Which Is Right And Which Is An Illusion?

- What we can expect from 2012

Stocks opened up the first day of the New Year with a pretty good pop higher, leading many to pronounce that the problems of markets past are behind us. Add this to the market’s road to nowhere last year, and it may appear that stock market beast be (more…)

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Keith Springer Live on CNBC

Keith_Springer_CNBC_December_2011Keith Springer, of Springer Financial Advisors in Sacramento CA appears on CNBC to weigh in on what factors are impacting the markets, live with Brian Sullivan. (more…)

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Politics and Debt – MarketWatch Interview

MarketWatchWinterKeith Springer of Springer Financial Advisors discusses why 2012 politics will mean more debt on MarketWatch Radio with Larry Kofsky. (more…)

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Market Gives Investors A Happy Ending

New Years GlassesThe market is finishing up in pretty good shape. Of course that’s all relative as stocks are at best flat for the year, but given that we all would have traded our ________ (fill in your own blank) for such a conclusion during any one of the many wild rides we went during the year, I’d say “flat” is a happy ending for all. (more…)

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Will Santa Heed The Call?

SuperSanta-A year-end rally will bring joy to all

Normally by now the Santa Claus rally is well underway and people are concentrating on parties and gifts and I get to take a break from writing this newsletter for a couple of weeks. But no, not this year because old Saint Nick is playing bad Santa and staying away. That makes people nervous from a simple old folklore, “If Santa Claus should fail to call, bears may come to Broad and Wall”… and that has investors on edge. (more…)

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What Happens When Santa Stays Away

MarketWatchWinterKeith Springer author of Facing Goliath: How to Triumph in the Dangerous Market Ahead tells MarketWatch Radio’s Larry Kofsky that “bad things” happen when Old Saint Nick doesn’t come to Wall Street. (more…)

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Santa Better Be Packing A Howitzer!

-Time fading for Christmas rallySanta and howitzer

As the end of the year approaches, seasonal factors typically help boost the stock market. After all, the Christmas rally is one of the staples of Wall Street. However, if there is going to be a Santa Clause rally this year, it better start soon… and the big man had better be packing that howitzer that many say Europe needs. (more…)

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Taking Out The Euro-Trash

Euro-trash cans-Focus on EU keeps investors on edge

It seems like nothing matters away from Europe as investors are fixated on the Eurozone debt problems like they are a celebrity sex scandal.

Even though the US market has had a pretty good rally, it is nowhere near what it should (more…)

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Happy Chrisnukah!

Christmas CandlesI thought you would enjoy this email I received on the newest holiday merger.

Subject: Major Merger

Continuing the current trend of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, it was announced today at a press conference that Christmas and Chanukah will merge. (more…)

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Sacramento Finanical Advisor Keith Springer Live on Fox Business

Fox Business Live With Keith SpringerKeith Springer of Springer Financial Advisors and author of Facing Goliath: How to Triumph in the Dangerous Market Ahead, discusses how the European debt crisis is continuing to impact the markets. (more…)

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