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Financial News Friday – May 10, 2013

Financial News Friday – May 10, 2013

Back again this week. Last week I was on vacation and was unable to post a weekly update. Also, expect some new content and videos to start hitting the blog next week.

Challenge to Dogma on Owning a Home

I …

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Financial News Friday – April 26, 2013

Financial News Friday – April 26, 2013

Your Move, Bogleheads: Advisor Finds DFA’s Returns Trump Vanguard’s

As a user of Dimensional Fund Advisors’ low-cost value investing funds, it’s always interesting to see such headlines in the news. Here are a few quotes from the article:

“Equal-weighting the …

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Financial News Friday – April 19, 2013

Financial News Friday – April 19, 2013

U.S. Stock Market Is ‘Overvalued, Overbought and Overbullish’: John Hussman

John Hussman…“Right now corporate profits are 70% above their historical norm”

Yahoo Finance has an excellent interview with fund manager John Hussman. Here are some other points of interest in …

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Financial News Friday – April 12, 2013

Financial News Friday – April 12, 2013

 Sam Zell: “The Stock Market Feels Like The Housing Market Of 2006”

Zerohedge has pulled out some choice quotes from a CNBC interview with Sam Zell and David Rosenberg

Rosenberg: “Not surprising the market rises even in the face of …

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Financial News Friday – March 29, 2013

Financial News Friday – March 29, 2013

Is the S&P 500 at All Time Highs?

If you turn on the news, the financial networks are rejoicing.

The S&P 500 has reached new nominal highs.

Mebane Faber breaks down the growth of the S&P and adjusts the growth …

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Financial News Friday – March 22, 2013

Financial News Friday – March 22, 2013

Is The Market Cheap?

Zerohedge has a breakdown (and a nice chart by JP Morgan, which is featured above) of the earnings of the market versus the market highs of the last several years. The quick article notes that revenues …

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Weekend Reading January 11, 2013

Weekend Reading January 11, 2013

Social Security’s Old Forecasting Method Hides New Time Bomb, Researchers Say

This article has an interesting take on the already beleaguered Social Security trust fund. The forecasters mentioned in the article believe that the Social Security trust fund will become …

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Weekend Reading January 4, 2013

Weekend Reading January 4, 2013

This week has been a boon for the markets.  With a fiscal cliff deal in sight, the S&P 500 stock index surged from 1402 to 1426 on Monday, New Year’s Eve.  The market continued its rally on Wednesday closing at …

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