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Equity Benchmark: A Climb Too High

Liar alert: "0% gains in the S&P over past decade"

Ignoring dividends when calculating investment returns is beyond stupid.

The U.S. Dollar: A New Accord

The higher the number of events which much occur for your prediction to come true, the lower the probability becomes.

Preparing for the Fall

If you think the market is falling 40%, you should be directing novice investors to leveraged inverse ETFs, not cash.

How the Stock Market Is Like a Dog on a Leash

I see it now. Well, at the very least, "buy when it's x% below the moving average" is still good advice when you've got new money to put in.

How the Stock Market Is Like a Dog on a Leash

Buy when we're x% below 50 day moving average. Sell when we are x% above. Easy, free money. It seems too good to be true. What's the catch?

How Now, Charles Dow?

DDM = 2x daily DIA = -DXD

UXI doesn't fit in to this equation.

Spend Your Dollars Quickly before They Print More

Increasing monetary supply does not necessarily imply inflation.

The Rally is Coming: Always Buy Too Soon

Gale: For your prediction to be true, technology would have to stop advancing. God luck with that.

Reading Between the Lines of the Jobless Claims Data

Jack: Where can I find data about which sectors are gaining/losing jobs?

The Most Bullish Sign I've Seen In Awhile

An intelligent person would need more than two datapoints to draw a meaningful conclusion. What were cash levels in 2005? In 2002? In 1987?

Is the Market Cheap? Does It Matter?

For an investor, it most certainly does matter if the market is cheap. For a short-term trader, it does not matter.

Not everyone here trades twenty times per day. Some of us are looking for good times to buy a stock and hold it until retirement. In the long run, it is better to buy a cheap stock than an expensive one, regardless of what happens next week or next month.

As Downside Momentum Builds, What's Next?

$100 oil means a wave of NEW buying... into cars like the Volt, into nuclear, solar, coal, and wind power. There is no question we can adapt. But if we can't, the price of oil will go down :-)