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Listen Monday through Friday live 4:00 to 5:00 Pacific Time on San Francisco’s KDOW AM 1220 and on Financial News Talk in San Diego AM 1450. Call in with any financial questions and let Steve and Justin help protect and grow your money.

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  • Friday, May. 17

    A Do-It-Yourself Fund

    On average, 401(k) fees reduce investment returns by 1 to 2 percent a year. So is there a way to trim those? 
    Topics and Stocks: (DLR)Digital Realty Trust Inc., Dividend payment, (AAPL) Apple Inc., Current market rise, Dow Jones Average predictions, Tapping into IRAs too soon, Obtaining Financial data, Most Shorted Stocks

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  • Thursday, May. 16

    Keeping Your Balance While Re-Balancing

    Annual rebalancing can keep a portfolio from veering drastically off course over time, but maybe it just needs a tweak. 

    Today's Stocks & Topics: Not Buy & Hold, (SLV) iShares Silver Trust, Shorter stocks, Advice to College Graduates, Walmart, Energy, 401k, (JOY) Joy Global Inc., The Market, Real Estate, Financial Planning, (FMCC) Freddie Mac, (FNMA) Fannie Mae.

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  • Wednesday, May. 15

    9 Painless Steps To A Healthy Portfolio

    Step-by-step through a retirement portfolio checkup.

    Today's Stocks & Topics:  (AMLP) Alerian MLP ETF, Economic Calendar, Are we overbought?, Are we getting the end of QE?, (DLR) Digital Realty Trust Inc., (ABX) Barrick Gold Corp., (TSLA) Tesla Motors Inc., New Investor, (AAPL) Apple Inc.

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  • Tuesday, May. 14

    What Consumers Can Tell Us About The Future

    Using various individual retail sales figures may be one of the best indicators available for predicting the coming economic activity.  But which ones and where do we find them?

    Today's Stocks & Topics: Portfolio Diversification, How the Rich Play the Market?, The New Oil Order, QE3 & The Market, Retirement...


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  • Monday, May. 13

    The Pros and Cons of 401K Rollovers

    If you move your 401(k) account funds to an IRA brokerage account, you would be able to invest in stocks, bonds, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, not usually possible in a 401(k).

    Today's Stocks & Topics: (SI) Siemens AG ADS, The Feds & QE3, Presidential Second Term Purse, 6 Things that do not add value to your house.

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Conferences

  • Seeing The Cycles - How to Recognize and Harness the Power of Market Cycles

    Join Steve and Justin as they discuss Cycles!  Recognizing and understanding Market Cycles can mean the difference between profit and loss for investors.  

    Hidden in the continuous stream of numbers  - economic data, earnings results, analyst reports, and technical trends - are cyclical occurrences which help us anticipate both opportunity and risk.

    See a "Bubble" for what it really is - one part of an important phase in the market.  They're not always obvious, but smart investors who learn to recognize each part of a market cycle are less likely to buy at the worst possible time, and sell when they should be buying more.

    At this conference you'll learn:

    • The Four Predictable Phases of the market cycle
    • When it's best to get back into the market to avoid missing market recovery gains
    • How to tell when to sell before a market reverses
    • How not to be fooled by the cycles within cycles (Secular vs. Cyclical)

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Market Commentary

  • May. 15 2013

    A Fairy Tale Story

    Tags: Retail Sales, QE3, Economics

    On the economic front, weaker than expected industrial production numbers and capacity utilization was a slight surprise. This followed yesterday's stronger than expected retail sales for April.  … read more »

  • May. 13 2013

    Are Stocks Cheap or Dear

    The traditional measure of stock prices to determine their value has always been the P/E ratio, the price of the stock divided by the earnings. The historical average for the market is about 15 and … read more »

  • May. 10 2013

    Corporate Borrowing

    Apple recently completed a huge bond sale which was in the billions of dollars. They did not want to bring the cash made overseas back to the U.S. paying a second tax on the earnings i.e. one where … read more »