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LPL Financial Weekly Market Commentary for November 29, 2010

by Rose Greene, CFP on November 30, 2010

Black Friday Has Investors Seeing Green November 29, 2010 Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights Asking what Black Friday means for the stock market has the relationship backwards; it is the gain in the stock market this quarter that bodes modestly well for retail sales this holiday season. While Black Friday tells [...]
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Rose Greene, CFP® and experienced retirement planner, stresses the importance of investing for those with volatile income sources 09.15.2010– SANTA MONICA, CA Through over 26 years of advising clients in the entertainment industry, Rose Greene, Certified Financial Planner™, has identified a growing niche for whom she provides tailored financial advice: those with fluctuating income streams. [...]
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LPL Financial Weekly Economic Commentary for October 11, 2010

by Rose Greene, CFP on October 12, 2010

October 11, 2010 Still Waiting For a Spark John Canally, CFA Economist LPL Financial Highlights What can the FOMC minutes tell us about quantitative easing? The September employment report suggested that the labor market remains sluggish, and needs a spark. Contrasts between developed and developing market economies have implications for the US dollar, commodities asset [...]
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Quote of the week It is wonderful what we can do if we are always doing – George Washington New home sales up … 26.9%? Yes. The stampede was on in March as buyers raced to qualify for expiring tax credits, leading to the greatest month-over-month jump in new home purchases since 1963. According to [...]
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LPL Financial Weekly Market Commentary for February 16, 2010

by Rose Greene, CFP on February 19, 2010

By Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief market Strategist LPL Financial Events and data in recent weeks have prompted market participants to view the tailwinds that caused the markets to go sailing higher for much of 2009 as beginning to fade. They now view them as having become more balanced with the rising headwinds associated with increasing [...]
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