It is difficult to imagine a new bear market starting when the economy is growing and the technicals are favorable. Tuesday’s GDP report showed the U.S. economy is coming off the strongest six months of growth in a decade.

Getting the right mix of bond types is important for achieving a well-rounded investment portfolio.

Perhaps as long as China is cutting rates and Europe is buying asset-backed securities – and as long as the U.S. maintains its policy of zero percent interest rates – investors can ignore traditional risk in stock assets.

For those that are interested in implementing this strategy, take a look a the following 5 ETFs.

In my years of trading the financial markets, there is one principle that I believe in without exception: that price action will give a trader more information than he can find on his own.

The S&P 500 has recently made a new high, in short the rebound from the mid October low has not failed at a lower high. Therefore, the clock has so to speak been reset.