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Lance Roberts

Chief Investment Strategist / Chief Economist of STA Wealth Mgmt
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Lance Roberts is the Chief Investment Strategist, Chief Economist and member of the investment committee for STA Wealth Mgmt. His primary focuses are macro trends, financial, fundamental and technical analysis of the markets and equities, credit markets, ...more
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3 Things Worth Thinking About (Vol. 8)
Thursday, September 11, 2014 12:25 PM EDT
There’s good news for Americans looking for work: job openings are on the rise.
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For 90% Of Americans: There Has Been No Recovery
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 12:21 PM EDT
Every three years the Federal Reserve releases a survey of consumer finances that is a stockpile of data on everything from household net worth to incomes.
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The 7 Deadly Sins Of Investing
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 6:23 AM EDT
In the investing world, these same seven deadly sins apply. These "behaviors," just like in life, lead to poor investing outcomes. Therefore, to be a better investor, we must recognize these "moral transgressions" and learn how to overcome them.
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Obama Outperformed Reagan? Hardly.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 1:27 PM EDT
A large part of the drop in the U-3 unemployment rate is due to the increase in the number of individuals excluded from the workforce. In theory, if the dropout rate continued at the current pace, the unemployment could fall towards zero allowing the Federal Reserve to win the battle of unemploymen
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Calling It Like It Is: The Greater Depression
Thursday, September 4, 2014 9:25 PM EDT
Yesterday I was directed to read a piece by Brad Delong, Professor of Economics at Berkeley, entitled "The Greater Depression." The entire piece is worth reading, however, here is the clincher...
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3 Things Worth Thinking About (Vol. 7)
Thursday, September 4, 2014 2:04 PM EDT
There is an interesting divergence going on between sentiment based surveys, specifically the ISM Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing surveys, and actual underlying economic data.
In this article: SPX
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The Eurozone Could Be A Problem For Stocks
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 2:05 PM EDT
A few weeks ago I asked a simple question: "Can The U.S. Economy Stand Alone?" The following chart is food for thought. There are extremely high expectations that the U.S. economy will achieve “lift off” in terms of economic growth eventually achieving 3-4% annualized growth rates.
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5 Things To Ponder: Labor Day Edition
Friday, August 29, 2014 12:07 PM EDT
The financial markets are set to wrap up the month with roughly a 3.5% gain, depending on where today's action ends, which is historically on the positive end of returns for the month.
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3 Things Worth Thinking About (Vol. 6)
Friday, August 29, 2014 6:40 AM EDT
I have been in the "money game" for a long time starting with a bank just prior to the crash of 1987. I make this point only to say that I have seen several full market cycles in my life, and my perspectives are based on experience rather than theory.
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4 Years Until The Next Recession? Not Likely
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 6:10 PM EDT
One of the major drivers of the economic expansion in the 90's was the decline in interest rates and inflation during that period. During the 90's interest rates fell by almost 3% as compared to just 0.7% currently.
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S&P 500 Hits Target Of 2000, Now What?
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 4:44 PM EDT
On Monday, the S&P 500 hit 2000 for the first time ever. This target was something I laid out very early this year following the Federal Reserve announcement in December that they would begin tapering the current Quantitative Easing (QE) program.
In this article: SPX
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5 Things To Ponder: Interesting Stuff
Friday, August 22, 2014 10:55 AM EDT
There is an interesting phenomenon occurring in the financial markets that absolutely, positively, will not last indefinitely – the 'Giant Shrinking Correction.'
In this article: SPX
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3 Things Worth Thinking About (Vol. 5)
Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:19 PM EDT
There is an overwhelming consensus of opinion that the markets, and the majority of mainstream commentators, that when the Fed begins raising rates that it is a "good thing."
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Thought For The Day - The Illusion Of Strength
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 4:58 PM EDT
There is an interesting phenomenon occurring in the financial markets that absolutely, positively, will not last indefinitely – the 'Giant Shrinking Correction'.
In this article: SPX
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Alternative Measures Suggest Weaker Economy
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 12:40 PM EDT
There is much hope pinned on continuing economic recovery in the United States despite a deterioration of the global economy virtually everywhere else.
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Is The Correction Over? 5 Risks Ahead
Monday, August 18, 2014 12:40 PM EDT
A couple of week's ago I asked the question "How Big Could A Correction Be?" In that article, I compared several different technical models to establish potential correction levels which derived the following table of probabilities.
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