The Value of the Dollar
This week’s Up and Down Wall Street looks at a recent analysis out of QB Partners. They are a hedge fund run by Lee Quaintance and...
China Triple Whammy
Concerned about rampant speculation, China acted today to let some air out of the rapidly inflating equity bubble: • China will raise...
Looking at the S&P500 (Relatively)
Last week, we looked at the question Which is Performing Better, the Dow or the S&P500 ? A significant difference between the two...
DeCoupling US and Global Markets?
Interesting follow up to to our weekend post on overseas markets dragging US markets along with them: Today’s WSJ looks at An...
Global Markets Driving the Dow
This is the most cogent argument for what has been a key supporting element to the US markets: Overseas economic strength. Even as the US...
Forbes Video Network
Last Friday, I taped a segment for Forbes.com. Its all up on line at Forbes: Tapping The Brakes Farming For Profits Pharma, Oil On Top
U.S. Dollar Index Breaks Down
In early April, we looked at the US dollar doing poorly versus the Euro. Today, we see another depiction of this via a good chart from...
Euro Strength versus Dollar Weakness?
A few weeks ago at the Nasdaq, I bumped into Dennis Gartman. I was there for a spot at RobTV (Canada’s version of CNBC), and...
What Market Hazards Are Ahead?
It invariably happens that after the linkfest goes up, I discover a killer article that would have been perfect. This piece from...
Its not China, its the Economy (Stupid!)
NOTE: This Market Commentary alert was originally emailed to subscribers at Ritholtz Research & Analytics on Tues 2/27/2007...