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When commenting on economic issues in my weekly updates and/or daily blog posts, it seems that lately the most frequently used word has been “unexpected;” as in economists had expected a different outcome in regards to economic reports as was reported by the government. At times, the difference between expectations and actual outcome has been quite stunning confirming my long …

In regards to last Sunday’s post Bond Bubble Thoughts, reader Mal emailed this article titled “The Treasury Bond Bubble: A Survival Guide for Investors:” Concerns have been escalating lately about the possible risks of investing in Treasury bonds. Just how bad is that risk, and what should investors do about it? The most ominous warning came from Tobias M. Levkovich, …

Several readers have commented recently that they too prefer the use of a soft sell stop vs. a hard one. What’s the difference? Hard sell stops attempt to get you out of a position at an exact predetermined figure. For example, if you bought an ETF at $10, your trailing sell stop of 7% would be at $9.30. If the …

My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpWorse than expected economic news handed the bears a win for the second week in a row. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs held above its trend line (red) by +2.48% (last week +2.30%) and remains in bullish mode. The international index has now broken barely below its long-term …

I’ll be traveling today and will not have a chance to write the daily commentary. Regular posting will resume with Friday’s week ending analysis.

The markets headed higher yesterday accelerating right out of the starting blocks without hesitation. The 1,100 level on the S&P; 500 proved to be overhead resistance again, and we sold off that number in the afternoon as the rally faded on low volume, but it kept the major indexes on the plus side by over 1%. While this rebound, after …