Dissecting J.P. Morgan
Author and journalist Gillian Tett talks about her new book, “Fool’s Gold” in which she analyzes J.P. Morgan and its...
SEC: Mozilo to be Charged with Insider-Trading
Now how about this: “The Securities and Exchange Commission staff is readying civil fraud charges against Countrywide Financial...
Joseph Saluzzi: Orchestrated Short Squeeze in Financials
Joseph Saluzzi Says U.S. Stocks to Test Lows, Likes Gold click for video
Green Shoots Turn Brown . . .
The cold slap across the face of reality that was the Retail Sales numbers this morning has caught more than a few traders by surprise....
Looking at Housing Supply & Demand
Nice info porn via Good magazine: click for full sized, ginormo graphic
The Big Picture Conference
The conference line up is coming together nicely — I am totally jazzed at the crew of speakers we have. I’ll get a...
SPX Momentum Indicators
Kevin Lane is one of the founding partners of Fusion Analytics, and is the firm’s director of Quantitative Research. He is the main...
Retail Sales
April Retail Sales were weaker than expected, falling .4% headline and .5% ex auto’s vs the consensus of flat and up .2%. Also,...
Mortgage Rates
According to Bankrate.com, the average 30 yr mortgage rate has risen to the highest level since March 25th at 5.04% and its why...
Yet Another Greenspan Housing Bottom Call
“We are finally beginning to see the seeds of a bottoming [in the housing industry. The U.S. is] at the edge of a major liquidation...