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Why Sell An Asset Up Almost 200% In Three Years?

Why Sell An Asset Up Almost 200% In Three Years?

Todd Horwitz February 22, 2012 0

The market is always a very strange place. It has more twists and turns than any reality show, but what has been happening in the Russell 2000 for the last year defies explanation. The

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Are We Headed Back To The 1930′s Great Depression?

Are We Headed Back To The 1930′s Great Depression?

Todd Horwitz February 21, 2012 0

Last week the US census bureau released some shocking numbers about the general population. After decades of growth we are now down to numbers that haven’t been around since the Great Depression years of

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13,000 Is Now Within Reach; How Do We Trade It?

13,000 Is Now Within Reach; How Do We Trade It?

Todd Horwitz February 20, 2012 0

Friday the DJIA closed at a 52 week high of 12949.87. Both the DJIA and the S&P 500 tried to make highs last seen in 2008 but small selloff prior to the three day

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Will $ 5.00 A Gallon Gas Prices Ruin The Recovery?

Will $ 5.00 A Gallon Gas Prices Ruin The Recovery?

Todd Horwitz February 17, 2012 2

In the years before the great recession every time the price of Crude Oil went up a dollar a barrel the stock markets went sent down. Finally when the meltdown hit in 2008, Americans

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Is Apple’s Success Clouding The S&P’s Rally?

Is Apple’s Success Clouding The S&P’s Rally?

Todd Horwitz February 16, 2012 0

Apple had a wild day on Wednesday. The stock made all-time highs in the morning soaring to over $526 dollars a share only to tumble on record volume to settle around $498 a share

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Apple Tops $ 500 A Share: Is It Time To Sell?

Apple Tops $ 500 A Share: Is It Time To Sell?

Todd Horwitz February 15, 2012 0

It seems like only a month ago that Apple was challenging ExxonMobil for the spot as the most valuable company in the world. Actually it was only a month ago, but after the stock

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Why Low Interest Rates Are Hurting Average Joe

Why Low Interest Rates Are Hurting Average Joe

Todd Horwitz February 14, 2012 0

The low interest rates of the past four years have been helping corporate America to put a bundle of money away. Not only have they been showing record profits by hoarding mounds of cash,

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Can Clean Energy Make A Comeback?

Can Clean Energy Make A Comeback?

Todd Horwitz February 13, 2012 0

Five years ago it appeared that the move to clean energy was about to pay big dividends to investors that had backed it for more than twenty years. The price of Crude Oil had

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Is Groupon The Next JDS Uniphase?

Is Groupon The Next JDS Uniphase?

Todd Horwitz February 10, 2012 0

Turn the clock back twelve years. The NASDAQ was approaching all time highs. Stocks such as North Point Communications, Global Crossings, XO Communications were trading at more than a billion times earnings. They were

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What Happened To The Volitility?

What Happened To The Volitility?

Todd Horwitz February 9, 2012 0

Six months ago the market was having 400 point swings in thirty minutes. The headlines were full of fear, this time the world was coming to an end, sell everything, and then suddenly stopped.

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