BankAtlantic DESERVES to Go Belly Up
Suing an analyst over a report is akin to blaming the shorts for your stock price: It is a waste of time and corporate resources, a huge...
Capitulation? The Evidence is Decidely Mixed
It looks like we have mixed evidence as to whether last week represented a Capitulatory low. My best guess is that last week will be an...
Its Unanimous: Banks Have Bottomed!
Very strange confluence of media coverage this morning on the banking sector. All three major financial papers (WSJ, NYT, Barron’s)...
Traffic Peaked Again Near Short Term Bottom
A reader writes: "You have mentioned blog traffic spiking near bottoms. How’d that work out this week?" Answer: Pretty...
Wild Times on Wall Street
I did three segments Tuesday on Yahoo Tech Ticker at the Nasdaq: Here is the first, on closing shorts and getting a bounce: Click...
S&P500 vs AAII Bullish Index
My pal Mike Panzner sends along this chart showing that we are getting to an extreme in sentiment: Chart courtesy of Mike Panzner’s...
Uh-Oh! Bad Sign on Fannie & Freddie
Marketwatch reports that the government discussed a contingency plan in case the unthinkable happens, and Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie...
Barron’s: Back in the Pool
Regarding the prior post (Barron’s: The Bear’s Back), Jason writes in to remind us that: "Barrons had a bull at the...
The Housing Abyss
“Housing optimists have systematically misjudged the market. Some became convinced that the huge runup was justified by...
Welcome to the Second Half!
NOTE: This Market Commentary alert was originally emailed to subscribers at Ritholtz Research & Analytics on Tues 7/1/2008...