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Has the Santa Rally Already Eaten Too Much Into 2015 Price Targets?
As we draw closer to ringing in the New Year, analysts are already looking ahead to predict what the markets will do.
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Equity ETFs See Massive Inflows, but Not Gold and Bond ETFs
Equity ETFs are the winners so far this year, but bonds and gold not so much.
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The Stock Market Joke of October: What Sell-Off?
So, is it a joke to ask what happened to the sell-off? It depends on whom you ask.
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ETF Companion Guide for the 10 Best Economies in the World
Most international investors also want to invest in strong economies. After all, why should investors chase weak economies where their efforts may be treated poorly?
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Five Ways to Protect Your Portfolio From a 20% Market Correction
As we have looked through research from the firms that we cover on Wall Street, we find that almost everybody expects a pullback. None that we have seen could be as large…
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ETFs Strategies for the Top Ten 2014 Predictions of Bob Doll
Jon OggBob Doll, Chief Equity Strategist and Senior Portfolio Manager of Nuveen Asset Management, is out with his ten predictions for 2014. His predictions are followed by many, and he scored a…
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Credit Suisse Sees These Stocks as Likely Additions to the S&P 500
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsOne of the reasons that investors look for stocks that may be added to the S&P 500 is that those that are added are immediately bought by portfolio…
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ETFs Taking In, and Losing, the Most New Capital in September 2013
ThinkstockExchange traded funds (ETFs) almost undoubtedly have unseated mutual funds in their importance in the daily swings in the stock and bond markets. Mutual funds are still important to the markets, but these…
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Morgan Stanley Turns into Extreme Stock Market Bull
This year already has been a great one for stocks. The S&P 500 Index is up almost 16% after Wednesday’s gains to 1,654 as of mid-day, and the bull market may get another…
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Five Ways Hedge Funds Brace for a Stock Market Crash, and You Can Too
thinkstockInvestors almost always worry about a stock market crash, but when headwinds start to look stronger than the positive forces, they really start to worry that the rug can get yanked right…
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Stock Market Crash Talk Gains More Steam
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWhat is a stock market crash? The short answer is that it depends on your risk profile. The financial media covers a one-day drop of 4% as though it…
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Top Hedge Funds Using Exchange Traded Funds to Boost Gains and Lower Costs
ThinkstockThe hedge fund industry sure seems and looks different now when compared to a decade or two ago. We recently wrote about how the 2% and 20% pricing strategy long imposed on…
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How the Hedge Fund Pricing Model of 2% and 20% Is Changing
ThinkstockHighlighted in a Fortune magazine article in 1966, an obscure investment vehicle called the hedge fund was outperforming every existing mutual fund by double-digit figures. By 1968, there were some 140 hedge…
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Appaloosa Buys New Stocks and Adds to Top Holdings in Hedge Fund
David Tepper’s Appaloosa hedge fund is one of the most respected and closely watched funds on Wall Street. Tepper makes frequent appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, and often his comments alone…
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Beyond 1,700 on the S&P 500: 2,000, Then Over 2,500
The bull market is alive and well, and the S&P 500 recently broke 1,700 for the first time ever. So, what happens now that stocks have rallied and rallied as fears of…
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