New Year’s Resolutions for Investors
Raymond James’ Jeffrey Saut references John Magee‘s New Year’s resolutions for investors: Resolved, that in the coming...
VIX Worries? Not quite . . .
. The Sunday NYT reveals a common misunderstanding about volatility: "Feeling relaxed? Evidently, many investors are. An important...
Ralph’s Fearless Forecast
Ralph Acampora is the Chief Technical Strategist for Prudential Equity Group (part of Wachovia). Too many years ago, I took Ralph’s...
What January effect?
From Chart of the Day, comes this explanation of the so-called January effect. A common topic this time of year is the January effect....
Will the Grinch Steal X-Mas?
With the high spirits and good cheer of the holidays comes the overwhelming temptation to regress to clichés. We have been Bullish since...
Chart of the Week: SP500 Operating Margins Vs. Interest Rates
Raymond James’ Jeff Saut writes: “Historically interest rates had very little impact on the operating margins (a/k/a, profit margins)...
Data Sources (Free / Cheap)
. “Data are the most valuable commodity to any investor. Before anyone can make a statement like "The market went past its 200-day...
Bad Company?
. Alan Abelson points to an interesting chart from Trevor Greetham, Merrill Lynch’s chief of global asset allocation. It shows the...
2005 Market Forecast
The Businessweek forecasts for 2005 are up. Here are my numbers: DJIA: Midyear 11,707 Yearend 9,703 S&P 500: Midyear 1,324 Yearend...
Mandate/Shmandate
The first Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll since Bush got re-elected finds that public opinion remains rather skeptical about any shifts...