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Market Forecasts – Take with a Grain of Salt

"We've long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune tellers look good" .  Warren Buffet  The following links will take you to three recent articles (2 from the Wall Street Journal and 1 from the New York Times) warning against putting too much...

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Munis: What to Do Now

The prices of municipal bonds are plunging to depths last seen during the financial crisis. At least one high-profile analyst is predicting widespread defaults. And a big asset manager is putting its expansion into munis on hold. Is the situation in muni-land really...

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Are ‘Alternative’ Bond Funds Safe?

A new crop of "alternative" fixed-income mutual funds employs hedge-fund-like tactics to protect against rising interest rates, defaults and other bond-market hazards. So far many have performed well—but they come with their own set of risks. Article Here... Article...

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