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Moving from strength to strength
November 19th, 200908:28 AM ETBy Austin PryorThis New York Times' article points out that, although the overall U.S. stock market has little in the way of gains to show for the past 10 years, there have nevertheless been pockets of strength beneath the surface: Look a bit deeper, though, and you'll find that there have been some changes in the domestic market, too, in the last 10 years... -
This quiz attempts to measure how risk tolerant you are
November 16th, 200912:43 PM ETBy Austin PryorEarly on at SMI, I developed a brief quiz to help our readers determine how risk averse they are. The results from that quiz, in combination with our "seasons of life" chart, help them arrive at a stock/bond allocation suitable to their risk tolerance and age. At least that's the idea. As we all know, however, the way you answer questions in w... -
A tale of 1,000 points
October 15th, 200911:43 AM ETBy Mark BillerThe Dow reclaimed the 10,000 level yesterday, roughly a year after it last held that level, and more than 10 years since it first passed that milestone. As David Callaway of Marketwatch points out, a look back clearly shows that it's anybody's guess what happens next: When the Dow first closed above 10,000 in 1999, it only took another 24 trading... -
A year ago...
September 16th, 200910:05 AM ETBy Mark BillerYesterday marked the unhappy anniversary of the slide into financial panic. While the financial landscape may not be in great shape today, I think most would agree that things could be a whole lot worse. In fact, I'd guess that if we had taken a reader survey 50 weeks ago, many/most probably would have expected conditions to be worse today than t... -
Weak recovery = strong stock gains?
September 09th, 200909:32 AM ETBy Mark BillerAccording to columnist Jon Markman, up is down and down is up: Investors who are worried that the economy won't advance fast enough or far enough to justify a 15% rise in the stock market this year have it all wrong. Stocks have actually been rising because the coming recovery from last year's wipeout is expected to be slow and weak, rather th... -
September is here — should we be nervous?
September 03rd, 200907:48 AM ETBy Mark BillerWe're barely into September, but already two mutually-reinforcing things have happened: A plethora of "September is the worst month for the market" news items have been generated; and The market took a dive on the first day of the month, as if to announce its arrival! Here's the background: September does in fact have a well-earned reput... -
GM stock: when investing turns into gambling
August 26th, 200910:04 AM ETBy Mark BillerUSA Today ran a story last week about recent trading in old GM stock. General Motors, of course, declared bankruptcy while saddled with huge amounts of outstanding debt, making it virtually certain that their old stock will wind up being completely worthless. So why do millions of shares continue to change hands each day? There are two reasons... -
The 'mountain of cash' on the sidelines
June 17th, 200909:19 AM ETBy Joseph SlifeThe Los Angeles Times' Money & Co. blog examines whether money sitting on the sidelines in money market funds will flow back into stock funds, helping to fuel an extended bull run. The conventional wisdom, backed by historical research, says it will. In a research report on Monday, Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private ... -
In pursuit of higher returns, some advisors taking more risk
May 06th, 200901:19 PM ETBy Joseph SlifeUnder pressure from clients unhappy with their returns, "a small but growing number of financial advisers" are abandoning their traditional approaches to investing and are dabbling in different - and in many cases riskier - techniques, the Wall Street Journal reports. Buffeted by steep declines in stocks, many bonds, commodities and real es...
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