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Since 1992, CMG has embraced uncommon solutions – the application of tactical investments as part of a progressive diversification philosophy – to help investors successfully navigate the challenges of today’s investment world.

To enlighten those decisions, we make our insights, opinions, and research available in a variety of forms: Newsletters, white papers, economic commentary and weekly market updates. It’s a great library of information and it’s open 24/7/365. That way, you can drop by anytime.

  • On My RadarSteve's weekly debriefing identifies the most relevant market events of the past week and discusses how he sees these events impacting the market.See all On My Radar debriefings
  • Trade SignalsFocused on identifying the short, intermediate and long-term trends in the investment markets: equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and gold. See all Trade Signals

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On My Radar: Options Hedging 101 - 02-19-2021

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February 19, 2021 By Steve Blumenthal "Infrastructure spending is the one major area of agreement, and with Modern Monetary Theory, soaring federal deficits and debt are no obstacles. More federal stimulus is likely but worried consumers will probably use most of it to rebuild assets and reduce [...]Read More >

On My Radar: A Beacon of Light to Warn and Guide - 02-12-2021

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February 12, 2021 By Steve Blumenthal "Trying to figure out if the economy is in recession is like trying to assess if you had a fever after you just took a large dose of aspirin… But as with frogs in water that is slowly being heated to a boil, investors are being conditioned not to recognize [...]Read More >

Trade Signals – Falling Dollar is Inflationary - 02-11-2021

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By Steve Blumenthal February 10, 2021 S&P 500 Index -- 3,900 (close) Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite equity market, investor sentiment, fixed income, economic, recession and gold market indicators. Market trends persist over time and stem from changes [...]Read More >

On My Radar – Inflation Obsession – When? - 02-5-2021

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February 5, 2021 By Steve Blumenthal “Stay away from high quality fixed income securities. It's a bubble. People are very bullish on equities because of where interest rates are. If they go even lower, you ought not to be that bullish.” - Leon Cooperman, Chairman & CEO, Omega Advisors No, [...]Read More >

Trade Signals – Inflation vs. Deflation - 02-4-2021

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By Steve Blumenthal February 4, 2021 S&P 500 Index -- 3,750 (close) Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite equity market, investor sentiment, fixed income, economic, recession and gold market indicators. Market trends persist over time and stem from changes [...]Read More >

What’s In Your (Investment) Kitchen? - 02-1-2021

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For the past 4-5 years, I have been on a journey to develop a comprehensive set of portfolio programs and strategies that fit my worldview and also reflect what I believe the likely probabilities are for the coming decade. I’ve often said this coming decade represents a great opportunity but also [...]Read More >

On My Radar: A Shift to Value - 01-29-2021

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January 29, 2021 By Steve Blumenthal “Rule number 1: Don’t lose money. Rule number 2: Don’t forget rule number one.” - Warren Buffett Over a very long period of time, value stocks have beaten growth stocks. Of course, there were moments when growth beat value. That’s evident in the top section [...]Read More >

Trade Signals – Margin Debt Insanity - 01-27-2021

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By Steve Blumenthal January 27, 2021 S&P 500 Index -- 3,750 (close) Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite equity market, investor sentiment, fixed income, economic, recession and gold market indicators. Market trends persist over time and stem from changes [...]Read More >

On My Radar: Debt Will Stop the Party - 01-22-2021

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January 22, 2021 By Steve Blumenthal "Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria." – Sir John Templeton, Investor, Mutual Fund Manager, Philanthropist Euphoria is here... I remember the call I received in early 2007. “Steve, it’s Mark. [...]Read More >

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