Cheap Natural Gas Could Grow U.S. GDP by 2%-3% + MORE

Here’s a video from several days ago when I appeared on Fox Business Network to discuss strategies for summer volatility. The ideas are pretty simple but worth revisiting:

Rebalance and take partial profits in your winners
Set an entry/exit price now, outside the emotion of the moment
Rely on low cost funds for diversification
Don’t panic amid the crush of headlines

As the market gets choppy, with the Dow Jones moving triple digits regularly, it’s important to take steps to protect yourself…

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Access to cheap natural gas is changing the competitive landscape in the United States. Most of the talk about natural gas is focused on potential arbitrage opportunities with LNG exports, but utilities and manufacturing companies are seeing immediate benefits now from low-cost gas…

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Tuesday June 25.
CEO Interview: Ellen Kullman, DuPont (DD)
DuPont (DD) has been transformed from a commodity company into a “dynamic scientific problem solver.” The stock got punished after management lowered guidance, but Cramer thinks this is a temporary issue…

Having grown accustomed to the Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) near my hometown, I was amazed at the brightness, quality, price and choices available at a competing new-to-me retailer during my visit while on vacation.
A closer look at the merchandise revealed high-end designer fashions such as Missoni, Oscar de la Renta, Tory Burch and Marc Jacobs, along with a host of other top names…

June 26 (Bloomberg) — Charles Schwab Corp. lowered the
fees on some of its exchange-traded funds last September.
Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas says that’s paying off for the
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF. Bloomberg Radio’s Catherine
Cowdery reports on Exchange Traded Funds.

bobcat2 wrote:The key question remains – Do you want to want to base the AA of your portfolio on classic MPT? Yes, the 64 dollar question.Not long ago I finished a couple of classes in financial econometrics which covered MPT, portfolio optimization, MVO, etc. It is all every interesting, and there are useful things you can takeaway…

Though Wall Street got off to a relatively rough start this week, investors welcomed several better-than-expected economic reports, which helped bolster U.S. equities. Durable goods orders for May rose 3.6% from April, beating expectations for a 3.2% uptick.    

Access to cheap natural gas is a game changer for the United States. Numerous industries can secure natural gas generated power to place them in a significant competitive position.    

The markets have reeled in reaction to news that the Federal Reserve intends to end its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program by the middle of next year.
Let’s take a look at why this is happening and how you should play it now.
For the past several years, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has helped goose the economy (and stock and bond markets) by keeping short-term rates near zero and – through the Fed’s bond-buying program – long-term rates artificially low…