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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>Dial Down Your Risk</title>
<description><![CDATA[Stocks crept higher today, with the Dow tacking on a teensy 12 points.  We're back up against serious resistance here (the January index highs), and my indicators are flashing caution.]]></description>
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<title>The 1150 Challenge</title>
<description><![CDATA[<i>Friday wrap:</i> Stocks closed the first week of March with a roar, as investors fastened on a 'not so bad' jobs report this morning as an excuse to bid prices sharply higher.  Now comes a big test.  Can the market overcome heavy resistance at the January highs (1150 on the S&P 500 index)?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Resistance Looms</title>
<description><![CDATA[I cautioned you in Monday's post that the stock market's rally off the February lows was 'starting to look overextended.'  The yellow light is flashing even brighter today, after two straight sessions in which the market, during the last two hours of trade, gave back most of its early gains.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:54:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two-Way Traffic Again</title>
<description><![CDATA[Stocks rolled into March with a solid gain in the month's first day of trading.  (In percentage terms, the Dow's 78-point bounce actually understated the strength of the broader market.)  While I'm delighted with the uptick in my net worth, the rally off the February 5-8 lows is starting to look overextended.  It's time to treat the market as a two-way street again -- a place for selling as well as buying.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:44:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Too Tricky to Short</title>
<description><![CDATA[See why I haven't recommended trading stocks from the short side lately, even though I've called for a market 'correction'?  This morning, the Dow plunged 188 points at its low around 11:40 ET, then steadily clawed its way back, ending down just 53 points.  The broader S&P 500 index closed off the equivalent of a mere 22 Dow points, and small-cap stocks finished the session essentially unchanged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:14:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shaky Confidence</title>
<description><![CDATA[Back down we go!  In previous posts, I've told you I doubted the February 8 low was the final bottom of this stock market 'correction.'  Today's 100-point drop in the Dow may have started us back down to test that earlier low and form a stronger base.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:11:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bernanke Springs a Surprise</title>
<description><![CDATA[Great earnings today (last night, actually) from Hewlett-Packard.  Strong regional manufacturing numbers from the Philly Fed.  But the big news came after the stock market closed:  The Federal Reserve in Washington voted to boost the discount rate a quarter-point to 0.75%.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:41:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mardi Gras Bounce</title>
<description><![CDATA[A bomb goes off at a J.P. Morgan bank branch in Athens.  A high-ranking Federal Reserve official says we're headed for a slow economic recovery, with nagging unemployment.  But the Dow soars 170 points anyway.  Go figure!
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:01:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Right Kind of &#34;Correction&#34;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Stocks continued their basing pattern today, with the Dow tacking on a healthy 106 points on hopes that the European Union will soon cement a bailout plan for Greece.  I don't want to jinx myself, but this is beginning to look very much like a plain, ordinary 'correction' in an ongoing bull market.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:12:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Greeced Lightning</title>
<description><![CDATA[Crisis resolved?  Maybe not quite yet, but investors let out a whoop today on reports that Germany is drawing up a rescue package for debt-clogged Greece.  Stocks and commodities soared, while Treasury-bond prices tumbled.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:50:13 GMT</pubDate>
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