IMF: Deficits Bad
File this one under “No $%^& Sherlock:” U.S. budget deficits are not good: Two international economic watchdogs warned...
Led by Gasoline, Consumer Prices Rise in March
I have some good news, some bad news and some worse news: The good news is the Fed’s attempt at reflation is working. The bad news...
Top 10 Economic Indicators
The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) put up an interesting explanatory description of leading economic reports and...
The Sell Side Still Says ‘Buy’
Here’s another interesting news item that slipped in under the radar: The Sell Side Still Says ‘Buy’. As the...
Confirmation (but read the fine print)
Following the March 25th rally, we wrote that we would be watching for a Reversal Confirmation Day. On April 2nd, we got our...
Chart of the Week: % of NYSE Stocks at 30 Day Highs
Looking at the issues on the NYSE (stock only) at 30 day highs, we find similar readings to the 2002 and 2003 lows. This confirms our...
Greenberg: Hello, MarketWatch readers
Be sure to put Herb Greenberg on your list of regular reads over at CBS Market watch. His first column is here: “Hello, MarketWatch...
Sony Music tries New Business Model
I don’t know if this is a willful shift or merely a serendipitous change in Sony Music’s business model. Either way, they...
Determining the Outcome of the 2004 Election, part II
Back on February 27, 2004, I wrote a simple analysis. My position was that the 2004 Presidential election will turn on economic issues...
The Zen of Trading
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it . . . Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for...