Health reform has been the big headline for the first year of the Obama Administration. It is a major policy objective for Democrats. It is the hot-button issue for Republicans. For investors, there are many possible impacts. On today's Meet...
Topics: DIA, Government, Health Policy, Individual Investors, PSQ, QQQQ, RMD, SH, SPY, TCA System, Trading, XLV

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I am working on a concept, and I invite comment. The basic idea is that recession-induced cutbacks in news organizations have altered the way in which news is interpreted and delivered. There is more emphasis on profitability from each article,...
Topics: Contrarian Investing, Individual Investors, Interpreting Data, Markets, Politics, Trading

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This is a true story. It illustrates an important and little-understood point about markets. Let us start with the popular and incorrect idea. The stock market is a zero-sum game. Therefore, when a trade takes place there will always be...
Topics: AAPL, Contrarian Investing, Individual Investors, Markets, Our Approach, Trading

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Regular readers of "A Dash" may be surprised to see that I have objections to the most recent payroll employment report results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ironically, my objections come at a time when many critics say it...
Topics: Forecasting, Government, Interpreting Data

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There is a lot of biased news coverage these days. Some of it its intentional, and some of it is not. Today's example is the coverage of the Bernanke reappointment hearings. The Reality From the perspective of those whose opinion...
Topics: Contrarian Investing, Fed Policy, Government, Individual Investors, Markets, Our Approach, Politics, Reviewing Pundits, Trading

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