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While seasoned financial experts understand the natural ebb and flow of the markets, average investors feel genuine fear and see no relief in sight, turning their fear into chronic investing anxiety.

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Favorable monetary policy and improving economic growth have remained steady, but investors appeared to focus on some of the negatives last week. Sentiment seemed to sour due to the rising turmoil in Iraq (and subsequent rise in oil prices), as w...

We continue to expect the Fed to trim QE by $10 billion per month this year and to remain on pace to exit QE by the end of 2014...

The plain and simple truth about the economy and the market is based on obvious facts and less on hope, hype or humor.  Even though the economy has not gained much traction four years into its slight recovery mode, the Fed has exerted a...