The Iconoclast Investor

Here’s another question I received recently. Again, feel free send us any questions you have and keep checking back to see them get answered.
Question: I’ve waited patiently for a new bull market.  Once it arrives, what’s the best way to take advantage of it?  Should I become fully invested immediately?  Buy leveraged ETFs?  A mixture [...]

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Here’s another question I received recently. Again, feel free send us any questions you have and keep checking back to see them get answered.
Question: What are some prudent ways of shorting stocks if this downtrend continues?
Answer: Shorting is more difficult than buying for one main reason–fear is a more intense emotion than greed, and thus, [...]

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Here’s another question I received recently. Again, feel free send us any questions you have and keep checking back to see them get answered.
Question: Given your trend-following indicators, you’re not likely to get a buy signal for a few weeks after the bottom.  But considering the horrible news, the rally is likely to top around [...]

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Here’s another question I received recently. Again, feel free send us any questions you have and keep checking back to see them get answered.
Question: You’ve been looking for a re-test of the market’s lows.  Does last week’s decline, followed by this Tuesday’s 889-point Dow upmove, qualify?
Answer: Historically, every major market bottom has a re-test–that is, [...]

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Here’s another question I received recently. Again, feel free send us any questions you have and keep checking back to see them get answered.
Question: I’m looking at a ton of stocks that are now sporting dividend yields of 4%, 5%, even 7%.  Do you think it’s a good time to begin nibbling on these shares?
Answer: [...]

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This is a dangerous time for investors, but it’s only partly because of what the bear market is doing to your portfolio.  In my experience, these are the times when investors tend to stray far outside the bounds of any normal, prudent system; they do exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong time. And [...]

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Lately I’ve gotten the same question over and over and I’m guessing more readers are wondering about it as well so I’m going to share it and the answer with you here.
Question: What are the track records for your publications?
Answer: I’ve responded below by individual newsletter. You’ll note that some of our newsletters offer specific [...]

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Now to address a few pressing questions on investors’ minds.
I’ve received many questions that basically say, “I never sold a few months ago, and now I’m holding a bunch of stocks at big losses.  What should I do?”
The fact is, I don’t have a great answer for you.  But here’s what I advise.
First, you should [...]

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