Since March of 2009, the global equity markets have been generally moving upward. Knowing as we do that life never moves in a straight line, there is reason to think we are going to get a correction of some kind soon. There are lots of issues on the table, and it's reasonable to believe there …

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Advisor One | May 20, 2011 | By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne Uncertainty about the economy and a foreclosure backlog is smothering the housing market. The index of U.S. leading economic indicators fell 0.3% last month, breaking a modest string of upticks over the past 10 months. While the labor market and manufacturing showed weakness in …

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An element of investment planning is an awareness of what is happening across the globe, both economically and politically. From time to time there are posts from Stratfor that I believe are important. Here is one of them: Visegrad: A New European Military Force