Recent Commentaries tagged (investing)

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Feb 2 2012

How To Capture Rising Dividends From Gold...

When the U.S. Dollar started rallying at mid-year 2011, the price of gold plummeted from $1900 per ounce to $1525 per ounce in September. This was a 20% price drop in a month! This created a similar fear reaction in gold and gold mining stocks. Gold finished 2011 at around $1565 per ounce. Howeve...


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Jan 28 2012

Investing with A Dovish Fed

By Charles Rotblut Earlier this week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to keep its interest rate target unchanged through at least late 2014. Just last month, the FOMC listed mid-2013 as the possible date for the first rate increase. Behind the decision were worsening...***This is a...


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Jan 23 2012

Investors Optimistic, But Problems Remain

By Charles Rotblut Investor optimism is improving, according to various indicators. Bullish sentiment is slightly below 50% for the third consecutive week in our Sentiment Survey and is at 50% in the Investor's Intelligence advisor survey. Yesterday, the Investment Company Institute (ICI)... ***T...


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Jan 20 2012

Reviewing The Small-Cap & Value Factors

By James Picerno of The Capital Speculator The academic case for using a multi-factor model to maximize the realized equity risk premium is old news, but documenting the empirical evidence is forever new. It's been known since the 1970s that the single-factor model of CAPM doesn't... ***This is a...


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