Tag: S&P 500

Three Ways To Hedge The Market

| June 7, 2010 | 0 Comments

It’s no secret the markets are struggling right now.  In the last six weeks, the markets are down over 10%.  It’s the first 10% correction in over a year. The markets are highly volatile. We’ve seen a number of 200 and 300 point daily swings.  And who can forget the 1,000 point mini-meltdown.  Investors have […]

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Bull Market’s One Year Old… What To Do Now?

| March 5, 2010 | 0 Comments

It’s hard to believe but the bull market rally is turning one year old. The rally has taken the S&P 500 from 666 on March 6, 2009 to 1,122 on March 4, 2010.  That’s a 68% gain in a single year! But a 68% rally’s only good depending on your point of view. You might […]

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Alcoa Tells Us To Continue Hedging The Market

| January 14, 2009 | 0 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I’m confused.  Totally, thoroughly, utterly confused.  Strangely enough, I’m not confused about my investment strategy.  I’m not even confused about the market.  What confuses me is the “market sentiment.”  That’s a fancy word investing professionals use to describe investors’ expectations and reactions. I’m really confused over what investors and […]

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