Category: General

Are You A Good Candidate for a Reverse Mortgage?

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Two of the top subjects that my Money Forever readers have asked us to cover are annuities, specifically how to pick the right one and covered in the November issue with a companion “how-to” special report (click here for how to get your copy), and reverse mortgages. My guess they’re seeing all those TV ads featuring Henry Winkler and Robert Wagner and wondering if it’s right for them.

Quite simply a reverse mortgage is where you give the bank a mortgage on your home based on your current equity. In return, the mortgage company agrees to pay you a certain amount every month for some period of time: until you die, move out, or celebrate your 100th birthday (the age when they’re generally capped). For a reverse mortgage to be a good investment, you have to outlive your expected mortality and stay in your home. Continue reading "Are You A Good Candidate for a Reverse Mortgage?" →

Today's Video Newsletter: NASDAQ joins the club, while NetFlix rolls the dice with "House of Cards"

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Friday, the 1st of February.

NetFlix dives into original content with "House of Cards." Is NetFlix a house of cards or can it build its brand with its own content? We will look into this stock today and provide you with a thorough analysis of this stock using our Trade Triangle technology.

Along with NetFlix (NFLX), we will also be looking at energy, precious metals, forex and analyzing why NASDAQ has finally become a member of the club.

Crude Oil continues its climb closer to the $100 a barrel mark with continued problems and tensions in the Middle East. This is definitely not a market to be short. Continue reading "Today's Video Newsletter: NASDAQ joins the club, while NetFlix rolls the dice with "House of Cards"" →

Chart to Watch - SWKS

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We've asked our friend Jim Robinson of profittrading.com to provide his expert analysis of charts to our readers. Each week he'll be be analyzing a different chart using the Trade Triangles and his experience.

Today he is going to take a look at the technical picture of Skyworks Solutions Inc. (SWKS).

This week let's take a look at SWKS which is an absolutely beautiful chart,as the price and volume action is all classic.

SWKS made a double bottom and then traded sideways since the middle of December in a Triangle chart pattern.

Today's action looks to be a break away gap.

Break away gap's are one of the most powerful signs there is, that a stock has made a bottom and will head sharply higher. Continue reading "Chart to Watch - SWKS" →

The Expected Housing Recovery Faces a Brick Wall

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Re-emergent house flippers are set to flop.

By Elliott Wave International

In 2005, a mania for residential real estate reached such a fever pitch that a series of cable television shows became entirely devoted to house "flipping."

Flipping involves buying a worse-for-wear house, making the minimum repairs necessary, then turning right around and selling it - ideally for a fast and

handsome profit.

Two years before the housing bust became painfully obvious to U.S. homeowners, EWI's publications warned subscribers that the housing market Continue reading "The Expected Housing Recovery Faces a Brick Wall" →

Market Ends Choppy Trading Day In Negative Territory

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Stocks showed a lack of direction throughout the trading day on Thursday as traders digested a mixed batch of economic data. Uncertainty ahead of Friday's monthly jobs report also contributed to the lack of conviction among traders.

Most of the major sectors showed only modest moves on the day, although considerable strength was visible among networking stocks. The NYSE Arca Networking Index surged up by 2.2 percent, regaining some ground after ending the two previous sessions sharply lower.

Infinera (INFN), Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), and Ciena (CIEN) turned in some of the networking sector's best performances.

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