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History shows that once a financial bubble bursts, it can take a long time to bounce back. Recent history offers an example: Real estate prices topped in 2006-2007 — then came the worst part of the sub-prime mortgage crisis in 2008. Yet instead of recovering with the passage of time, real esta...

I came across some research on the subject of worry. Here’s how it was presented: Things People Worry About: things that never happen – 40% things which did happen that worrying can’t undo – 30% needless health worries – 12% petty, miscellaneous worries – 10% rea...

To meet ambitious investment return targets, some public pension funds must now swing for the fences. But many are down two strikes already, due to their previous big bets with hedge funds. ….the [pension] funds with a third to more than half of their money in private equity, hedge funds and r...

Moving averages are one of the most widely-used methods of technical analysis because they are simple to use, and they work. Now you can learn how to apply them to your trading and investing in this free eBook. Let EWI’s Jeffrey Kennedy teach you step-by-step how moving averages can help you...

You’ve probably heard talk about “market uncertainty” in the financial news recently. But when are the market trends ever certain? The constant uncertainties contribute to your frustrations as a trader, and you need to have a method for dealing with the ups and downs. Every succe...

When you are watching a pattern develop on a chart, how can you be sure that your wave count is correct? The Elliott Wave Principle offers rules and guidelines that you can use to add confidence to your wave count. Elliott Wave International’s Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy spent years designi...

Back in the day, one of the first things I “learned” about investing was that low or declining interest rates are good for stock prices. I’ve since had to “unlearn” this. A certain market commentator recently reminded me of the “lower rates equal higher stocksR...

It’s hard to believe that 2011 has passed so quickly and that 2012 will soon be here. Now is a good time to look back over the past year and assess your finances. Did your choices this year put you in better or worse circumstances? Do you have the information needed to make wise decisions in t...

Did European Union leaders make the sovereign debt crisis ‘go away’ last week?.   Not even close. What they did agree on is tougher budget rules: “…17 countries of the euro zone…agreed to run only minimal budget deficits in the future and allowed the European Court o...

Is the bank really the safest place to keep your money? What is the best way to safeguard your money? Most people think it’s their local bank. But how safe is the money in your local bank, really? Robert Prechter joins the Mind of Money host Douglass Lodmell to discuss what backs bank deposit...

When you look at a price chart, what do you see? A bunch of ticks, some ups and downs, perhaps a pattern? Do you see the trend, support and resistance levels, and who’s in charge of the market — the bulls or the bears? Sometimes understanding the most basic elements of a chart can improv...

If “legendary Wall Street figure” ever described anyone, it was turn-of-the-last-century financier J.P. Morgan. You can throw in “bigger than life” to boot. Morgan was used to getting his way. His steely eyes cast a “ferocious glare.” His bulbous nose added to his...