There’s a frenzy of stock buying going on now, because no one wants to be left out of the stock market recovery. But all those who are betting on short-term gains are engaged in what I call “wrong ball investing.” Here’s how to…
The market heads into a busy week of economic reports and the end of fourth-quarter earnings season primed for yet more gains. After all, if traders could sustain the rally through 18 days of Egyptian turmoil, a return to keyin…
The climbing yield on the 10-year Treasury note — now 3.70%, a nine-month high — can mean bad things for economic growth and stock prices. But not yet, if market guru Jeffrey Kleintop is right. He says the 10-year Treasury ne…
The benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index only has to go up a tick or two before it doubles from its March 2009 trough. The index fell to under 677 on March 9 that year, and closed just short of 1,325 Tuesday.
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U.S. equities have piled on way-above-average returns in the last five months. But what can investors expect over the next few years? The charts show some patterns, and they hint that returns could revert to a longer-term, lowe…