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S&P 500’s Record Highs belie the still Tough economic Reality

S&P 500’s Record Highs belie the still Tough economic Reality

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So, the S&P 500 has finally joined the Dow in notching up consecutive daily closing and intra-day highs this week (how much longer Tom Houggard will question). It is only the Nasdaq that is still over 1000 points from its all time high at the turn of the millenium. The headline index figures do not…

Zak Mir in the Iron Lady & the gold miners – again!

Zak Mir in the Iron Lady & the gold miners – again!

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Since being a kid in the early 70’s, politics has been nearly as much of an interest of mine as the financial markets are – you can tell what a bundle of laughs I was in the playground eh?! The aftermath of Baroness Thatcher’s death, although perhaps regarded as “imminent” for quite some time, could…

Tom Houggard makes the bold call of an imminent market turn

Tom Houggard makes the bold call of an imminent market turn

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Time cycles: Awesome timing tool   In early January 2004, I went on Bloomberg TV in London and told the viewers that my timing analysis predicted a high for the Dow Jones index on the 13th February 2004.As the day approached I got many emails and calls from clients and journalists to ask if I was still…