Oil Top Sets up Next (Last?) Market Leg Up
As of this morning, our expectations of $57 a barrel have been met – and exceeded. This has very significant consequences for how...
Chart of the Week: Leading Indicators Trend Downwards
Leading Economic Indicators increased m/m 0.1% in February after negative numbers in January, October, September, August, and July. Since...
Defining Bubbles
The Nattering Nabob has a very pithy (and astute) observation of what makes a bubble: Manias share four common characteristics: • A...
Ebbers Guilty on All Counts
Guess I know what we will be talking about on Cavuto today . . . "When all of the activities at WorldCom are fully aired and...
SEC Budget Insufficient for New Hires
How many scandals have to occur before SEC enforcement gets a decent budget? Sigh. We talked about this over a year ago: Congress...
HedgedFund.org’s Internet Links of Interest:
This is one of the most comprehensive market related linkfests I have ever come across: HedgedFund.org’s Internet Links of Interest...
Are Fixed Income Markets as Wild as Equities?
Steve Liesman’s WSJ column, the Macro Investor, often asks intriguing questions. Friday’s column was no different: The issue...
Great Bearish Quotes
A trader friend sent me this list on December 7, 2004 (Pearl Harbor day). Although I told him that I agreed with nearly all of the...
DJIA Rallies (since 1900)
Interesting historical analysis from Chart of the Day: To answer the question "How does the current stock market rally...
Risk is on the Rise
Charlie Minter and Marty Weiner have steadfastly maintained that the reinflation of the past 2 1/2 years has been a classic post bubble...