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What a difference a city makes (or a month, or 150 miles). Boston is much more positive about the stock market than New York according to last's month poll. Over a 1 year time horizon, we went from 6% "Bullish'' in New York to 33% "Bullish" in Boston.

This issue, we have revised and updated our current "Bounce” list as well as our "Bounce Favorites". Some of last month's qualifiers have appreciated right off of the list. Some new candidates appear on the list as well, so you'll want to check it out.

Long Term Investment Perspective...U.S. Equity Returns Over Next Decade Will Likely Be Below Average...Watch For A Derivative Debacle...ATM Investing

Bond market bulls experienced a brief chill in mid-October. After starting the month on a strong note, most bond categories retreated for the remainder of the month as better economic news began to trickle in.

A form of momentum investing that is becoming increasingly common these days, but not discussed much.

Savvy U.S. professional investors have been buying foreign stocks for a number of years now. Somewhat more recently, pension funds have been focusing on foreign diversification. Now mutual fund investors have become increasingly enamored with foreign stocks.

September was hardly a run away on the upside, but considering the month of September has been the stock market's poorest performing month (last 40 years), we can't complain.

It's that time of year again. The Leuthold Group is embarking on its annual "Playing the Bounce" bottom fishing expedition.

A month ago, this section featured the commentary "Bad News For The PBGC (And The Taxpayer)". This proved to be quite timely.

In September, a poll was taken at the FIM East Conference luncheon where Steve was speaking. This is the first poll The Leuthold Group has taken since June.

Almost all bond sectors were unchanged or up very slightly in September. The month started out strongly following weak economic news and a declining PPI. However, a higher than expected CPI, turmoil in Mother Russia, a “pop” in oil prices and even some positive economic reports pushed most bond prices lower as the month progressed.

Are you surprised? We certainly were. The Major Trend Index has moved slightly above the neutral no man's land, but not by much.

Questions about the recent reversal in status of The Leuthold Group's Major Trend Index.

A new sector “Buy The Numbers” is being added to the equity model this month. It is a hybrid quantitative theme that has been in the development stage at The Leuthold Group for a number of months.

A performance rundown for The Leuthold Group’s equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by August performance.

The Leuthold Group has unveiled a new sector strategy to be employed this month in the Model Equity Portfolio. This is a quantitative approach to the stock selection process involving both fundamental and technical factors.

Doctor Leuthold At Your Service...Bad News For The PBGC (And Taxpayers)...Inflation And Regulation...Insensitivity Prevails

An update of earlier study identifying significant market declines and how well the so called defensive groups performed.

The bond market's wish list was fulfilled in August. Inflation readings came in below expectations, economic signals continued to point towards sluggish growth and signs of deficit reduction progress surfaced once again.

As noted last issue, July had been proclaimed the most boring month by The Boring Institute. As far as the stock market was concerned, I had thought June deserved this distinction. Now I'm not so sure.