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How A Great Jobs Report Is Bad For Stocks
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 10:56AM CST

VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96), QQQ: 107.41 (-1.23), DIA: 178.40 (-2.77), IWM: 121.17 (-1.55)

What Is A Key Ratio Saying About Stock Market Risk?
Chris Ciovacco - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 1:23AM CST
If you knew (or thought) a bear market in stocks was just around the corner, would you prefer to be invested in 100% stocks or 100% bonds? Since the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY ) lost over 50% in the last two bear markets (2000-2002 and 2007-2009),...
VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96), AGG: 109.70 (-0.72)

AAII Sentiment Survey: Pessimism Rebounds For A Second Week
AAII - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 7:46PM CST
The percentage of investors describing their short-term outlooks as "bearish" rose for a second consecutive week, according to the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. The rise is occurring after pessimism had fallen to unusually low levels. Bullish...
VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), VOO: 190.31 (-2.73), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96), DIA: 178.40 (-2.77), IVV: 208.98 (-2.95)

Everything Is Awesome? Time To Rethink Your ETF Asset Mix
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 1:21PM CST
Less than three months ago, analysts everywhere argued a case for economic acceleration. It was almost as if financial authorities big and small had held a convention at LEGOLAND in California to declare that, "Everything Is Awesome." ...
VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), TIP: 111.97 (-1.31), BND: 82.12 (-0.48)

February AAII Asset Allocation Survey: Equity Allocations At Second-Highest Level Since 2007
AAII - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 12:50AM CST
Last month, equity allocations within individual investors' portfolios rebounded back to their second-highest level since the financial crisis. The February AAII Asset Allocation Survey showed a rise in stock and stock fund holdings, a decline in...
VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), VOO: 190.31 (-2.73), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96), DIA: 178.40 (-2.77), IVV: 208.98 (-2.95)

Stocks Continue To Have An Opportunity Cost Advantage
Chris Ciovacco - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 8:15AM CST
Investment A vs. Investment B Investment capital is always looking for a home. Stocks continue to benefit from easy money policies around the globe. From Reuters : "Money is continuing to pour into the (equities) market because of low...
VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96)

I Just Set Automatic Buys For FSRVX From Every Paycheck
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 3:30PM CST

VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), VNQ: 80.37 (-2.76)

Market Hinges On 2 Key Issues
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 11:37AM CST

VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96), QQQ: 107.41 (-1.23), DIA: 178.40 (-2.77), IWM: 121.17 (-1.55)

ETFReplay.com March Update
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 8:03AM CST
The ETFReplay.com Portfolio holdings have been updated for March 2015. I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETFReplay.com to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. The portfolio begins with a...
HYG: 90.62 (-0.58), TIP: 111.97 (-1.31), DBC: 17.57 (-0.22), TLT: 123.50 (-2.79), WIP: 53.88 (-0.85), VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), PCY: 28.13 (-0.23), EEM: 39.26 (-0.61), GLD: 111.86 (-3.14), LQD: 119.15 (-1.28), RWX: 43.35 (-0.82), SHY: 84.54 (-0.09), EFA: 63.81 (-0.88), VNQ: 80.37 (-2.76)

VWINX Is The Only Retirement Fund You Need, Unless You Expect Solid Returns
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 12:08AM CST

VTI: 107.46 (-1.51)

This Should Be Your First Investment
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Mar 01, 3:05PM CST
Source: Wikimedia Commons user Gphgrd01. Today's young adults face huge financial obstacles, with huge amounts of student loan debt, difficulties in getting good jobs, and overall lack of confidence about their long-term prospects. The last thing...
VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), BND: 82.12 (-0.48)

Tactical Asset Allocation - March 2015 Update
Paul Novell - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 01, 1:49PM CST
Month number 2 for 2015 has come and gone. I'll get right to the updates for this coming month, March 2015. Like last month, I'll continue with added commentary on the portfolio changes. Starting with the most basic portfolios, below are the March...
VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), VTV: 83.88 (-1.21), VBR: 106.46 (-1.30), IAU: 11.28 (-0.32), VNQ: 80.37 (-2.76), VGLT: 76.36 (-1.56), VEU: 48.47 (-0.66), VBK: 130.79 (-1.83)

Just Loaded Up On FSTVX And Planning To Buy More Every Month
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 5:36PM CST

VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96)

Are The Bullish Breakouts Holding?
Chris Ciovacco - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 11:50PM CST
Yellen Shifts Gears The Federal Reserve hopes market participants have come to accept a rate hike is on the way, allowing the central bank to avoid another taper-tantrum type event. From The Wall Street Journal : According to Janet Yellen, if...
VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96)

KISS Retirement Portfolio: Smooth Out Your Returns With Rick Ferri's 3-Fund Portfolio
Robert Mattei - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 4:39PM CST

SCHZ: 52.16 (-0.26), IXUS: 54.88 (-0.84), SCHB: 50.49 (-0.70), IUSB: 100.87 (-0.78), VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), BND: 82.12 (-0.48), VEU: 48.47 (-0.66), VXUS: 50.09 (-0.70), ITOT: 94.85 (-1.39)

U.S. Assets Of All Kinds Are Dangerously Overvalued
Steven Jon Kaplan - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 1:45PM CST
From time to time, investors around the world become irrationally obsessed with certain assets, thereby causing them to become extremely far above or far below fair value. Such a situation exists today, as rising U.S. assets especially since November...
VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), BOND: 108.51 (-0.83), AGG: 109.70 (-0.72), DRN: 75.37 (-8.42), IYR: 76.42 (-2.40), SCHB: 50.49 (-0.70), BND: 82.12 (-0.48), VNQ: 80.37 (-2.76), ITOT: 94.85 (-1.39)

How to Make Your Money Live Longer Than You Do
Selena Maranjian, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 21, 5:02AM CST
Source: Catherine Scott via Wikimedia Commons. Societal changes are afoot. Recent U.S. Census Bureau data revealed that there are about 55,000 centenarians -- people aged 100 or older -- in the U.S., and that number is expected to rise to 442,000...
VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), VT: 61.51 (-0.77), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96)

Saving Greece? What ETF Investors Should Really Be Focused On
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 20, 1:49PM CST
February has been a terrible month for the U.S. economy, but a wonderful month for U.S. stocks. Translation? Investors do not believe that the Federal Reserve will raise overnight lending rates during an economic slowdown. Just how abysmal have the...
VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), HACK: 28.60 (-0.47), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96), VIG: 81.27 (-1.16), BLV: 92.66 (-1.52), TLT: 123.50 (-2.79), VGT: 107.75 (-1.23), MGK: 84.06 (-1.15), HEWG: 27.57 (-0.01), XLV: 71.41 (-1.43)

AAII Sentiment Survey: Optimism Surges To Second Highest Level Of 2015
AAII - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 10:02PM CST
Individual investor optimism about the short-term direction of stock prices is at its highest level since the start of the year, according to the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Pessimism, meanwhile, is at a three-month low. Bullish sentiment,...
VTI: 107.46 (-1.51), VOO: 190.31 (-2.73), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96), DIA: 178.40 (-2.77), IVV: 208.98 (-2.95)

REITs Still In The Lead While Commodities Struggle
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 18, 6:14PM CST
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) continue to hold the pole position among the major asset classes for the trailing one-year period, although the sizzling returns of late have cooled a bit in recent weeks. The Vanguard REIT Index ETF ...
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