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Another Bet on Booming Biotech — If You Dare

Global stock markets continued their recent pullback last week. The Dow Jones was down 1.05% and the S&P...

Daily Data Flow: Wall Street Posts Stock Third Quarter; Watch out Taxpayers! Postal Service Prepares to Default

Wall Street posts best third quarter since 2010 (Reuters) Wall Street closed its best third quarter since 2010,...

How To Play Defense in Dividend Pro

U.S. and global markets pulled back this past week, with the S&P 500 dropping 2.32% and the MSCI...

Daily Data Flow: S&P 500 Incurs Longest Sustained Drop Since July; World Stocks Expected to Rise by Year-end; Greece Looks Like Better Investment than China

S&P 500 Has Longest Drop Since July Amid Europe Concern (Bloomberg) U.S. stocks fell for a fifth day,...

The Bull Takes A Breather

Global stock markets took a breather last week. The Dow Jones fell 0.79% and the S&P 500 dropped...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall Amid Fed Bank President’s Skeptical View of Bond Buying Plan; Groupon’s Skid Hurts Nasdaq; Home Prices Rise

U.S. Stocks Decline Amid Plosser Comments on Fed Stimulus (Bloomberg) U.S. stocks declined today, erasing earlier gains in...

Daily Data Flow: European Crisis Causes S&P 500 to Slip; Apple’s iPhone 5 Misses First Week Sales Goal of 5 Million Units; Munis Outperform U.S. Treasury Bonds; ATM Fees Hit Record High

S&P 500 Has Longest Slump in Seven Weeks on European Crisis  (Bloomberg) The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index...

Booking 53.8% Gains in Biotech and Tightening Your Stops

Nevertheless, your Bull Market Alert portfolio had some big winners. New holdings Michael Kors (KORS) jumped 7.02%; CVR Partners LP (UAN) followed...

Daily Data Flow: Mortgage Rates Tumble to Record Low; Stocks Drop as Economic Data Disappoints; Investors Unwind Risk-on Plays

Mortgage Rates for 30-Year Loans Tumble, Matching Record (Bloomberg) The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage fell...

Huge Momentum + 12.7% Yield = Big Profits

It was “slow and steady” for your Dividend Pro portfolio last week, with most positions staying broadly flat....