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A Look at How Fast the Markets Recover Through the Years

February 9, 2010

Provided by Los Angeles Financial Planner, Rose Greene, CFP 

The stock market is amazingly resilient.

You might be surprised at how fast the stock market can change … for the better. Let’s look at how the market has recovered remarkably – and quickly – from some notable downturns.
2008-2009: The collapse of the subprime mortgage [...]

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The Decade in Review | A Look at Stocks, Commodities, and Memories (Good and Bad)

January 25, 2010

A look at stocks, commodities and memories (good and bad)
Provided by Los Angeles Financial Planner, Rose Greene, CFP®

A turbulent ten years. The 2000s gave us remarkable opportunity and remarkable volatility. They tested our patience, and many investment strategies. They taught us to hold on, hang in there and diversify.
Stocks. Was it really a “lost decade”? [...]

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“Buyers and Sellers” LPL Financial Research Weekly Market Commentary by Jeffrey Kleintop, Chief Market Strategist

January 7, 2010
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Overall, the buying and selling in the stock market has been balanced over the past month as the S&P 500 has remained in a range of 1090-1125. While there are many factors influencing our outlook for 2010, including the pace of economic and profit growth and the changes in global monetary and fiscal policy, we [...]

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LPL RESEARCH Current Conditions Index Components Reaches New High for 2009 | December 10, 2009

December 10, 2009

Current Conditions Index reaches a new high.

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