5 Stages of Market Grief
One of the most intriguing things I find about the market is how the collective psyche sometimes resembles a singular entity. In...
Volatility 2008
Giant graphic in the Sunday NYT Biz section on Volatility: You can click thru to see the full article . . . > Source:The Pulse of...
Overstated Job Growth, Understated Inflation
They Dow is down ~250, Nasdaq down almost ~100 as I type this. As the excuses and mea culpas roll out over the next few weeks, pay close...
2007 Volatility: Below Historical Average
I keep hearing how there was an unusual amount of volatility in 2007. That assessment is wrong. We have become used to the aberrationally...
New Column up at TheStreet.com (01/03/08)
The new Real Money column mentioned yesterday has been moved to the free TheStreet.com site. For some reason, its been retitled: 13...
Market Sentiment
As the indices accelerate to the downside — the Dow Industrials are off 240 points as I type this — its as good a time as any...
Yearly High to Low in One Day!
Today is one of the few times you can say we started at the year’s high, but quickly moved to the year’s lows. Now...
New Column up at Real Money (01/02/08)
My year end review of the lessons provided by 2007 is now up at Real Money. The details are at the subscription only site, but here are...
Odd Data Point of 2007
According to the Stock Traders Almanac, this was the first year since 1974 that both November and December had negative monthly...
2007 Performance Review
Some great charts and tables looking at the 2007 returns of various sectors, indices and stocks in today’s WSJ. Peter McKay looks...