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360° Coverage Market Wrap for Wednesday, May 22: Stocks Pullback As Bernanke

In Congressional testimony on Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the central bank could begin winding down its $85 billion-per-month bond-buying program at one of its "next few meetings Read more at http://www.i4u.com/2013/05/ben-bernanke/may-wrap-stocks-bond-says-22-could-market-wednesday-pullback-bernanke#7fhKUShiS3t4FW06.99 http://www.i4u.com/2013/05/ben-bernanke/may-wrap-stocks-bond-says-22-could-market-wednesday-pullback-bernanke

Can We Trust the Dow's Record Highs

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Can We Trust the Dow's Record Highs? - 8 March 2013 Stocks have surged – but the economy still feels stagnant... I HAVE a secret to tell you about the new all-time highs the Dow recorded this week, says Greg Guenthner in Bill Bonner's Daily Reckoning . It's not about an impending market crash. It's not about panic or a disconnected economy, or any of the other themes the media has bombarded you with this week. No, the secret I want to share with you is simple. Yet it has been almost completely overlooked since the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted fresh highs this week. The truth about these new highs is that they don't matter–at least not the way you think they do. It is all too easy to look at this week's market milestones through the lens of crisis. Folks want to know why the markets are rising while the economy feels stagnant. Jobs and income aren't back to levels we saw before everything got out of control. Europe is a mess. Need I go o

Weekly Market Wrap: May 24, 2013

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Weekly   Market   Wrap: May 24, 2013 By:   Market News Video Posted on May 24, 2013 at 16:16 PM EDT This twenty first   trading   week of 2013 comes to a close with   stocks   falling on concerns the Federal Reserve could reduce or end its bond-buying program. Hi.

Market Analysis May-15-2013 Greg Guenthner

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The Rude Awakening Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |0930 Hours Markets Shift to Overdrive Anatomy of a relentless market melt-up Why S&P 1,900 isn't so crazy after all… Plus: Will the boom generation jump back into stocks? Greg Guenthner coming to you from Baltimore, MD... Greg Guenthner Put down that jelly donut for a second… Do you see what's happening here? This market is in overdrive. The melt-up has been relentless, with the broad market gaining more than 1% yesterday. Nearly 200 domestically traded stocks finished the day up 5% or more. I told you it would be unwise to fight this tape. Short squeezes are fueling some of the bigger moves higher . Anyone betting against stocks right now is losing his lunch. Yet while stocks are moving higher, experts still don't see any need to be overweight equities for some reason. The average strategist recommends a stock allocation at less than 50%, according to Bloomberg. The equity risk premium (a favo