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Frank Boland
April 15, 2010

In this edition of Frank Thoughts, Frank expands upon last month's topic "The Bond Market".  Frank examines closely the true catalyst for the bear market in equities and answers the question: Is the current bull market "just a rally" or the start of a long-term (secular) advance for equities?  
 

THE RALLY

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Dave Canal
April 01, 2010

It's amazing how symmetrical the market can be over time.  I like to call it the "Pendulum Effect*".  Typically when a market swings in one direction, once it reverses, you can expect a counter-reaction of a similar degree (like a pendulum).  There's no better example of the pendulum effect than the price action within the equity markets...

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Frank Boland
March 15, 2010

Earlier this week, Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said the almost three-decade bond market rally may be drawing to a close.  This might have a lot of investors worried considering they have poured $89 billion into bond funds so far this year!  Is this the end of the bull market...

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Frank Boland
February 17, 2010

Today we share with you yet another edition of "Frank Thoughts".  In this edition, Frank recalls back to his days as an analyst at Lehman Brothers in the early 1980's when he covered K-Mart stock.  At the time, discount retail stocks were out of favor but came storming back to perform exceptionally well during the ensuing bull market. ...

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During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.”

– Bernard Baruch