At times like these, when emotions are running high in the markets, it pays to take a few steps back ... look at the charts ... and put the markets into perspective. This is especially true today, with so much bad news out there ... with so many threats to your wealth ... and so much confusion, even amongst experts. Indeed, the onslaught of nightmarish news about the U.S. economy continues to hit financial markets around the world like a Category 5 hurricane. But through it all, please keep the following in mind: Major fundamental trends do NOT change overnight. The mortgage, debt, and real estate crises in the U.S. are not over, not by a long shot. Martin and Mike are on top of these markets like sharpshooters. Follow their wisdom on these ...

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Jefferson Airplane has never, ever, been mistaken for a band of financial advisors, but the White Rabbit lyrics can be incredibly instructional to the generation of investors who experienced the classic first hand— as a description of their own college days’ lifestyle. If only they had heeded the dormouse’s call to “feed your head.” For the sake of your retirement sanity and security, you just have to make income investing an intellectual exercise— not an emotional one.

The Brainwashing of the American Investor has its own tale of an Alice whose “logic and proportion” had “fallen sloppy dead”. Many years ago, when interest rates soared into double digits, elderly Alice was well advised to invest her stash in a portfolio of Ginnie Maes. Smiling broadly, she bragged to her friends about the federally guaranteed 13% interest she was receiving in regular monthly intervals— much more than she needed to cover her …

Back after the close with a video. If you are bored check out the SAMPLE PAGES of my book. To clear up any confusion, books will be shipped on JUNE 7 and they are only available at www.technicalanlsysisbook.com You will not find the book on Amazon, in Barnes and Noble or anywhere else. The logic of the sells in this trade are clearly outlined in the book.

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(P.S: Sorry for any disturbances the advertisements above may have caused you)An idea for this series of articles (this will probably be a long one) came from a few readers who wrote to me asking about the exact issue described by the title. I thought it might be useful to do a few writeups on some general strategies to employ. No gaurantees of course.Each of these strategies, like so many other things in life, would work when executed well but might fail when improperly done. Also, they might be mutually conflicting, so it's important to keep an open mind. For example, I can tell you trade aggressively in one article, and to be patient for value to emerge in another article. It can be confusing; the right thing to do often comes from experience and gut instinct, and the worst thing is to ...

Real Estate:  It’s Up?, It’s Down?  It’s ……?

This week’s real estate price data is another example of why long-term investors should not be moved by short-term data or headlines.  Long-term investors should pay attention to long-term trends and ignore the daily fluctuations in the news for the most part.

Consider these two quotes, one from S&P Shiller-Case (via CNN) and the other from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversite (via WSJ):

Sometimes risk reduction and capital preservation are of higher importance than pursuit of return.  When major questions about underlying holdings of a fund arise and potential risks are significant, we think standing aside and waiting for the issues to resolve is the prudent thing to do.  That’s where we stand on money market funds today.

Consider, for example, these excerpts from the Financial Times (Aug. 20) in an article titled ” Money market funds abused, claims founder”