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Wave and Smile
Sometimes it’s better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are fool rather than open it and remove all doubt.
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Attention M&A Shoppers
We received quite a few emails in yesterday on our post about M&A asking for potential targets for acquisition. We asked our coverage
Can It Last?
The year2011 which also began with strong job gains, rising energy prices and spotty growth trends abroad are provoking concerns about U.S. employment and economic growth going forward.
What should you do if you live to 100?
There is a good chance you might live to be 100. So there is plenty of time to enjoy cocktail parties, tennis and golf. The age group projected to show the greatest
Personal Finance
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Problem Gambler
We encourage investments in stocks or stock mutual funds only as a long-term way to save for the future. But there is such a thing as going to the extreme. If you or a family member
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Do governments manipulate the CPI?
When you’re on a fixed income, it’s easy to get railroaded by the government in the name of the Consumer Price Index. This index, the most quoted measure of inflation, is issued by the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unfortunately, it can be used to pay you less—when it comes to government benefits. [...]
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Time to give up on mutual funds?
Should you be optimistic about the economy? Nobody—no matter how smartthey seem–knows for sure. However, it could help to know……
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Financial Brain Fuel
A well educated investor is a good investor. Here are a few self help books to get you thinking.
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How to receive life insurance death benefits
Tread carefully when decide what to do with life insurance proceeds when a loved one dies. The use of a “retained asset account,” one of the most popular methods of taking the money, came under fire a couple of years ago by a host of state and federal regulators. The reason: Insurers pay low rates [...]
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The Trading Floor (updating live)
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Oversold
Interesting to note that coming into today the dow had been down 12 out of the past 13 days. The last time that had happened was
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More on High Yield
As a follow up to this mornings post on the high yield corps we wanted to offer a few interesting charts.
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Conference Call
We took part in an interesting conference call yesterday that covered the potential implications of
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The Media Has It Wrong
We have been watching as the mainstream media focuses on outflows from the high yield space.
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Carl Larry Futures Report
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Alive and Kicking
Since I was on an 80’s music kick, I was thinking I could have titled it, “Shout”.
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Investing
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Problem Gambler
We encourage investments in stocks or stock mutual funds only as a long-term way to save for the future. But there is such a thing as going to the extreme. If you or a family member
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Time to give up on mutual funds?
Should you be optimistic about the economy? Nobody—no matter how smartthey seem–knows for sure. However, it could help to know……
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Test google doc
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Market Analysis Part I
In order to determine the right time to put capital to work we need to analyze where we are in the market cycle.
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