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What a Little-Known Market Tool Is Telling Us About U.S. Stocks in 2012

{ Posted on Jan 11 2012 by Don Miller }
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Categories : All, Don Miller, Earnings/Price ratio, Money, Money Morning, Stocks, U.S. Economy, U.S. Stocks
If you're a longtime investor, you're no doubt familiar with the Price/Earnings (P/E) ratio - a common measure for valuing the stock market. But you may not be as familiar with the more-obscure Earnings/Price (E/P) ratio, which some experts ...Read More »

Five Economic Blunders of 2011 and Five Fixes for 2012

{ Posted on Dec 30 2011 by David Zeiler }
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Categories : All, Article, Money, Money Morning, U.S. Economy, U.S. federal reserve, U.S. unemployment rate, Uncategorized
Government's ability to fix the economy's problems may be limited, but it at least should try not to make matters worse. Unfortunately - but not surprisingly - many of the things that happened in Washington this year did the ...Read More »

U.S. Economy 2012 Forecast: Where to Find the Biggest Gainers and Avoid the Biggest Losers in This Year’s Rocky Markets

{ Posted on Dec 23 2011 by Guest Editorial }
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Categories : All, CAT, ECB, ETF, EWY, GLD, IAU, Investor Reports, MCD, Money, Money Morning, OECD, PEP, U.S. Economy, Uncategorized
Anyone who hoped the U.S. economy would get back on track in 2011 was sorely disappointed. The European sovereign debt crisis and the abysmal failure of policymakers to take effective action undermined any ...Read More »

Maverick Judge Jed Rakoff Stares Down The Street

{ Posted on Dec 05 2011 by Keith Fitz-Gerald }
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Categories : All, BAC, C, GS, JPM, Judge Jed Rakoff, Keith Fitz-Gerald, Money, Money Morning, NFA, Premium Content, SEC, U.S. Economy, Uncategorized, Wall Street
One of the biggest problems with Wall Street's malfeasance is how the ruling elite view legal settlements - as little more than an acceptable cost of doing business. Well, no more. Thanks to Judge Jed Rakoff we ...Read More »

Bailout Bandits: The Biggest Borrowers From the U.S. Federal Reserve

{ Posted on Dec 02 2011 by Guest Editorial }
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Categories : All, BAC, Banking, biggest borrowers from the U.S. federal reserve, C, DB, debt, FDIC, GS, JPM, LEHMQ, Money, Money Morning, MS, STT, TARP, U.S. Economy, UBS, Uncategorized, WFC
The Eurozone debt crisis has replaced the U.S. financial crisis as the disaster du jour. But make no mistake: U.S. taxpayers will be paying the tab for the U.S. crisis for years. That's evidently not true of the ...Read More »

Why the U.S. Economy Will Be Weaker Than Expected in 2012

{ Posted on Dec 01 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
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Categories : All, CAT, ECB, ETF, EWY, GLD, IAU, Kerri Shannon, MCD, Money, Money Morning, OECD, PEP, SCGLY, Stocks, U.S. Economy, Uncategorized
Anyone who hoped the U.S. economy would get back on track in 2011 was sorely disappointed. The European sovereign debt crisis and the abysmal failure of policymakers to take effective action undermined any chance we had at a ...Read More »

Don’t Wait Until January To Play the January Effect

{ Posted on Nov 29 2011 by Larry D. Spears }
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Categories : All, CBOE, IJT, IRIX, IWM, January Effect, Larry D. Spears, Money, Money Morning, MORN, Technology, TNA, U.S. Economy, Uncategorized, UNH
A lot of investors have pocketed big gains from the so-called "January Effect." In fact, the January Effect - which refers to the historical tendency for stock prices in general, and small-caps in particular, to rise during ...Read More »

Master Limited Partnerships: A Simple Way to Put More Cash in Your Pocket

{ Posted on Nov 28 2011 by Martin Hutchinson }
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Categories : All, AMJ, AMLP, BBEP, Martin Hutchinson, Master limited partnerships, Money, Money Morning, NKA, PVR, TCLP, U.S. Economy, Uncategorized
These days, high-yielding investments are a must-have for investors. It's nonnegotiable. This market is simply too volatile to be taking long shots. You have to be prepared for the next potential market dip, and that means having a ...Read More »

While the Middle Class Suffers, Congress is Getting Richer – With Help From Legal Insider Trading

{ Posted on Nov 17 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
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Categories : All, GE, insider buying, Insider Trading, insider trading cases, insider trading definition, insider trading rules, IPO, legal insider trading, Money, Money Morning, U.S. Economy, Uncategorized, V, Wall Street
While many Americans continue to struggle to save money, members of Congress are getting richer. A Roll Call analysis of Congress members' financial disclosure forms showed their collective net worth was more than $2 billion in 2010 ...Read More »

While the Middle Class Suffers, Congress is Getting Richer – With Help From Legal Insider Trading

{ Posted on Nov 17 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
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Categories : All, GE, insider trading enron, insider trading examples, IPO, Money, Money Morning, U.S. Economy, Uncategorized, V, Wall Street
While many Americans continue to struggle to save money, members of Congress are getting richer. A Roll Call analysis of Congress members' financial disclosure forms showed their collective net worth was more than $2 billion in 2010 ...Read More »
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