John Whitefoot: Despite the record run of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) and S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX), many investors continue to sit on the sidelines, preferring capital preservation to wealth creation.

As shown in the chart below, the materials ETF (NYSEARCA:XLB) was turned back at several points of logical resistance over the past two years (see red arrows). The green arrow highlights a breakout above a typically bullish chart pattern know as a ...

John Whitefoot: It's been strange watching the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) and S&P 500 ... This ETF seeks a return that corresponds to twice the inverse (-2 times) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index ...

You can earn a yield of 0.23% on a two-year U.S. Treasury, 0.79% for five years, 1.90% for 10 years, and up to 3.13% if you extend it to 30 years.

Reason #2. The �nothing-better� syndrome. With interest rates at their lowest levels in history, many yield-seeking investors view U.S.

The Dow Jones Industrial Averge (INDEXDJX:.DJI) 50% decline from 14,118 in 2007 to 6,516 in early 2009 was only the beginning.

In conversations with my portfolio management peers, mutual fund managers, clients and subscribers of late, to a person, the professionals, as well as most of our clients and subscribers, are befuddled by the aimlessness and/or freneticism of the ...

Back in early March, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) crossed 14,200 for the first time ever. It has continued to climb over the last two months and is currently sitting near 15,100. So far this year, the Dow Jones is up more than 15 ...

The average amount of time that it takes an unemployed worker to find a new job has declined slightly, but it is still far above normal historical levels.

The correlation resumed when economic data turned up in the end of September, but a new divergence arose when economic data began stalling about two months ago, while stocks have been making new highs. ... consistently missing expectations ...