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Equities and Real Estate Trump Bonds and Commodities as Investments

LAS VEGAS--Astute stock pickers still have good investment opportunities, despite uncertainty about when the Fed will follow through...

Tax Policies, Excessive Debt Hurt Economic Growth

LAS VEGAS--Tepid economic growth is hampered by countries that impose punitive tax policies and engage in runaway deficit...

Daily Data Flow: New S&P 500 High, Gold Falls, A Fed President Calls for Tapering

New High for Standard and Poor 500 (Bloomberg) Financial stocks pushed the S&P 500 to a new record Friday,...

Eagle Eye Opener: Markets Bounce on Bernanke’s Quantitative Easing Promise; Microsoft Reorganizes; House to Discuss Food Stamps

Three Straight Days of Positive News Recoups $1 Trillion in Share Value (Bloomberg) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s...

Daily Data Flow: Record Day for Market Indices; Price of Gasoline to Spike; Dollar Falls on Fed’s QE Plans

Rising oil prices and peak driving season are expected to cause gasoline prices to jump up to 10...

Eagle Eye Opener: Ben Bernanke as Caesar; Debt of U.S. vs. Japan’s Stimulus; Military Exercise Could Benefit Japanese Market

Hail Bernanke: A Modern Day Caesar (Reuters) At this point, about the only difference between Federal Reserve Chairman...

Daily Data Flow: Stock Market Rally Grinds to a Halt after Fed Minutes; U.S. Dollar Falls Against Euro; Ben Bernanke States Fed’s Goal

Several days of strong growth ended Wednesday when the Standard & Poor 500 Index rose less than 0.1%....

Eagle Eye Opener: Mortgage Rate Rise Could Boost Sales; Apple’s iPhone Cut Dire for Earnings; Verizon to Replace Copper-Wire Network

Mortgage Rate Increases Lead to Near-Term Sales Spike… Wait, What? (CNBC) With mortgage rates soaring a full point...

Waving Bye-Bye to $47.2 Billion in Bond Purchases; 75% of American Families Living Paycheck to Paycheck; Golden Dominos Continue to Fall

It all began a little more than a month ago today, when the minutes of the May 22...

PowerTrend Brief: IF Only Ben Bernanke Could Communicate More Clearly

It is looking like the stock market turmoil that kicked into high gear last week has rolled over...