There is this bizarre media fixation on “round numbers” in the market place. How many times have you heard the phrase the...
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Nasdaq’s been the market leader, and its health is an indicator looking forward. The weekly chart shows a major resistance barrier in...
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Source: New York Times Who do you believe: The people who write other people’s payroll checks, or the folks who pay themselves?...
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Gold has been surging since 2001, and closed over $400 per ounce for the first time since March 1996. Be it terrorism fears, economic...
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Here’s a Hollywood rumor that keeps popping up from time to time: Disney, in need of tying up Pixar’s soon-to-be-ending...
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The International Securities Exchange devised a new contrary sentiment gauge: The ISE Sentiment Index (ISEE). ISEE is more than a mere...
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Harsh words from billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros. In an Atlantic Monthly article, “The Bubble of American...
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I just got tagged for Fox’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto.” It will be on today, at 4:00 . . . The topic is...
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Stephen S. Roach, chief economist for Morgan Stanley, has an op-ed in Sunday’s N.Y. Times: The Productivity Paradox. If that title...
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The periods around certain holidays have some historical seasonality worth paying attention to: In particular, Thanksgiving, Christmas...
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