Doug Fabian
Making Money Alert: A Leap Year of Faith
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/s3I206OBpDI”] Today is leap day, the additional calendar marking in February that comes around every four years. So far in this leap year, the markets are making their own kind of leap — namely a very bullish leap of faith. In 2012, investors have placed their bets that the worst is over in Europe, […]
Making Money Alert: Charting the Global Bull
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/Tj_5djKcy58″] Equities continue to march higher and, admittedly, it’s a trend that I didn’t think was going to turn out the way it has. In fact, I recently told listeners of my Monday Morning Market Outlook podcast that I’ve been wrong about the markets so far in 2012, and that the strength we’ve seen […]
Making Money Alert: It Begins with a Stall
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/X4WJdqOhb-I”] The 2012 rally that got investors so excited through the first five weeks of the year has begun to slow down. In fact, stocks effectively stalled last week, with all three major indices — the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite — finishing in the red for the week ended Feb. 10. Stocks […]
Making Money Alert: On the Contrary
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/pHM4aClwX0I”] Being a contrarian is often a difficult assignment. That’s because everyone wants to go along with the crowd, especially if the crowd has been struck with an acute case of bull fever. There’s been a big outbreak of just such an ailment so far this year, and that bull fever continues to heat […]
Making Money Alert: Easy Money Until 2014
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/pn_ehSHko9c”] Today, we received word from the Federal Reserve that it’s going to be easy money at least until the end of 2014. The Fed flat-out stated that it isn’t likely to raise interest rates for about three years, and that’s much later than the central bank’s previous call for rates to remain at […]
Making Money Alert: If There’s Buying, it Must be January
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/puItuwWEYys”] Stocks are off to a solid start in 2012. So far this year, the S&P 500 Index is up about 2%. Of course, a move higher in stocks at the beginning of the year is a common phenomenon. In fact, there’s even a name for it — it’s called “the January effect.” The […]