Report: Illegal Music Downloading Climbs
AP reports: The number of U.S. households illegally downloading music from P2P networks is increasing, not decreasing, as the RIAA would...
Volatility & Sentiment
The long side of Volatility continues to be the wrong side of the trade. This condition cannot continue indefinitely. Today’s very...
Is the balance of scientific power shifting?
“Will the United States’ draconian response to the terrorist threat cause a fundamental shift in the international movement...
Flow of Funds
Your home work for tonight: Federal Reserve Flow of Funds report. Review the Federal Reserve Flow of Funds. Identify the money market...
Great Expectations
Despite the blowout numbers from Intel, Apple, IBM and Yahoo – and good numbers to come from Merrill Lynch – there is still...
Chart of the Week: Dow short term trend break
The Dow’s trend line from late June to early December has notably accelerated the past few weeks, taking the index into an overextended...
WSJ: “Technology’s roar is back”
Lead paragraphs like this tend to make me a bit nervous . . . Sources: Intel, Yahoo and Apple Post Gains As the Tech Recovery Accelerates...
Cavuto on Fox
I’ll be on Fox news today at 4:15ish (Your World with Neil Cavuto) The topics will be the earnings season, market outlook for the...
Global Synchronized Boom
While some commentators (like Grantham and Allmon) are descively bearish, other observers have a much more upbeat viewpoint. Dr. Ed...
Market Cap as a % of GDP
Here’s a brutal quote from Charles Allmon of the Growth Stock Outlook. I haven’t fisked the numbers, but my gut reaction is...