Needless to say, the Federal debt ceiling issue is now dominating the news wires, and although investors have so far been confident that some deal would be reached, the late hour is starting to spook some. After being given a glimmer of hope last week, we learned after last Friday’s close that the debt debates had fallen apart, leaving investors squirming about what this critical week ahead of us would bring.

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As the market has shown renewed strength, Technology and Energy have been leaders. Apple (AAPL) gave a stellar earnings report and hit another record high. IBM (IBM) also chipped in this week with a great report. However, Yahoo!

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Banks are the Market's Ball-and-Chain

By David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems

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The Sabrient Insider Sentiment Index (NYSE Arca: SBRIN) identifies 100 stocks that reflect favorable corporate insider buying trends and recent earnings estimate increases by Wall Street analysts.

  • This index is tracked by the Guggenheim Insider Sentiment ETF (NYSE Arca: NFO). NFO is rated 5 STARs by Morningstar, the highest possible rating.

Here is a link to Morningstar's page on NFO.

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The Market Gives Back . . .

By David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems

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Market Takes a Breather after Last Week’s Sprint

By David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems

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Walter Gault, Sabrient's communications editor, has picked 4 energy stocks you might want to consider for your portfolio.  Each has have exceptional projected earnings and is trading at a low price -- in other words, GARP stocks -- Growth At a Reasonable Price -- in the Energy sector.

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