S&P 500 Erases Loss for Week on Earnings, Spending Data – Bloomberg 01-30-14

Salient to Investors: David Kelly at JPMorgan Funds said the Fed looks justified in continuing to taper given economic momentum and recent sharp declines in the unemployment rate. Kelly said assuming the volatility in emerging markets subsides, this economic report should bolster the case for both higher interest rates and

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Bonds Prove Bears Wrong in Best Start Since 2008 as Stocks Tank – Bloomberg 01-30-14

Salient to Investors: Paresh Upadhyaya at Pioneer Investment Mgmt said January was definitely a surprise for investors. Neil Azous agreed. Fixed-income assets worldwide posted their biggest January returns since 2008, while equity prices fell the most since 2010. Gold is rallying. Joseph Quinlan at US Trust Bank of America said this

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Equities market ‘the best in our lifetime,’ but hold on tight, says Schwab’s Sonders – InvestmentNews 01-28-14

Salient to Investors: Liz Ann Sonders at Charles Schwab said:   The secular bull market is intact as valuation and sentiment are supportive – this bull market will be the best is our lifetime. US businesses are sitting on huge cash levels not seen since WWII and we will see

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Is the stock market overvalued by 50 percent? PE ratios out of sync with fundamentals underlying the economy. Not in labor force group in US increased by 15 percent since recession ended. – My Budget 360 01-26-14

Salient to Investors: The stock market is massively overvalued based on multiple measures due to crony financial leverage that has created wealth inequality that is now the worst we have seen during multiple generations. The PE ratio of the S&P 500 is 24.9, or 80 percent higher than the historical

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January Reflecting a Neutral to Bearish 2014 Forecast – Chartwatchers 01-25-14

Salient to Investors: Tom Bowley at Invested Central/EarningsBeats.com writes: Market technicals have slowly deteriorated with the highly influential banking industry reversing hard last week with a long-term negative divergence present on its weekly chart. Longer-term momentum on the buy side is slowing. The latest rally in the S&P 500 actually

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Stocks do not always go up – Jim Rogers Blog 01-17-14

Salient to Investors: Jim Rogers said contrary to the hype from Wall Street and the press, stocks do not always go up – there are long periods when they do nothing and other investments are better. Read the full article at http://jimrogers-blog.blogspot.com/2014/01/stocks-do-not-always-go-up.html Click here to receive free and immediate email alerts

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