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Equity or Debt: Which is Cheaper?

The question—debt or equity?—is rarely raised in North American corporate boardrooms. A good part of the blame rests with the fundamental structure of the financial marketplace: both the brokerage industry and the retail investor segment is governed, almost entirely, by the need to trade instruments (stocks) which inherently incorporate substantial short-term upside. But corporate managements [...]

Stocks Down, Gold and Oil Up

Thursday’s mini rally did a very poor job of papering over the cracks in the global economy. On Friday those cracks were wide open for all to see with housing and financial stocks hit the hardest. Barclays in particular was back to square one, erasing all gains from the start of the week, as investors [...]

Using Technical Analysis to Manage Risk and Maintain Top Quartile Performance

Recent market reversals brought about by the Sub-Prime mortgage melt down is clearly a significant market correcting event. No matter if you work in the risk department of a large bank with many employees or a small fund of funds as co-manager, you share the same basic concerns regarding the management of your portfolio(s)
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Using Technical Analysis to Manage Risk and Maintain Top Quartile Performance

Recent market reversals brought about by the Sub-Prime mortgage melt down is clearly a significant market correcting event. No matter if you work in the risk department of a large bank with many employees or a small fund of funds as co-manager, you share the same basic concerns regarding the management of your portfolio(s)
1. [...]

Using Technical Analysis to Manage Risk and Maintain Top Quartile Performance

Recent market reversals brought about by the Sub-Prime mortgage melt down is clearly a significant market correcting event. No matter if you work in the risk department of a large bank with many employees or a small fund of funds as co-manager, you share the same basic concerns regarding the management of your portfolio(s)
1. [...]

Using Technical Analysis to Manage Risk and Maintain Top Quartile Performance

Recent market reversals brought about by the Sub-Prime mortgage melt down is clearly a significant market correcting event. No matter if you work in the risk department of a large bank with many employees or a small fund of funds as co-manager, you share the same basic concerns regarding the management of your portfolio(s)
1. [...]

Using Technical Analysis to Manage Risk and Maintain Top Quartile Performance

Recent market reversals brought about by the Sub-Prime mortgage melt down is clearly a significant market correcting event. No matter if you work in the risk department of a large bank with many employees or a small fund of funds as co-manager, you share the same basic concerns regarding the management of your portfolio(s)
1. [...]

Fisher Investments: The Ol’ Pensions Blues

The Ol’ Pension Blues
12/2/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
http://www.marketminder.com/a/fisher-investments-the-ol-pension-blues/cbe61fa6-7302-4033-9368-1281867c171b.aspx?source=home
The ol’ pension blues are back—but they needn’t rob investors of holiday cheer.
Story Highlights:
> Corporate and public pensions are underfunded, a fallout from the market plunge and from under-contribution.
> The same pension worries surfaced in the late 1980s and in 2002, [...]

Fisher Investments: The Ol’ Pensions Blues

The Ol’ Pension Blues
12/2/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
http://www.marketminder.com/a/fisher-investments-the-ol-pension-blues/cbe61fa6-7302-4033-9368-1281867c171b.aspx?source=home
The ol’ pension blues are back—but they needn’t rob investors of holiday cheer.
Story Highlights:
> Corporate and public pensions are underfunded, a fallout from the market plunge and from under-contribution.
> The same pension worries surfaced in the late 1980s and in 2002, [...]

Fisher Investments: The Ol’ Pensions Blues

The Ol’ Pension Blues
12/2/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
http://www.marketminder.com/a/fisher-investments-the-ol-pension-blues/cbe61fa6-7302-4033-9368-1281867c171b.aspx?source=home
The ol’ pension blues are back—but they needn’t rob investors of holiday cheer.
Story Highlights:
> Corporate and public pensions are underfunded, a fallout from the market plunge and from under-contribution.
> The same pension worries surfaced in the late 1980s and in 2002, [...]