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Will Rising Interest Rates Help Retirees?

Barry talks to Becky Quick, host of CNBC’s Squawk Box about interest rates and their potential affect on investors and the recovering housing market. December 17, 2012.  Click here to…

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Step Right Up And Guess The S&P

For many strategists, it is never too early to start predicting the future. In this instance, the annual ritual of S&P price targets is already in full gear for 2011.…

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Is The Bond Tide Turning?

For the first time in nearly two years, fixed income mutual funds experienced a net outflow.  In the two weeks ending November 24th, bond funds recorded outflows of roughly $6…

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Record Corporate Profits Signal Economic Improvement

Last week, corporate profitability was added to the third revision of third quarter GDP growth and not surprisingly, corporate profits were up more than 28% from the same point one…

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Chef Night 2010 A Success

For one special evening each year, Barry Glassman puts away his business attire, dons his chef toque and whips up a tasting menu to raise funds to find a cure…

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Prices Rise – Yet No Cost of Living Adjustment for Social Security Recipients

Based on all common measures, inflation is entirely nonexistent at this point in time. But if you ask the typical person how they feel, you might wind up with a…

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Japan, US Poised to Overtake China as Largest US Creditor

China remained our largest trading partner as the deficit with China rose to a record $28bln in August. Government officials have expressed strong displeasure with China’s unwillingness to appreciate its…

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The Yield Drought – Retirees’ Greatest Challenge

The Yield Drought – Retirees’ Greatest Challenge The US government continues to bail out banks, homeowners and the economy at the expense of retirees and conservative investors. As a result,…

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Improvements in Unemployment Are Slow To Come

The most eagerly anticipated report of the week was Friday’s labor report.  Nonfarm payrolls fell by 54k in August, well ahead of the 105k drop economists were predicting.  Further allaying…

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Mid-terms and Uncertainty

Barry Glassman joins Congressman Paul Ryan and Greg Valliere, Chief Political Strategist as they debate the changes that could happen in the upcoming election, the expiration of the Bush tax…

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