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If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
— Earl Wilson

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it rains. — Robert Frost

Most of you will probably see this Monday morning. As of right now, the Asian markets are doing well and the local ones are poised for a good week. Art Cashin, a CNBC regular stated that if the S&P can break through the recent high of 1,117, “it could give the market new life and carry the rally into early January.” The index closed at 1,105 on Friday, so we’ll see what this week brings.

There is also concern that the jobs number that sparked the move Friday may have been “too good.” The worry is that the Fed will move to raise interest rates earlier than expected. Check in with the ZepInvest publishers who have their finger on the pulse of these issues, as well as many others.

The Hightower Report is a monthly report that forecasts stock and commodity movements by using a combination of technical and fundamental analysis. Written by David Hightower, it also provides strategies using futures and options. In the most recent edition, entitled “Markets Poised to Encounter a Necessary Balancing,” the sentiment is that the markets may have “painted themselves into an interest-rate corner.” For strategies on coffee, corn, OJ, soybeans or any of the other commodity plays, come check this one out.

The Chartist Mutual Fund Letter is a monthly newsletter that applies market timing and relative strength strategies to mutual fund selections. Edited by Dan Sullivan, the December 3, 2009 release has a different point of view. Entitled “Market Hasn’t Gotten Ahead of Itself,” they are calling for investors to stay fully invested. They have also listed the five cardinal rules of the Chartist. Take a look at that and the model portfolios they have.

When we last checked in on Richard Schwartz and his Principles of the Stock Market, he was commenting on how the market continued to rise despite contradictory indicators. We currently find Schwartz in a bit of a dilemma as bad news doesn’t seem to be casing the disruptions he would expect. According to his newsletter, he lifted his hedge on the market and sees some of the same signs that Cashin did in that the S&P will test and possibly hold 1,117.

Hold onto your hats people. This has not, and will not be a smooth ride. Let the ZepInvest Masterminds help you sidestep those investment traps.

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