The Nasdaq Composite is nearing a confluence of several technical factors. We see initial resistance at the 200-day moving average...
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I’m doing a spot tonite on TV Tokyo America; Should be interesting, as I speak not a word of Japanese, and thats the language its...
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Joan McCullough (formerly of Bear Stearns, now at East Shore Partners) has a few bon mots on the Empire State manaufacturing survey:...
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Expect more "soft patch." That’s the conclusion of economists surveyed by WSJ.com. 56 private economists have sliced...
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With the economic recovery still being carried primarily by consumers — Business CapEx spending and hiring has been feeble —...
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An astute reader points us to the level headed Paul Kasriel of Northern Trust in Chicago. Paul’s rep is that of a no nonsense...
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We have previously described the Fed as having painted themselves into a corner. Their desire has been to avoid smothering the nascent...
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Final thoughts on the April NFP report, via Barron’s Alan Abelson. He cites Merrill Lynch economist Daid Rosenberg, who like us,...
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I was as taken aback by today’s Non-Farm Payroll number as anyone. But I was curious as to this huge number could be such a...
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While most of us are intuitively aware of the impact that the monthly employment report has on the equity market, Mike Panzner delivers a...
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