Earnings Streak Snapped; How Pricey Are Stocks?
My nomination for the greatest story never told is this under-reported tidbit, via AP: "For America’s top 500 companies, the...
Transports!
We’ve been watching the Transports alot lately; We noted the Transports at Crossroads last week; this week, we took notice of...
DJIA without a 2% One Day Decline
I have been meaning to post this since December, but never got around to it: We’re now at 930 or so trading days. Courtesy of...
Days Since a 2% Decline
Instructive chart via Tickersense: It Has Been 928 930 days since the S&P 500 had a one-day 2% Decline. They also note that "the...
Earnings Season Progressing Nicely
Last week, we looked at how S&P500 companies were doing earnings wise via Birinyi Associates. The numbers were a touch soft (see...
The Best of all Possible Worlds!
Peter Boockvar of Miller Tabak writes this morn that "Ahead of the 2 day FOMC meeting beginning tomorrow, the bond market has...
Do you have a Trader’s Brain?
With recent reports of the resurrection of day trading, we thought it timely to look at this 10-question quiz, created by...
The Infallibility of Markets
Yesterday morning’s comments, The Message of the Markets, generated some interesting pushback. Felix at RGE, Abnormal...
The Message of the Markets
I have said in the past to "Beware the Economist who is seeking guidance from the stock market as to the state of the economy. These...