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<description><![CDATA[Richard E. Band is the newsletter world's #1 authority on investing for low-risk growth. His flagship Total Return Portfolio has more than quadrupled in value since inception in 1990, while taking far less risk than the popular stock market index funds.]]></description>
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<title>Know Your Limits</title>
<description><![CDATA[Stocks have enjoyed a nice bounce off the October 30 low.  But this rally hasn't been as healthy as those that preceded it.  We're approaching another temporary limit on the upside.]]></description>
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<title>Ben Boosts the Bulls</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wall Street's bulls love it when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says those magic words:  'exceptionally low' interest rates, 'for an extended period.'  He repeated them today in a speech to the Economic Club of New York, and the Dow surged again to a new 2009 high.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:15:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Squalls in the Forecast</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today's 94-point slide in the Dow may seem trivial after the 500-point rise in the six previous sessions.  But there's more here than meets the eye.  Stocks are laboring, signaling that a deeper downswing may be on the way.]]></description>
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<title>Up with Everything</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hey, the textbooks said this would never happen!  Another new yearly high for the Dow today -- as well as yet another all-time high for gold.  How can stocks be streaking upward in synch with the age-old disaster hedge?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Smiles and Laughter</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wall Street threw an all-day happy hour today, toasting a strong earnings report from Cisco Systems and the smallest number of new claims for jobless benefits since January.  So have we seen the end of the pullback from the October 19 index highs?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blowback for the Bears</title>
<description><![CDATA[Like the wolf in the story of the Three Little Pigs, Wall Street's bears have done a lot of huffing and puffing lately.  They were out in force again this morning, frolicking in a gust of gloomy bank news from Europe.  By the end of the day, though, Warren Buffett's blockbuster takeover bid for Burlington Northern Santa Fe had blown the naysayers back on their heels.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:26:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chins Up!</title>
<description><![CDATA[<i>Friday wrap:</i>  Well, which is it?  Yesterday's 200-point jump in the Dow, or today's 250-point plunge?  Which session tells us more about where the stock market is really headed?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:42:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Genuine Article</title>
<description><![CDATA[After weeks of teasing, the stock market is finally giving us a real 'correction.'  With today's close, the blue chip Standard & Poor's 500 index has tumbled 5% from its peak for the past year, registered October 19.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:02:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tummy Tester Ahead</title>
<description><![CDATA[No, it's not the end of the world.  No, the big bad bear is <i>not</i> coming back (not yet, anyway).  But the stock market was overdue for the 'correction' that has gradually been building over the past week.  Brace yourself for some additional bumps and air pockets immediately ahead.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:16:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Janus Faced</title>
<description><![CDATA[Don't get too comfy in your armchair, because an important market transition is under way.  If you need a picture for what's happening, think of Janus, the bearded Roman god with the two faces -- one looking behind and one forward.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:34:51 GMT</pubDate>
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