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The Stock Market’s Decline: Has It Jumped The Shark?

If you’ve never heard the term “

Enough Fed Interference – Time To Let The Economy Fix Itself

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Investors – Want to Reel In A Big Return? Time To Go Fishing

If you’ve ever gone fishing before, you know it can be an immensely frustrating endeavor. (That is, assuming your main goal is to catch a fish… not just drink beer and

Thanks, Wall Street: We’re Back to Where We Started

Interest rates are going up! Sort of.

Worry over the

Overvalued! A Global Outlook on U.S. Stocks

Two weeks ago in Ahead of the Curve, I wrote about Warren Buffett’s favorite tool for measuring the overall valuation of the market: the ratio of total market cap to GDP.

Today, we’re going to dig a little deeper into that analysis… and compare the U.S. market to some of its peers overseas.

First, there is no “correct” ratio of market cap to GDP, or any formula that suggests what ratio is optimal. This is very much a relative value analysis in which we can compare a given market to its peers, and to its own history.

So without more ado, let’s jump into the data. The chart below, courtesy of

Gallup Poll: The Deadliest Investment Myths

As I

Interest Rate Hikes: Will They Or Won’t They?

When the Fed wrapped up their meeting last Wednesday, it was interesting to hear analysts conclude that

Note to The Fed: Please Stop Helping Us!

Last week as I sat waiting for yet another

Solving Biotech’s Oldest Problem: The “Internet of Things”

I’m sure you are very familiar with the adage: “A chain is as strong as its weakest link.” Unfortunately though, in biotech drug development, guess who the weakest link is?

A Bad Investment Strategy: Don’t Be One of the 95%

I heard a speaker make