Smarter Investing

Two-fold strategy:Search for the very best companies to own and dump under-performers.

Strategies

Staying nimble ahead of year-end risks

Republic Bank & Trust is historically one of the top earning institutions in the country.

Strategies

A regional bank stock I’m buying up

How does the current economic recovery stack up against previous ones after major financial crises?

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U.S. recoveries are a many splendored thing

Jim Cramer freaks out over Pandit’s departure

On CNBC this morning, Jim Cramer was flabbergasted over Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit’s abrupt departure: “This was a terrific quarter… I don’t know what the heck is going on here… Pandit’s young, people respect Pandit, he’s really turned the company around, he inherited a total joke company, it was destroyed […]

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Jim Cramer freaks out over Pandit’s departure

On a reverse split adjusted basis, the stock dropped nearly 90%.

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Citi stock collapsed under Pandit

Meet the Sustained Momentum model’s top 10 stocks

This model takes that 'fantasy' portfolio and invests the top 10 of those holdings

Strategies

Meet the Sustained Momentum model’s top 10 stocks

Obamacare uncertainty makes healthcare investing tricky

I'm moving cautiously until healthcare political uncertainty eases.

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Obamacare uncertainty makes healthcare investing tricky

It's not an all-clear sign for the economy, but it's encouraging.

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Consumer confidence hits a 5-year high

This suggests that market risk-taking may be shifting.

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Stocks are weakening vs. gold

High yield bond investors and issuers can't get enough, but consider this before joining the party.

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Junk bonds, bubbles and Goldilocks

Why we sold Gap in favor of Motorola Solutions

The Gap was sold after huge gains.

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Why we sold Gap in favor of Motorola Solutions

The bonds that will restore your faith in humanity

A Massachusetts junk hauler finds $114,000 worth of bonds inside a huge wooden chest – and returns them to their owner. The video report: They were not junk, they were bonds. And they were not junk bonds. But these are: Junk bonds, bubbles and Goldilocks

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