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In our first week we achieved 5.79%. We could be 6% but the Japanese stocks I picked were down this Friday. Nothing to worry about in the mid term.(click to enlarge)Updates:Removing FIO ASAP- We will be removing Fusion-IO, Inc.FIO as soon as possible from the portfolio. I posted my reasoning in... More »

Date: May 17, 2013Daily Market StatisticsSource: BarronsS&P 500 5-Day Daily Chart(click to enlarge)Source: Google FinanceEconomic Calendar(click to enlarge)(click to enlarge)Source: BriefingOptions Market RecapThe market sentiment was driven by extreme greed with Fear & Greed Index at... More »

What a week this has been. What a month, what a year. This continues to be a great period for trend followers. Every day price just makes a nonsense of price targets and fundamental rationalizations. None of it matters. Price is the final arbiter of everything you do as a trader or investor.... More »

Dow Theory special issue: Introducing Schannep's stoploss for the stock market In my previous post, I made some observations concerning the unrealized gains made by those following the primary bull market signal in the stock market.I finished my observations by mentioning two tools to help the... More »

Morningstar Free TrialMay 17, 2013 - Retirement 401(k) Pros and Cons - by Morningstar Investment ResearchMorningstar assistant site editor Jason Stipp recently sat down with Christine Benz, Morningstar's director of personal finance, to discuss some of the benefits and drawbacks of these common... More »

And so it did.But given the record purchases by the Chinese, how could it?(click to enlarge)(click to enlarge) source: www.leap2020.eu/GEAB-N-75-is-available-S....html

Turnaround efforts continue for the electronics retail giant, Best Buy. CEO Hubert Joly's attempts to stop the company's slow decline have yielded some results but the questionable future remains. With newly implemented policy changes, market cuts and strategic partnerships, Best Buy won't be... More »

AdCare, a provider of senior living and healthcare facility management and owner/manager of long-term care facilities and retirement communities, is allegedly lined up to receive a tender offer from the Brogdon Family LLC, who in April said it intends to make an offer to acquire a 55-75 percent... More »

FluoroPharma, a developer of imaging drugs that underpin important diagnostic capabilities of positron emission tomography (PET), targets a fast-growing market. This market is currently over $7 billion in size and is expected to top $15 billion in 2015.One of the elements driving this growth is... More »