The rocket keeps on rising. The year-to-date performance of our stocks has echoed that of US indexes, which are up the most in January since 1987. And if you are an old investor like I am, that will remind you what happened in the autumn of 1987, when the stock markets suddenly got the vapors and sank sharply.

The recollection along with the pretty rotten market performance of 2011 makes many investors trigger-happy now. So we are taking some profits in the coming week. Details for paid subscribers only who should please view the tables by logging in to www.global-investing.com

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