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The current ratio remains healthy, and we believe the equity markets will move higher in the coming weeks.

After an incredible secular rise in both metals & mining stocks and industrial metals prices, which ended in 2008 after nearly a decade of upside, we take a look at where this group stands today.

A new dividend growth screen and another that additionally incorporates dividend growth at a reasonable price are explored.

An examination of this historical relationship turns up some interesting findings that challenge the traditional disposition.

Inflation is still below the Fed’s target and near term pressure is only moderate. This gives the Fed some room to ease further if the economy falters.

It’s April once again… Are we due for yet another market top? Some perspectives on the possibility of attaining a new all-time market high in the current cyclical bull, and what may drive the upside.

Apple now comprises 4.4% of the S&P 500, making it the fifth entrant into the Four Percent Club since 1990.

Could it be possible we’re on the doorstep of another great secular run in stocks? Well… no.

Today’s bond market is reminiscent of the stock market in April 2000—when the first cracks in tech and telecom had appeared.

Momentum has proven to be an effective factor in emerging market sector rotation strategies. Even better than in U.S. markets.

Analysis of Regional Bank financial health measures relative to years past, both before and after the financial crisis reveals that the group’s vital signs appear to be largely on the mend.

Group Selection (GS) Score has been steadily improving; with big push from Technicals driving group to “Attractive” for the first time since early 2006.

Correlations stabilized during March and remain below the record levels of last fall.

A discussion on mounting Apple insanity and an old study revisited focusing on long term corporate survivorship— “Is Apple Forever?”

Things seem calm on the surface… is a little March Madness in store?

Under the “principle of alternation”—in which price patterns vary from cycle to cycle for the sole purpose of fooling market participants—the bull market is (in my view) unlikely to top out in the spring or winter of 2012.

Bull markets following economic versus “non-economic” bear markets—what’s the difference?

An examination of the low volatility stock anomaly and when it does or does not work... along with a look under the hood at the PowerShares Low Volatility ETF.

Leuthold’s Jun Zhu provides some color on a new thematic group: “Asia Advertising Spending Beneficiaries.”

The Computer & Office Hardware group had been rated Neutral as recently as December, but quickly moved up the GS Score rankings and received the second highest score in the latest calculations.