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Mid-Quarter Update: Exhale or Correction? Part II

Through Tuesday’s market the S&P 500 Index is down -5% for the year, an exhale that has not gone unnoticed by...

Mid-Quarter Update: Exhale or Correction?

This week’s losses mark the biggest losses on the S&P 500 since June of 2012, putting the S&P 500 YTD -3.1%....

Weekly Post: Why NOT to Trade Your Own Account

Dow tops 16,000 and S&P 1,800….to buy or not to buy, that is the question. An MSN poll suggests mixed answers...

Weekly Post: Why Not To Trade Your Own Account

Debt Ceiling ‘Can’ kicked down the road…what does 2014 hold? AAPL reports at the close today. Is it a red (-headed..step...

Rules Weekly: Alphavest’s Rules of Investing

So, we gave you the mother-load of Rules last week; If you invest in equities in a Bear Market, you WILL...

Weekly Post: Why NOT to Trade Your Own Account

Government shutting down in T-Minus 8 days Gold ETF advertisements everywhere: Investors beware! 5S iPhone fingerprint scanner hacked 2 days after...

American Funds Vs. Vanguard, Here We Go!

American Funds Vs. Vanguard, Here We Go!In a recent Bloomberg article, it was cited that American Funds has seen tremendous drop...

Buffett with a Boost, Nix the Buy and Hold

All the talk about the attributes of Buy and Hold has me nutty! Would I love the almost 20% from an...

Weekly Post: Top 3 Reasons Not To Trade Your Own Account

FOMC meetings/announcements (TODAY!) Buy and Hold rhetoric EVERYWHERE Apple: 52 week high $705, today $460 We’ve got you traded.  

S&P 1700+ Dow 15500+ OF course the BUY & HOLDers are rallying

S&P 1700+ Dow 15500+ OF course the BUY & HOLD supporters are rallying…their re-emergence is a scary indicator of what the...