U.S. Market Valuation: Are U.S. Equities Overvalued?
Baijnath Ramraika, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 01, 3:21AM CST
Originally published on December 23, 2014 "Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful." - Warren Buffett "…. valuing the market has nothing to do with where it's going to go next week or next...
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Investors Always Get Killed At Cycle Tops, Small Caps Look Like A Trap, And It's Way Too Early To Buy Energy Stocks
Mercenary Trader - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 1:33PM CST
Investors always lose their shirts at the top of market cycles. This is a combination of greed, impatience, and FOMO, aka "fear of missing out." It is also the result of bad, self-serving advice that suggests a good investor stays in the...
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A Potential Selloff in January Won’t Derail Stocks in 2015
at The Street - Wed Dec 31, 1:28PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel is looking toward 2015 and sees a solid year ahead, despite some potential bumps along the way.
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Marking My 2014 Forecast To Market: I Plead The Polar Vortex
Hale Stewart - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 12:50PM CST
By New Deal Democrat In my forecast for 2014 one year ago, I called for continued growth, but "A year of deceleration": In conclusion, unless we expect deflation (and right now I don't), there is every reason to view the long leading...
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Economic Myth And Financial Reality
Kevin Flynn, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 11:41AM CST
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Investors Should Not Cheer Cheap Oil In 2015
Lawrence Fuller - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 8:19AM CST
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2 Strong Forces Propelling This Secular Bull Market
Gary Jakacky - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 6:10AM CST
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2015 Outlook: Pain
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 3:09AM CST
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How Old Was That Shoeshine Boy Again?
Paulo Santos - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 3:11PM CST
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Market Outlook 2015 - Robust Economy Could Offset Rate Hikes
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 2:51PM CST
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Peak What? Christmastime In Hell? Part 4
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 1:57PM CST
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Stocks Have Done Well This Year but Are Going Even Higher in 2015
at The Street - Tue Dec 30, 1:36PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel expects 2015 to be generous to investors.
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Today's Market: Activists Continue To Make Moves, Small Caps In Favor Among Investors
Matthew Smith - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 9:16AM CST
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P/E Compression And Share Evaluation: Encouraging Words
Gary Jakacky - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 8:54AM CST
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Federal Reserve Exit Watch: Number 4
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 8:51AM CST
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2014 In Review: Best Of The Silver Bullet Awards
Jeff Miller - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 12:08AM CST
On A Dash of Insight , we do our best to steer individual investors away from politically motivated agendas and misleading analysis. An important part of this is being able to recognize colleagues and friends who do outstanding work to expose myths...
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2015 Will Be The Year Of The Credit-Constrained Consumer
Outsized Analytics - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 11:10PM CST
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Small Cap Stocks Seem Likely to Outperform Large Caps in 2015
at The Street - Mon Dec 29, 3:22PM CST
The CNBC "Fast Money Halftime" trading panel says small caps stocks should outperform large cap stocks in 2015 due to lower rates and energy prices.
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Calvert Chief Investment Officer Natalie Trunow: 2015 GDP Up 3.5%, Stocks 5 - 10%
Harlan Levy - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 2:52PM CST
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Small-Cap Stocks Likely to Outperform Larger Stocks in 2015
at The Street - Mon Dec 29, 1:35PM CST
The CNBC "Fast Money Halftime" trading panel says small caps stocks should outperform large cap stocks in 2015 due to lower rates and energy prices.
ATLS: 31.15 (-0.62), OCN: 15.10 (+0.38), TDW: 32.41 (-0.29), DHR: 85.71 (-0.53), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), MTW: 22.10 (-0.24), CIE: 8.89 (+0.02), JACK: 79.96 (-0.01), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), QQQ: 103.25 (-1.07), BBG: 11.39 (-0.13), CHK: 19.57 (-0.07), AMAT: 24.92 (-0.30), EWU: 18.03 (-0.10), DIA: 177.88 (-1.58), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), OXY: 80.61 (-0.79), OAS: 16.54 (+0.23), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)