U.S. stocks have caught a wave of better-than-expected economic data. The ISM Manufacturing Survey showed robust expansion in production. Results for retailers showed consumer willingness to spend. And 67,000 private sector jobs significantly beat the...

Since late April, U.S. stock assets have labored in an extensive period of corrective activity. Bulls believe that the pullback is helping to restore health to the markets. They contend that the ”weak” always run for the hills, providing opportunity...

According to Investor’s Business Daily, countries like Malaysia, Columbia and Thailand have been percentage leader in world market performance. Can industrial demand in these Emerging Country ETFs foster bigger and better gains than hallmark emerging...

You can fall in love with your wife, your children, your dog… even your New York Giants football team. But you should never fall in love with any of your investments. I can’t say that any one person gave me this advice. I can say that I’ve...

Commodity ETFs have been showing resilience and relative market strength. Yet that doesn’t always result in super-sized returns for hard-asset producers. One writer goes on the record to explain why global forces may work against the steel companies. Dividend...

The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) released its survey of manufacturing activity on 9/1/10. The August Manufacturing Report on Business gave us its thirteenth consecutive month of expansion with a surprisingly robust reading of 56.3. Index readings...

Bloomberg recently reported that demand for gold increased 300% in the 6 months ending June 30th. The same report hypothesizes that India will increase its holdings in the yellow metal by 17x over the next 3 years. Granted, a wide range of Commodity...

Permabears love to talk about a “lack of conviction” on the part of the share purchasing public. Specifically, when upward momentum in stocks occurs on “low volume,” they dismiss the price movement outright. On Monday, 8/30/10,...

When the Beatles sang, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” who would have thought that the chorus might some day apply to U.S. stimulus spending. Indeed, the $862 billion hasn’t purchased much in the way of love for new employees. And as it currently...

Only 1 in 5 investors believe that stocks will rise over the next 6 months. With August unemployment data in the cross-hairs, would a strong showing this week bring bulls back to the ”risk trade?” Or would another “miss” push double-dip campers...