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Market Insights

Apr24

Do Bond Investors Know Something That Stock Investors Don't?

Today marks the end of the seventh straight week of stock market gains since the market low on March 6th.  What an amazing run of positive market performance.  I must admit that it is difficult to see how the market is worth 30% more today than it was just seven weeks ago. 

The corporate bond market, on the other hand, has not shown the same excitement over the last seven weeks.  While corporate bond spreads have narrowed, indicating that bond investors are...

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Apr13

Is This The Bottom....Update #2

Since October 2008, I have been updating investors on the process of creating a market bottom and the requirements for market stabilization.  In the original, I first walked through the capitulation process and the investor anxiety that accompanies the sharp downturns in the markets--we have seen much of this process at this point.  Second, the market participants need to reach an "I don't care" attitude and this can come for two reasons, investors decide to stay invested because...

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