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Charles V. Payne is a regular contributor to the Fox Business and Fox News Networks. In addition, he continually provides opinions on the market to scores of prestigious news organizations such as Reuters, Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times and has been the keynote speaker at many investment conferences worldwide.
Charles is also the Chief Executive Officer and Principle Analyst of
Wall Street Strategies, Inc. (WSSI), which he founded in 1991. With less than $10,000.00 in start up capital and working from his apartment, he launched WSSI to provide a unique brand of stock market advice. Through this service, subscribers (money managers and individual investors) began to reap sizeable profits and the firm developed a national reputation as provider of timely and effective equity analysis. Today, WSSI provides information to over 30,000 subscribers, in more than 60 countries as well as several of the largest bank/brokerage firms. Charles Payne oversees a team of stock analysts who cover specific industry groups, in addition to monitoring the entire market and individual sectors on his own.
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Charles Payne (May 21, 2012)
And "Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores."Arthur ChapmanI've warned everyone at every turn about the seductive power of... more
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Charles Payne (May 20, 2012)
Every now and then, The Economist magazine will write something that makes sense. In the current issue, there is a headline about the Tea Party's latest "victim" (Luger) and... more
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Charles Payne (May 19, 2012)
I'm worried about this market. We are at the point where it's not about fundamentals per se but about perception and about confidence or lack thereof. But there is a... more
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Charles Payne (May 15, 2012)
If you are wondering why the American economy can't get it in gear, it's because we are constantly being chased to the sidelines. The fabulously organized effort that sees a... more
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Charles Payne (May 14, 2012)
All week long, all I heard was the stock market is down as investors take risk off the table, and I want to scream. I've written about this over and over, and I will continue... more
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Charles Payne (May 13, 2012)
I was something of a gusty kid in high school, curious about the world, and willing to break barriers or get around them to get a glance. Yesterday, there was tremendous... more
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Charles Payne (May 12, 2012)
Today's stories revolve around an easy enough theme of getting so big for your britches you lose touch with the rest of the world. A few weeks ago a lot of stories popped up... more
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Charles Payne (May 11, 2012)
So the market makes a delayed reaction to European votes and then finds a way to rebound into the close.
It was a nice move although the market was still lower; gold is... more
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Charles Payne (May 08, 2012)
Used French Rifle For Sale...Only Dropped Once
Something interesting happened last week—there was an epiphany. It wasn't a Eureka moment about the shabby state of this... more
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Charles Payne (May 07, 2012)
Don't you love farce?My fault, I fearI thought that you'd want what I wantSorry, my dear.Send in the clownsDon't bother they're hereSteven Sondheim Orginally published May... more
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Charles Payne (May 06, 2012)
solemn Council forthwith to be held at Pandemonium the high Capital of Satan and his PeersJohn Milton -Paradise Lost
The first use of the word Pandemonium was in 1667... more
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Charles Payne (May 05, 2012)
This is the way the world endsNot with a bang but with a whimper-T.S. Eliot, 1925I'm not sure how the world will end, but more and more, it looks like the America I was born... more
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Charles Payne (May 04, 2012)
Leadership or lack thereof is without a doubt one of the biggest problems in America today. Yesterday, one of the biggest news items in the market was the continued collapse... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 30, 2012)
A few years ago, I wondered if everyone simply had too much stuff. You, know, it felt like everyone had all the gadgets and I wondered where demand would come from.... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 29, 2012)
Last week, Investor’s Business Daily ran a piece on the 5.4 million Americans that have joined disability rolls under President Obama. It was a thoughtful piece, but it... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 28, 2012)
It was an odd session in which we saw stocks move higher even though Spain and Italy watched their markets plunge, and several big companies posted disappointing results... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 27, 2012)
"I do not believe there ever was any life more attractive to a vigorous young fellow than life on a cattle ranch in those days. It was a fine, healthy life, too; it taught a... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 24, 2012)
Watching the Sunday talk shows, I heard "responsibility rewarded" as the catch phrase from everyone tied to the administration and reelection effort. I got up around 7AM... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 22, 2012)
The first round of the French elections is on Sunday, and it's going to be close. What we will witness is how a country that has been in slow decline and even longer denial... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 21, 2012)
Déjà vu "already seen" is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experience a current situation, even though the exact circumstances of the prior... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 19, 2012)
I get a lot of grief for bringing up Voltaire or more obscure figures from the European Enlightenment movement like Robert Owens and Malthus, but there is no doubt we... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 18, 2012)
Once again I think market watchers missed the most important news of the day yesterday, because it's the most important news of the millennium and the true American Achilles... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 17, 2012)
President Obama was a whirlwind last week, espousing the Buffett Rule and dodging comments from Hilary Rosen. There were several aspects of the stump speech that should have... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 16, 2012)
Talk of China's demise has been greatly exaggerated although there is still more than a scent of a power struggle that could upend the economy (see sidebar). If the market... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 15, 2012)
I'm your boogie man that's what I am I'm here to do whatever I can Be it early mornin' late afternoon Or at midnight it's never too soon —KC & Sunshine Band
"I'm Your... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 12, 2012)
I got some interesting feedback yesterday after I compared President Obama’s speech at Florida Atlantic University to speeches and writing from Vladimir Lenin and Benito... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 10, 2012)
I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend and various holiday observances and forgot about the economy, stock market, Federal Reserve, debt, crumbling educational standards, demise... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 09, 2012)
The story in last week's WSJ really hits home about how trillions of dollars and Euros can find its way to the most unusual uses. In Spain some of that LTRO cash found its... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 08, 2012)
Is Ben Bernanke about to lose face with Wall Street? That's the essential question coming out of last week's sessions.
Each week the Fed Chairman reassures the street that... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 07, 2012)
Until recently, the prevailing opinion about the human appendix came from research provided by Charles Darwin. That theory suggests at one time the human body had an organ... more
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Charles Payne (Apr 03, 2012)
Rollin' down the street smokin' endo sippin' on gin n juiceLaid back—with my mind on my money and my money on my mind-Snoop DogOne thing we talk about in this country is... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 30, 2012)
RoxanneYou don't have to put on the red lightThose days are overYou don't have to sell your body to the nightRoxanneYou don't have to wear that dress tonightWalk the streets... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 29, 2012)
My main reason for resenting the current administration and leading Democrats can be explained in the pictures of Dorothea Lange. Lange was born Dorothea Margareta Nutchorn... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 28, 2012)
Okay, the first leg of the fight on the constitutionality of Obamacare got under way yesterday and set a great tone for those looking to retain rights for individuals and... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 27, 2012)
My car has sensors in the front and back that are illustrated on the dashboard in a gradual system that lets me know when I'm getting closer to an object. In addition, there... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 26, 2012)
Last week someone celebrated World Water Day, designated by the United Nations General Assembly, and first celebrated in 1993. The aim is to focus on the need for fresh... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 25, 2012)
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my headI'm spinning, oh, I'm spinningHow quick the sun can drop awayAnd now my bitter hands cradle broken glassOf what was... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 24, 2012)
Well, big companies are putting money to work, but I'm not sure this is what opponents of large corporate hoards had in mind. Yesterday Apple announced it would enrich... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 20, 2012)
There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 17, 2012)
All aboardDon't you miss that trainIf you miss that trainDon't miss the party trainOh...don't you miss that trainIf you miss that trainDon't miss that party trainEverybody... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 16, 2012)
Get your ticket to that wheel in spaceWhile there's timeThe fix is inYou'll be a witness to that game of chance in the skyYou know we've got to winHere at home we'll play in... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 15, 2012)
Vinny: What's…what's this over here?Cook: You never heard of grits?Vinny: Sure, sure, I heard of grits, I just actually never seen a grit beforeAnd the beat goes on with the... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 14, 2012)
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power- the freedom to choose."- Stephen CoveyToday the Fed gets together and will have a chance to make a case for its past... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 12, 2012)
As a boxing fan, I'm always looking for the next Sugar Ray Leonard or Mike Tyson, and at one point I thought I found the latter in a fighter named Shannon "The Cannon"... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 11, 2012)
On one hand the argument our economy has turned the corner will be carried by the main stream media but would it spark a stampede to own stocks? The answer is an emphatic... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 10, 2012)
Good morning America, how are you?Don't you know me I'm your native son,I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans,I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 06, 2012)
It's a very gnawing situation but one that can't be ignored. The rally has been fantastic, and the determination to not go down is simply amazing. It's been very good for... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 05, 2012)
"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees."And so goes the famous or soon to be very famous line from Dr. Seuss' 1971 ode to overconsumption. The book has seen its share of... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 04, 2012)
As any parent, the most majestic scenes for me were the births of my children, spectacles that could have only been orchestrated by God, and at one point it was the most... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 03, 2012)
Well once I lived the life of a millionaireSpending my money, no, I didn't careTaking my friend John out for a mighty good timeBuying that good gin, champagne and wineThen I... more
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Charles Payne (Mar 01, 2012)
Yesterday a few pieces circulated on the Internet that caught my eye, including an interesting observation that the administration keeps talking up how great the food stamp... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 28, 2012)
Getting to NO the Science of Building WillpowerThe above is a headline in an article in the current edition of Time magazine that counters the real relationship of science to... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 25, 2012)
Agent Smith [He and Cypher are eating at a fancy restaurant] Do we have a deal, Mr. Reagan?Cypher [Cuts a piece of steak and holds it in front of him] I know this steak... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 24, 2012)
Oh, the shark babe, has such teeth, dearAnd it shows them pearly whiteJust a jackknife has old MacHeath, babeAnd he keeps it, ah, out of sight
Ya know when that shark bites... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 23, 2012)
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and disclosure, but to weigh and consider. -Francis Bacon Francis Bacon was known... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 22, 2012)
In the Critique of Practical Reason (1788), or the second critique, Kant argued that there is a universal moral law that applies to everyone and tells us what we ought to do,... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 18, 2012)
Hey baby, what you know good?I'm just gettin' back, but you knew I wouldWar is hell, when will it end?When will people start gettin' together again?Are things really gettin'... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 17, 2012)
know the economy is always expressed in X's and O's which makes it a lot like sports, but the fact is both are about flesh and blood. Both represent triumph and... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 16, 2012)
There is no doubt this year's election is all about the economy, from jobs to debt, but I think we might also see voters react to basic principles as well. The mishandling of... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 15, 2012)
When it was announced that Jay Z and Kayne West won best rap song at the Grammys, neither was there to pick up their awards. I'm not sure what West was up to, although there... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 14, 2012)
According to Greek mythology, Zeus and Europa had three sons together who were adopted by Asterios, the king of Crete. The three sons were to rule Crete in succession but one... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 11, 2012)
So if it's all about them fast car nights and them big boar daysLiving this champagne life, everything's okayLet's toast it upEverybody, let's toast it upSaid because we play... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 10, 2012)
Seven Ways of Wasting Time to be Guarded Against1. Indefinite musing2. Anticipating needlessly3. Needless speculation4. Indulgence in reluctance to begin a duty5. In doubtful... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 09, 2012)
Half a league half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred: 'Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns' he said: Into the valley... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 08, 2012)
I continue to ponder last Friday's jobs report in part because I'm still puzzled by the cheer of Main Street media. I guess you can get beaten so badly that what was... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 07, 2012)
Rethinking Friday's jobs numbers, I'm very concerned about the amount of people that dropped out of the work force, which coincides with the dip in consumer confidence and... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 06, 2012)
A couple of days ago President Obama held an online town hall gathering, and a woman presented a question about why her engineer husband was still unemployed after three... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 05, 2012)
I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there, if it needs repair, I'll fix it." -Mitt Romney
Why do the media leap all over any comment that puts the... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 04, 2012)
This week's jobs report was mixed, but there are trends we must consider.
I've been touting the "Dirty Fingernails Rally" since October, and we've seen it in earnings... more
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Charles Payne (Feb 03, 2012)
This is a huge week for sports; with the Super Bowl looming on Sunday there have been amazing highlights from the NBA. As he entered the league, I already told everyone... more
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Charles Payne (Jan 31, 2012)
While Virgil speaks to Geryon, Dante talks to another group of souls nearby squatting on the sand, the Usurers, or moneylenders. Their faces are unrecognizable from the burns... more
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Charles Payne (Jan 30, 2012)
Father Father Father (continue to) Help Us
People killin’, people dyin’
Children hurt and you hear them cryin’
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the... more
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Charles Payne (Jan 29, 2012)
Modern society has come a long way, but is it heading in the right direction? I ask because I had a chance to see an authentic "The Birds of America" by John James Audubon,... more
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Charles Payne (Jan 27, 2012)
Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power. -Benito Mussolini
On Friday Italy approved additional reforms as it... more
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Charles Payne (Jan 25, 2012)
I watched the State of the Union address and thought it was flat; in spite of polite interruptions, there wasn't any passion. Sure, President Obama tried to muster up emotion... more
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Charles Payne (Jan 24, 2012)
It turns out Mitt Romney paid $6.2 million in taxes in the latest year between federal and local taxes and I say bravo for him that sounds fair as hell to me. Really, just... more