“We like this software because it’s so easy to use”

Investing Systems announced the results from Friday’s scan of the market for the Stock Picker RT software. via PR-inside.com

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“In the case of a severe correction, this could lead to social instability”

Nobody likes not being invited to a party. That’s why investors often choose to ignore warnings that their stock buying is getting out of hand. via Madera Tribune

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“But every time the market starts to sell off, M&A activity props it back up. And if you sell stocks, where do you go? You’re going to be hard-pressed to find another asset class people are going to get excited about.”

If bulls have their way, U.S. stocks will extend their streak of gains this week with another wave of takeovers expected and worries about a housing fallout diminishing. via Fox News

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With the market reaching new highs but consumer confidence sitting in the weeds, it’s no surprise that investors have questions. via MarketWatch

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Facts, facts, facts. Journalists love them. And every May, the mutual fund industry obliges with a new ‘Fact Book’ from the Investment Company Institute, the industry’s trade group.

The 47th ‘Fact Book’ edition, out last week, is full of data on the soaring growth of this industry — $10.4 trillion in fund assets at the end of 2006, up from $4.5 trillion a decade earlier.

But two sets of data stand out.

First, most individual investors — 73 percent — turn to brokers or financial advisers for help with choosing funds. Read more

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ASIAN STOCKS: Stocks consolidate on Wall Street falls HONG KONG: Asian stocks closed mostly lower Friday with investors consolidating after a poor overnight performance by Wall Street and amid fears the Chinese … via Daily Times

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