We’re in the midst of the next stock market panic and no one is paying attention.

Worst of all, it will be the type of panic that will take more folks by surprise and, in the end, will turn out to be more costly to most investors than last fall’s market sell-off.

It’s the most dangerous kind of panic of them all.

But you don’t have to get sucked into it. All you have to do is...

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The good times are back!

U.S. GDP declined at a mere 1% annualized rate, after inflation, between April and June.

Consumers only cut back spending at a 1.2% annualized rate during the same period.

Barry Norris, a partner at Argonaut Capital in London, explained how the world economic recovery “could be V-shaped after all."

To top it all off, the “cash for clunkers” program sparked an auto shopping spree. Dealers moved 250,000 cars off the showroom floor in a few short days. This is great news for an auto industry which was hoping to sell 10.5 million cars this year (a rate of about 30,000 cars per day).

At the risk of stating the obvious, it really does appear the good times are back.

For many, it’s probably a pleasant surprise too. The markets are up, corporate earnings are coming in much better than expected, folks are feeling a bit more secure in their jobs, and there’s hope businesses will start hiring again.

But we’re not concerned with feeling pleasant or joining up with the herd. We’re looking for reality. In this case, reality is looking pretty good now. But the costs over the next year or two are going to be tremendous. And investors who realize what’s going on, why, and how get positioned perfectly for the next two years will be much better off.

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One of the most watched indicators just flashed the “sell” signal…

What are you going to do?

Pull out of the market and hope you aren’t stuck on the sidelines watching everyone else get rich?

Stay “long and strong” and hope the market rally continues?

It’s a tough choice. But if we look at this one popular indicator, what it tells us about the prospects for stocks, and use one ultra-simple, protective investment strategy, you won’t have to choose at all...

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Old trading axioms, “the trend is your friend” or “never bet against the trend,” are more useful today than ever before.

The day-to-day action on Wall Street has been commandeered by a small group of investors and individual investors are getting left in the dust.

Despite it all though, there is one small group of investors turning one very big trend into profits. Here’s how you can join them.

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We’re on the verge of something big here.

What we’re on the verge of may surprise you.

We’ve been waiting for the economy to show signs of life for a while now. We expected this to happen before the year was out. There were just too many catalysts for a short-term economic rebound.

So we’re right on schedule. Actually, we’re probably ahead of it. But with the S&P 500 up 10% in two weeks, it’s time for a reality check. Because when we take a step back we can see how much this rally can continue to run, what will put a halt to it, and how to position ourselves for safety and profit...

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