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Sentiment for the home builders took a big dive in October, falling to its lowest level since July. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), home builder sentiment dropped from 59 down to 54, compared to expectations of 59. October’s report ended a run of four straight months where the survey … Read entire story.
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The rough stock market performance in January 2015 increased the bearish sentiment, and while some are warning of a severe 15{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540} or more correction, others think we are already headed for a bear market. The very weak close on Friday, January 30 did not help as many bulls were holding their breath …
The debate between active and passive investing has come full circle. We’ve officially gone from “index funds will never work!” to “index funds are working too well, it can’t keep on going”. Check out the Forbes article Is Vanguard Too Successful? Passive vs. active is …
When Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen gives evidence to the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, she has an opportunity to speak above the heads of the financial markets to Congress and the American people. There is pressure in the Senate to bring the Fed under Congressional “audit”, something that almost …