and then a partner in
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Warren Buffett Is As Good at Selling As He Is at Buying
Warren Buffett is famous for being a buy and hold investor. Buffett famously says that his favorite holding period is forever and he is conservative enough
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Here’s Why Missing the Ten Best Days Could Be Good For Investors
It’s a chart that financial planners like to pull out when the stock market sells off. Recently, the story was told by MarketWatch and included
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Prohibition Is Over: How Marijuana Differs from Alcohol
Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. Many communities
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This Looks Like the “Near Bear” Market of 2011
Officially, there hasn’t been a bear market since 2009. The S&P 500 bottomed in March of that year after falling more than 55%
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The Best Trades for November
Stocks fell sharply in October but that doesn’t mean they won’t rally in November. That’s the challenge investors now face. If there’s
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The S&P 500 Gave An Important Sell Signal
With the recent sell off, many analysts have noted that the S&P 500 dropped below its 200 day moving average (MA). This can be
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