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Last Thursday was unusual in that there were no emergency moves by the U.S. government, which to some was the best news we’ve had in a week. It gets pretty tiring to repeatedly hear the barking about the constant attempts to stem the fall of the market, none of which have worked so far and none if them will work …

My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpAnother week in which buy-and-hope portfolios got slaughtered. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs remains below its trend line (red) by -16.98% thereby confirming the current bear market trend. The international index now remains -25.71% below its own trend line, keeping us on the sidelines. For more details, and …

Despite a concerted effort of the central banks around the world to lower interest rates on Wednesday, the markets popped and then dropped with Dow losing 189 points. The current losing streak has now been 6 days, and some of the major indexes are having their worst percentage loss this century. Here’s what the Fed said: Incoming economic data suggest …

Another drubbing yesterday pushed the major indexes down to their lowest levels in some 5 years. The speed with which the markets have fallen surprised many and in the process destroyed just about all Buy-and Hold portfolios. As I have repeatedly said, investors need to lose some serious money before they will awaken to the fact that they have been …

Yesterday, the markets tanked big time with the Dow being down some 800 points at one time before recovering. Even crude oil sinking below $90/barrel couldn’t offset the downdraft. This confirms my suspicion that no one entity or government is powerful enough to stem the global credit crisis, which was based on a built-up process of leveraging and accumulation of …

While nobody could have predicted the extent of the fallout of the credit crisis, the handwriting was on the wall that trouble was brewing the moment the Subprime crisis made news. It’s interesting that those who read economic and investment blogs seem to be better informed than the leadership. Take a look at this video: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqM7hcTMXDs]I’m sure you remember Paulson’s …