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Weekly Stock Pick

Michael Michaud — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:03:00 -0500

This Market Ahead

Can you still be a bull when this market's technicals are so awful?

Sal Mangano — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:53:00 -0500

The family wants me to watch the Super Bowl with them and stop this darn blogging. And you know, I think that's a pretty good idea so I'm just going provide a really abbreviated post that looks at our Alert HQ overall market statistics.

The following charts are derived from data collected during our Alert HQ process and they provide a high-level look at a couple of the indicators we track across the whole market.

The view from Alert HQ --

Let's start with our moving average analysis.

Dividends save the day -- 10 stocks with strong up-trends and dividend growth

Sal Mangano — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:57:00 -0500

Everyone is aware that the market has been going through some tough times for the last few weeks. Major averages are off their peaks roughly 7% and a full-fledged 10% correction or worse is not out of the question.

It turns out, however, that not every stock is taking a dive. I ran a screen that that looks at the Trend Leaders list at Alert HQ and looks for which stocks have increased their dividends. These dividend growers seem to be practically impervious to the downturn. And they stand out because so many others on the Trend Leaders list these days are inverse ETFs.

What is in store for condo investors in 2010?

Thicken My Wallet — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:15:00 -0500

If you are a condo owner or a condo real estate investor investor, or are contemplating investing in a condo, there are a few key factors to consider in 2010. Maintenance fee escalation on new units: In the last 5-7 years, there have been a staggering number of new condos built in many major urban areas. [...]

The Framework

Trent Hamm — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500

We all have lives that are chock full of distractions. Television. Radio. Magazines. The behavior of other people. The comments of our friends and family. We use all of these things as cues for how we should behave. Often, we even try to think ahead about these things and use [...]

How to Let Go of Hyperparenting and Learn to Relax With Your Kids

Leo Babauta — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:11:00 -0500

Being a child isn't always easy.

How to Let Go of Hyperparenting and Learn to Relax With Your Kids

Leo Babauta — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:11:00 -0500

Being a child isn't always easy.

ETF Rewind - Week 5 (2/5/10)

Jeff Pietsch — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:50:00 -0500

(Click Image to Enlarge/ ETF Rewind Glossary)

Investing for (or in) retirement gets harder

Tim Iacono — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:06:00 -0500

The newspapers are full of stories about how baby boomers who have squirreled money away are rethinking their investment approach, evidence coming from last year's net outflows from stock funds and the fascination that many retail investors now have with bonds.

With the combination of an increasingly "risk averse" baby boomer crowd that is rapidly approaching what they once thought was retirement age and after multiple collapsing asset bubbles seen over the past decade, you'd have to think that investing for retirement is now undergoing some fundamental changes - and these aren't the kind of changes that the folks on Wall Street will probably like.

The Simple Dollar Time Machine: February 6, 2010

Trent Hamm — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0500

Many newer readers of The Simple Dollar haven’t been exposed to the hundreds of great articles in the archives of the site, so this is a weekly series that highlights the five best posts from one year ago this week, two years ago this week, and three years ago this week. I call it … [...]