Life After the Lost Decade

After going through multiple investment bubbles, a severe credit crisis, and two painful recessions, the “Lost Decade” for stock investments has come to an end.   In fact, the latter half of 2009 left us with a rather robust recovery and the idea that we may be participating in a sustainable economic recovery.
At the beginning of [...]

Weak Dollar: Good or bad?

Given current economic conditions, is a weak dollar a good or a bad thing?  There are strong opinions on this matter from both sides of the issue.  Paul Krugman, an economics professor at Princeton and a columnist for The NY Times makes a compelling case for a weakening U.S. dollar being good news.
He writes:
“The truth [...]

Ignoring Data

All data is not created equal.  The following chart would seem to indicate
that US stocks are more expensive and overvalued then they’ve ever been.
http://www.chartoftheday.com
The rest of the story is that the last 12 months of earnings are not
representative of what earnings will be going forward.  Our best estimate is
that at current price levels, the PE [...]

Raleigh Financial Advisor Bill Ramsay Quoted on Housing Market

“The housing market is not going to be the engine leading us out of the recession, but clearly it is going to be less of a drag than it has been or should be.”

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