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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>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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<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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<title>Going Our Way</title>
<description><![CDATA[Is it a time for caution -- or cheering?  Stocks are clearly way, way overextended on the upside.   Some air needs to come out of the pressure cooker soon, for safety's sake.  And yet, today's breakout to new recovery highs on the blue chip indexes shows that Wall Street is correctly recognizing value -- by picking up the scent on a number of our favorite businesses.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:13:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bully One-Note</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is almost getting monotonous -- yet another new 2009 high for the blue chip stock indexes!  As of tonight's close, the Standard & Poor's 500 has shown a gain in eight out of the last nine sessions, leading some investors to wonder whether the laws of gravity have been repealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:02:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Earnings Drought Ending</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today's big financial news didn't come during NYSE hours.  It was after the closing bell, when computer chipmaker Intel reported surprisingly strong sales and earnings for the September quarter.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:43:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gold or a Dividend?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Everybody is buzzing about gold -- and for good reason, with the Midas metal surging to another all-time high today (above $1,060 an ounce).  So is now a good time to buy gold-related assets?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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