Chris Ciovacco

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• Currency Wars: Money-Printing Wind At Stock Market's Back

  Published 11 November 2013 | viewed 0 times

  While common sense tells us "printing our way to prosperity" seems like an unlikely longer-term outcome, in the short run it can help push stock…

• 3 Reasons Stocks Could Move Significantly Higher

  Published 09 November 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Three Tailwinds Could Converge For Bulls Central banks continue to print 13-year S&P 500 breakout The economy is still growing We Can Accomplish More Working…

• How Much Damage To Bullish Case?

  Published 08 November 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Taper Obsession Continues Thursday's better than expected U.S. GDP numbers were interpreted by the markets as "good economic news is bad news on the Fed…

• Central Banks May Limit Severity Of Any Stock Market Correction

  Published 05 November 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Pullbacks Do Not Always Come When Crowd Expects Markets must climb a wall of worry. The long-time expression on the Street is backed by common…

• Stocks Bubbles: Can Investors Profit While Monitoring Risk?

  Published 04 November 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Money Printing Brings Opportunities And Risk We live in a time with unprecedented and simultaneous easy-money policies from the world's largest central banks; the Federal…

• Bonds Are Making A Statement About Markets And Economy

  Published 01 November 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Fed Changed Market's Tone The financial markets watch the Fed very closely, and for good reason as outlined on October 25. Wednesday's Fed statement was…

• Bonds May Be A Key Tell For Stocks

  Published 31 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Better Than Expected In Midwest When the Fed governors prepare to turn in for the night, their prayers undoubtedly call for some improvement in the…

• Would I Rather Be In Bond Or Stock ETFs?

  Published 30 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Bonds Have Not Turned vs. Stocks In the wake of Wednesday's Fed announcement, the exchange traded fund (ETF) landscape was aligned with the consensus forecast…

• Markets Should Expect 'More Cowbell' From Yellen Fed

  Published 29 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Problem Solving Bias - We All Have It Studies show that we all approach problems with an educational bias. For example, engineers develop solutions with…

• Market Sees Tepid Growth As Taper Later Signal

  Published 28 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Fundamental Coals Have Not Caught Fire Those of you who have experience with old-school charcoal grills know lighter fluid is used to prime the proverbial…

• 2007/2013: You Will Never Look At The Markets The Same Way Again

  Published 25 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Confidence In Stocks & Economy: Then And Now In this weekend's article, we tackle three major topics that may alter the way you invest: How…

• Reading This Week's ETF Tea Leaves

  Published 24 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Optimism About Monetary Stimulus If you are relatively new to the markets, it is important that you take the time to understand how the Fed…

• Bullish Inflation Expectations Increase After Weak Labor Report

  Published 22 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Economic Laboratory Was Open Tuesday Tuesday's monthly labor report provided us with an excellent opportunity to monitor investors' expectations about the important battle between economic…

• Stock Market Bubble vs. Impressive Bullish Breakout

  Published 21 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Fed-Induced Mania or Massive Underperformance? The Federal Reserve has injected billions of dollars of freshly printed money into the global financial system via quantitative easing…

• Markets Pop On Weak Dollar Events

  Published 17 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  China, Shutdown, Evans Contribute To Dollar's Pain Global trade has an enormous impact on both the financial markets and worldwide economy. Therefore, when the currency…

• Wednesday’s Rally: Truly Bullish Or Just Debt Ceiling Relief?

  Published 16 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Not Surprising, Deal Reached At 11th Hour Human beings function primarily based on the principle of self-preservation; a concept that translates easily to politics where…

• What Can We Learn From The 1987 Stock Market Crash?

  Published 15 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Stocks Tread Water While Watching Debt Ceiling Clock The stock market was trading in an up and down fashion Tuesday as the negotiations in our…

• Will Earnings Season Kill The Bull Market In Stocks?

  Published 14 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The Next Obsession Markets tend to be a bit obsessive. In recent months, traders shifted from taper-gate to familiar political posturing in Washington, D.C. The…

• Seven Reasons Why Thursday's Rally Was Not A Surprise

  Published 10 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Hard Evidence Says Be Open To Bottoming Process If you were willing to examine the investment landscape without bias, there were seven reasons to remain…

• Can Yellen Offset Washington's Drag On Markets?

  Published 08 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Announcement Seen As Calming Influence According to media reports, Janet Yellen will be formally announced Wednesday as the nominee to head the Fed. From The…