Tag Archives: S&P 500

Beating Back The Bubble Babble

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WITH STOCKS AT or near alltime highs, financial publications and market pundits are providing plenty of hot air as they inflate a bubble by talking about a stock market bubble. All of that chatter is...
    






Will Venture Capital Beat The Market in 2014?

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Venture capital used to be a great place to put money. But in the last 15 years, it has been a lousy investment. 2013 was the strongest year since 2007 for VC and there are promising developments...
    






Where Will The S&P 500 Finish In 2014?

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2013 was a banner year for investors, as the market hit record highs. Both the Dow and S&P 500 finished the year with their largest gains in over a decade, with the latter up an amazing 30%. But...
    






My Stock-picking Record: A Warts And All Retrospective

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As we enter 2014, it is appropriate to review my recent stock-picking record. After a year of excellent success in 2012, I have to admit that my performance in 2013 has been a mixed bag. On the one...
    






Facebook Acts As Reliable Barometer Of Market Mood, Good For Bulls

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Facebook is now a component of the S&P 500 index, but it has already been acting as a bellwether stock for several months. The company now sports an entire year of consecutive earnings growth and...
    






McDonald’s, Cisco Still Buys In Overvalued Market

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Stocks are even more overvalued as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 set new all-time intra-day highs last Friday at 16,287.84, 1,823.75 and 1,147.12. At these highs...
    






The Week Ahead: Will 2014 Be a Buy-&-Hold Year?

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The FOMC caught many by surprise last Wednesday, myself included, as stock prices exploded to the upside and closed with impressive gains. It appears that the FOMC struck a good medium between...