The Will of the People Be Damned... and Why the Deficit Won't Derail This Bull Market

Sunday, March 30, 2014 In the current edition of the Investment U Weekly Update, Bond Strategist and Host of The Oxford Club's Market Wake-Up Call Steve McDonald runs down the key issues affecting the global economy - and your investments. (Click the image to play.) This week, you'll find... Wireless Winners The Buffett Directive The "Slap in the Face" Award: No-Bama You can check it out in this video. This Week's Best-Sellers: How to Raid the Fed Every 30 days, a few Americans walk away with more than $3 billion of the Fed's assets. Here's how... Are You Kidding? Solar Panels That ACTUALLY WORK? They're inefficient... heavy and bulky... and cost a fortune. Practical problems have long delayed the "green" promise of solar panels. But MIT scientists have just discovered a way to make robust, lightweight and low-cost panels a reality at last. And even if this isn't the ultimate "Holy Grail" of solar technology, there's still an easy way you could profit handsomely from this breakthrough. See how simple it is right here. Read This or Die... A medical miracle is hitting the market a few months from today. If you're over the age of 35, you need to check this out ASAP. This will directly impact every health decision you'll make over the next two decades. Not only that... but it could make you extremely wealthy. You need to read this now by clicking here. SPONSORED Here are the stories that were featured in Investment U this week... Have Insiders Turned Bearish on the Market? Alexander Green, Chief Investment Strategist The average bull market lasts four and a half years. This one just had its fifth birthday. And nervous stock market investors have had more to chew on in recent weeks: Fed tapering, soft earnings news, slowing growth in China, geopolitical tensions with Russia, newfound enthusiasm for equities among small investors (a famous and well-founded contrarian indicator known as "the odd-lot indicator," since small investors are often unable to buy in round lots of 100), and - oh yeah - the fact that the Dow has returned approximately zero so far this year... Click here to read the full story. Technical Tuesday: This Sector Will Keep Surging Chris Rowe, Director of Investor Education In January, I wrote to you about the alternative energy sector. I told you that the sector's impressive strength in 2013 was likely to extend well into this year. As it turns out, I was right. Is this proof that I keep a crystal ball in my desk drawer? Not at all. But it is a reminder of my key point from back in January... Click here to read the full story. The Will of the People Be Damned David Fessler, Energy & Infrastructure Strategist Most people are afraid of change. Right now, automobile dealers across the U.S. are afraid of Elon Musk. Musk is the brilliant CEO of Tesla Motors Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA). His outside-the-box thinking with regard to car sales has left dealers "all dressed up with no place to go." With his direct-to-the-customer sales model, he doesn't need dealers. His Model S sedan received 99 out of a possible 100 points from Consumer Reports. In my mind, and that of many others, Musk is the Steve Jobs of the auto industry... Click here to read the full story. How to Play This Pullback in Gold Sean Brodrick, Resource Strategist There's no sugar-coating it. Gold got off to a no-good, horrible, very bad week on Monday, and it hasn't yet recovered. I expect to see the yellow metal test important support this week or next. The question is, what should active traders do when gold slumps? Let me show you some options... Click here to read the full story. From the Mailbag: Why the Deficit Won't Derail This Bull Market Alexander Green, Chief Investment Strategist Our national debt reached an important milestone last year. It became as big as the entire U.S. economy. This is not a good thing. Clearly, it would be better if the U.S. budget deficit were smaller. But at least the situation is improving on this front. Those who claim the U.S. budget deficit has placed us on the verge of national bankruptcy are misinformed. Here's why... Click here to read the full story. Be sure to check out some of the other investment stories that we've published recently on our website at InvestmentU.com. RFID Not So Creepy After All Investor-Friendly USO? "It's Complicated" With Social Media No More Rains Down in Africa for Investors – SHARE INVESTMENT U – If you enjoy reading Investment U, why not share it with your family and friends? 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