Analyst ratings of stocks are better than no advice!
Over the last 10 years, stocks with the most Sell ratings have done just as well as those with Buy ratings, and over the last 5 years, the stocks with the most Sell ratings have outperformed their Buy counterparts significantly.

The Federal Deficit will drive Interest Rates up!
I constantly hear this in the financial news media, and yet a look at these two economic parameters below shows this is not the case at all. Logic would dictate that policy makers would try and keep rates low to keep the cost of servicing the deficit from crippling the economy. This is exactly what is observed over the long term, except for the abheration caused by the 1995-2000 Bubble induced false surplus. A chart of Rates with Debt as a percent of GDP also clearly shows Rates consistently dropping as Debt levels rise very high. Until we see some changes in the Deficit, Debt Ceiling or the Household DSR, Interest Rates should remain lower than most expect.

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