Rosenbluth Discusses an Industrial ETF (Audio) + MORE

OK, so finally we have the big headlines we’ve been waiting for now that the Dow Jones Industrial Average has hit a new record high.
Great … does that mean we get back to business as usual?
The record is meaningless for a host of reasons, but mostly because it is a distraction to most investors that should be plotting a long-term strategy for a long-term bull market run…

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — BlackRock may be poised for rising profits as smarter money enters the stock market, amid expectations that the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 will gain on record highs tested in March. The key for BlackRock — the world’s biggest money manager — is that as stock indexes test new highs, corporate earnings continue to rise and the likes of Warren Buffett characterize U…

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All cash flow is not created equal.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above its all-time intraday and closing highs on Tuesday. A look back at previous breakthroughs — and what happened next.

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Although business headlines still tout earnings numbers, many investors have moved past net earnings as a measure of a company’s economic output. That’s because earnings are very often less trustworthy than cash flow, since earnings are more open to manipulation based on dubious judgment calls…

March 5 (Bloomberg) — Todd Rosenbluth, an exchange-traded
fund analyst at S&P Capital I.Q., explains why he favors the
Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund this year. Bloomberg Radio’s
Catherine Cowdery reports on Exchange Traded Funds.

It's tough to retire on a 2% yield. Factor in inflation, and you're all but guaranteed to lose money on many traditional income products, including high-quality government bonds, bank certificates of deposit and savings accounts.

Even riskier corporate and government debt is currently offering a paltry yield…

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — BlackRock may be poised for rising profits as smarter money enters the stock market, amid expectations that the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 will gain on record highs tested in March.

The key for BlackRock — the world’s biggest money manager — is that as stock indexes test new highs, corporate earnings continue to rise and the likes of Warren Buffett characterize U…

Last September I wrote about how the U.S. government called the 2012 drought the worst this country has seen in more than 50 years.
Last summer saw a perfect storm for nasty crop weather, where a lack of precipitation met one of the hottest years on record.
At that time, I told you to take a hard look at Darling International (NYSE: DAR), because it would reap the benefits of inflated corn prices…