Does the old stock market cliché have any credibility in 2012? An old stock market dictum says that spring is for profit-taking, or at least a time to reduce your exposure to equities. In the classic market psychology, you “sell in May and go away” with the belief that stock prices will plateau or retreat [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Free Market News for the Week of March 29, 2010
Presented by Mark Lund, The Investor Coach. Quote of the week. “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”– Marie Curie Reforms become law. President Obama signed his long-envisioned health care reforms into law on March 23, and he will sign the amendments to the bill into law on March [...]
Free Market News for the Week of March 22, 2010
Quote of the week. “No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.”– David Eddings Inflation? What inflation? Inflationary pressures remain weak in this subdued recovery. The Consumer Price Index was flat in February; core CPI rose 0.1%. CPI only advanced 2.1% over the last 12 months of data. Core CPI rose 1.3% [...]
Free Market News for the Week of March 15, 2010
Presented by Mark Lund, The Investor Coach. Quote of the week. “Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.”– Norman Vincent Peale Good news at the cash register. Commerce Department data showed retail purchases up by 0.3% in February despite all the snow, sleet and rain, and 3.9% above where [...]
Free Market News for the Week of March 8, 2010
Presented by Mark Lund, The Investor Coach. Quote of the week. “A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”– Abraham Lincoln 9.7% and holding. The Labor Department reported only 36,000 net job losses last month, so the jobless rate was flat for February. Economists had widely assumed [...]
Weekly Market News for the Week of March 1, 2010
Presented by Mark Lund, The investor Coach. Quote of the week. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”– Friedrich Nietzsche Stocks log best month since November. The S&P 500 rose 2.85% last month even with worries over Greece, China and the U.S. housing and job markets. The S&P had its [...]