by deyoe | Feb 24, 2012 | Economic Data, People, Personal Finance, Retirement Income, Weekly Commentary
HOW MUCH INCOME WOULD YOU NEED TO FEEL “RICH?” Gallup recently conducted a poll and discovered that the median income needed by Americans to feel rich was $150,000. That is three times the roughly $50,000 median annual household income of Americans....
by deyoe | Feb 24, 2012 | Developed, Economic Data, Emerging, Weekly Commentary
The Markets Valentine’s Day is over, but there’s still a “whole lotta love” swirling around the stock market these days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed last week at its highest level since May 2008 while the S&P 500 is knocking on...
by deyoe | Feb 15, 2012 | Economic Data, Investing, Weekly Commentary
What if: Apple or Cisco? What if the keepers of the Dow Jones Industrial Average added Apple to the index in 2009 instead of Cisco Systems? This is not just a hypothetical exercise; rather, it makes an important point about using indices to measure overall market...
by deyoe | Feb 14, 2012 | Economic Data, Inspiration, Investing, People, Weekly Commentary
The Markets Who should you believe, Warren Buffett or Bill Gross? Buffett and Gross are generally recognized as two of the world’s greatest investors. Buffett made his name in equities while Gross made his name in bonds as the head of Pimco, a trillion-dollar...
by deyoe | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Fortune Telling . . . Or Not? Can the intersection of two moving averages foretell the future direction of the stock market? Chart watchers like to follow what’s called the 50-day moving average (50 DMA) and the 200-day moving average (200 DMA). These are lines...
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