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Security Companies and Gold presented this month as investors continue to worry about future.

During May, the S&P 500 lost 0.9% and the DJIA lost 0.2%. The performance of the NASDAQ was once again dismal (-4.3%).

Expect CPI and PPI to both edge higher in second half of year...could be negative surprise, but not the start of something big.

Content from Steve’s recent speech given at the Annual MTA seminar in Jupiter, FL.

In today’s environment, portfolio managers are forced to sell best stocks, as style police enforce tighter restrictions. Also, why a Fed Funds rate below 3% is bad for the economy.

Is this a bear market? It certainly is a bear market in integrity! Steve presents the case for both Bears and Bulls.

With only a slight hesitation, consumer spending continued to increase month after month during the 2001 recession, ignoring the layoffs and the slide in the consumer confidence measures.

Economic double dip is unlikely, but there is something wrong with U.S. stock market. Stymied and perhaps derailed by 2002’s “Bear Market In Integrity?"

Time to buy Semiconductors? Some early evidence that the prospects for the chipmakers are looking up.

2002’s YTD net inflow is running 180% of last year’s pace even though stock market performance has been about the same.

The April volatility was up from March levels in both the NASDAQ and S&P 500.

Even though the NASDAQ is again in decline, a new buy signal is not imminent here.

Insider selling on the rise, but no sell signal yet.

On June 1 and 2 over 100,000 will sit for the 2002 CFA exams.

Small Cap indices performance divergence. Why has the S&P 600 significantly outperformed the Russell 2000 the past two years?

GS Score improved to Attractive on growth, judgmental and VLT.

Current “top five” scoring strong in Value, Contrarian, and VLT.

It didn’t take much to beat the S&P 500 in April.

Near term, bond market may continue to rally as economic reports have become more mixed (less bullish). But long term secular bull market in bonds emerging in 1981 has probably topped out.

The world still needs the ability to communicate, and some companies will emerge as winners.