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Halfway Point Situation Report

Halfway Point Situation Report

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According to the folks at Standard & Poor, it looks as if we’re ending the first half of the year up around 5% on the S&P500 Index for its sixth quarterly gain. Pretty solid result […]

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On the Wings of a Snow White Dove

On the Wings of a Snow White Dove

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This song title seemed to me to be a good way to define why the market rose this week. Given her hair color and pronouncements this past week as to the Fed’s planned intentions, I […]

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Oil Biz

Oil Biz

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After rallying 11 times in 13 days, the S&P 500 pulled back for three days in a row last week before rallying on Friday. Overall, the index was off just about one percent for the […]

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Green Shoots Have Grown

Green Shoots Have Grown

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The Dow Industrials and the S&P500 each set all-time highs to end the week. The European Central Bank moved to fight deflation/disinflation (your choice) by moving its overnight bank lending rate to less than zero. […]

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