By Addison Wiggin Addison Wiggin: When Janet Yellen gave her first news conference as Federal Reserve chair in March, the media pounced on her for “stumbling”; she was asked how soon they’d start raising the fed funds rate once quantitative easing was over and she said “about six months.” The market freaked out for an hour or so. But what else could she say? Imagine if she’d been[...]
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Everyone is a Genius in a Fed-Induced Stock Rally – “Pro’s” Drinking Their Own Kool-Aid?
By Michael Sincere Don’t confuse brilliance with a bull market Bullish stock investors are feeling invincible. For example, I recently received a taunting email from an investor who is 100% convinced that the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.62% will hit 18,000 by January because author and professor Jeremy Seigel said so. This investor advised me to buy mutual funds or stocks so that I [...]