A European Christmas Carol Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights Europe’s leaders have seen the ghost of Christmas Past (2008), Present (Greece, etc.) and Yet to Come (break up). Their pursuit of Scrooge-like austerity measures may allow the leaders of Germany and France to see the light and let the ECB buy [...]
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The Best Year-End Strategy May be to Invest by the Book Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights All of the time-worn stock market trading axioms based on the calendar actually were worth following this year, including the “January effect”, “sell in May and go away” and October the “bear killer” month. This [...]
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The Greek Haircut Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights Despite all the headlines, yields for Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland’s sovereign debt are at or below where they were in mid- July when the second rescue package for Greece was drafted. While the second Greek rescue stemmed the decline in the sovereign [...]
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A More Durable Rally Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights There are several reasons why this stock market rally may be more durable than those that preceded it in recent months. It is possible that the substantial developments in Europe are taking the fear of a repeat of the financial crisis of [...]
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LPL Financial Weekly Market Commentary for December 13, 2011
by Rose Greene, CFP on December 13, 2011
New Ideas Are Not Just for Europe Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights The weaker pace of productivity in recent years could mean slower profit growth ahead for S&P 500 companies. Fortunately, business spending on research and development (R&D) has improved, and patent grants are now on the rise. It typically takes [...]
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