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Defensive Bets: A Trio Of Dividend Funds

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:11:45 GMT

"It's time to take some profits and play defense for a while," says Glenn Rogers, adding, "Fortunately, we can hedge our bets by taking some profits and building cash reserves and reinvesting in more defensive securities."[More...]

Dave Fry's Market Comments For October 13

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:28:00 GMT

MARKET COMMENT October 13, 2008 Yeah, they’re tossing everything they’ve we’ve got at markets. Lloyd Bridges line from the movie Airplane may be what we all need right now eh? With markets deeply oversold we rallied mightily on the backs of coordinated efforts from global monetary authorities. So that’s the bottom then right?[More...]

Dave Fry's Market Comments for September 2

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:46:00 GMT

MARKET COMMENT September 2, 2008 There are almost too many divergences to account for in one blog entry. Financials and airlines rally, commodities collapse, the dollar rallies, tech pops and poops, Crammer says sell-off phony (he should know), volume not[More...]

Get Lazy with Dividend Exchange Traded Funds

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:21:00 GMT

It's no secret that I believe a concentrated list of well-chosen dividend payers is the best way to secure healthy income and reap nice capital gains over time. That's especially true if you ...[More...]

Dave Fry's Market Comments for August 7

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:50:00 GMT

MARKET COMMENT August 7, 2008 Given our positions or lack thereof, why should we complain? Because trading range markets are a pain since they can suck you in and then spit you out with a series of small losses. But that’s where we may be headed. Perhaps[More...]

Dave Fry's Market Comments for August 6

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:30:00 GMT

MARKET COMMENT August 6, 2008 What’s it take to be a member of the “in crowd”? The membership list is being both reduced (Countrywide and Bear Stearns) and expanded (FRE and FNM have been given temporary membership…sort of like pledging). Anyway, they get[More...]

Dave Fry's Market Comments for August 4

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:40:00 GMT

MARKET COMMENT August 4, 2008 As for July’s market performance; chalk up three bad years in a row. Subsequent August performance was good each year. Will that pattern repeat? Well, stay tuned.[More...]

Dave Fry's Market Comments for July 29

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:29:00 GMT

MARKET COMMENT July 29, 2008 I was watching NASDAQ futures most of the day and the action there occurred between 9:45 and 11 AM. It was a classic “ramp and camp” affair. Investors seemed to like all the losses Merrill Lynch was taking in a perverse way wi[More...]

Dave Fry's Market Comments for July 22

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:25:00 GMT

MARKET COMMENT July 22, 2008 After watching horrible earnings results last night and this morning it was logical to think we’d be plunging back into the bear abyss. But no! Oil prices fell sharply again as many worried that poor economic conditions would[More...]

Dave Fry's Market Comments for June 19

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:57:56 GMT

MARKET COMMENT June 19, 2008 Day after day investors continue to look for excuses to bottom pick...[More...]

Bank Mulling iShares Sale to Pay for Asset Protection

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:48:00 GMT

Mar. 16--Barclays shares jumped 19 percent today after it confirmed it may sell part of its fund-management arm amid talks with the Government about insuring toxic assets.
The bank said it was considering the sale of iShares, part of Barclays Global Investors, and "has held discussions with a number of potentially interested parties", thought to include US institutions and private-equity investors.
Chief executive John Varley hopes to get £4 billion to £5 billion for iShares, staving off the need to raise further cash from shareholders, foreign investors or the Government.

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