>Crossing a Line in the Sand
Ken Solow | October 4, 2011
>The S&P 500 Index has flirted with crossing below 1100 three times since early August. The market has been bouncing around since August 9th, when it first traded to an intraday low of 1101. It rallied to a high price of 1230 on August 31 and exhibited a record breaking amount of volatility over the past month. Yesterday the S&P [...]
Read More →>The Answer to the Question…
Ken Solow | September 30, 2011
>A couple weeks ago, I posed a question in my blog post, “Asking the Wrong Question?” Investors typically choose between two different philosophies of portfolio construction. One method is the traditional method of investing in markets, where you have years of data to rationalize investment decisions. By owning markets, you are saying that you are willing to live with whatever [...]
Read More →>Commodity Rout Should Provide Relief for Consumers
Carl Noble | September 29, 2011
>As bad as it’s been in the equity markets lately, it’s been just brutal in the commodity pits. The Dow Jones/UBS Commodity Index is off -14% this month, while the S&P 500 is down -5%. Certain individual commodities like copper, gold, silver, etc. have been bludgeoned in recent days. Earlier this year, commodity prices were soaring — gas prices touched [...]
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