Risk Management 02 (Aug 15 - Dec 25)

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Your Bear Market Survival Guide

By JAMES "REV SHARK" DEPORRE

Source: The Street

http://realmoney.thestreet.com/articles ... _ven=YAHOO

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3 Bear Market Safe Havens: GLD, TLT, XLU

These three funds are bastions of strength during bear markets

By Tyler Craig

Source: Tyler's Trading

http://investorplace.com/2016/02/3-bear ... rnJHlh96M8

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This Is Your Best Investment When the Fed Turns to Negative Interest Rates

By PETER KRAUTH

Source: Money Morning

http://moneymorning.com/2016/02/09/this ... est-rates/

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S&P 500: Why the Bears Will Keep Winning (And How to Survive)

The market is staring three bearish signals right in the face. Be prepared for more pain, and be prepared soon.

Source: Johnson Research Group

http://investorplace.com/2016/02/sp-500 ... rqm-Vh96M8

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5 ETFs for Portfolio Safety, Stability and Diversification

By Neena Mishra

Source: Zacks

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-etfs-po ... 08324.html

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3 ETFs That Will Help You Hedge Your Portfolio

Sleep easy knowing these ETFs protect from the downside

By David Fabian

Source: FMD Capital Management

http://investorplace.com/2016/02/etfs-s ... sLX-fJ96M8

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Wall Street Lies, But The Yield Curve Doesn’t

by MICHAEL LEWITT

The Yield Curve Is Flattening

Unlike the financial media, Wall Street, central bankers, and politicians, the yield curve does not lie. It is flattening and those that understand what that means will tell you to pay attention.

A flattening yield curve and sharp drop in yields is signaling not only economic weakness but deepening fears among investors about systemic fragility.

Even in a world where the Fed has destroyed many of the signaling mechanisms of the markets, a flattening yield curve combined with all of the other negative economic data is flashing red that the economy is faltering.

Whenever I want to see what’s really going on in the markets, I look for a flattening yield curve and spiking gold prices.

I see those two signals lighting up right now, and that means things aren’t good.

We are still in a long-term, potentially multi-year bear market. We’re still right on target for a Super Crash by this summer.

Source: Sure Money

http://suremoneyinvestor.com/2016/02/wa ... ve-doesnt/

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5 things to do as we near a bear market in stocks

It’s best to unload some risk as the bull market peters out

Source: Market Watch

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-thin ... eid=yhoof2

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How to Prepare Your Portfolio for a Stock Market Crash

by Roger C. Davis

Buy-and-hold investors are bound for trouble; you can't rely on rising stocks and bonds to deliver positive returns over the next 10 to 15 years.

in my opinion, the obligatory 5% to 10% allocation to so-called alternative investments (such as managed futures and long-short equities with no long bias) will still be insufficient.

Investors need a meaningful percentage (25% or more) of their capital invested in strategies that can go to cash as market trends deteriorate.

Source: Kiplinger

http://www.kiplinger.com/article/invest ... DduY4fc.99

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To hedge or not to hedge? For investors, that is the question

by Adam Patti

In the best of times, it's hard to predict currency movements — a difficulty that's compounded in a world in which central bank policies are rapidly diverging and countries are using currency devaluation to gain economic advantage.

Source: CNBC

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/03/to-hedge ... yourwealth