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Richard Russell began publishing Dow Theory Letters in 1958. Russell gained wide recognition via a series of over 30 Dow Theory and technical articles that he wrote for Barron's during the late-'50s through the '90s. In 1989, Richard Russell took over Julian Snyder's advisory service, "International Moneyline", a service which Mr. Snyder ran from Switzerland. Then, in 1998 Richard Russell took over the Zweig Forecast from market analyst Martin Zweig.

Richard Russell was educated at Rutgers and received his BA at NYU. He has written articles and has been quoted in such publications as Bloomberg magazine, Barron's, Time, Newsweek, Money Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Reuters, and others.

The Dow Theory Letters, published and mailed every three weeks, cover the US stock market, foreign markets, bonds, precious metals, commodities, economics -- plus Richard Russell's comments and observations and stock market philosophy. One of the features of the Letter is Richard Russell's daily Primary Trend Index (PTI), which is a proprietary index that has been included in the Letters since 1971. The PTI is a guide to the trend of the market, and it often actually differs with Russell's opinions, but Russell always defers to his PTI. The latest Primary Trend Index figure for the day is posted on DowTheoryLetters.com a few hours after the close of the market. Also included on the website are Richard Russell's comments on the day's action along with critical market data.

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