“Critics of the Federal Reserve warn that its low interest rates are boosting prices for stocks, bonds and houses to unsustainable...
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The market’s plunge since the bombing in Madrid, coming on top of the slow slide which began late January, brought us to very oversold...
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Since 1970, changes in the Capacity Utilization Rate have correlated well with Corporate Earnings. In the past, capacity utilization...
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Aaargghh! Over the past 2 days, I heard Treasury Secretary John Snow, CNBC commentator James Cramer, and several other heads engage in...
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WSJ reporter and long time Fed watcher Greg Ip makes the observation that the Fed was somewhat less bullish this meeting than the last...
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I’ll be on CNNfn this morning at 11:30 discussing the markets, the Presidential elections, and terrorism. Should be interesting . ....
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Several people have written asking where they can find this or that data series. While there is a tremendous amount of material on the...
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Many people blamed the market’s slide on the horrific bombings in Madrid last week. We believe Investors who adopt this approach risk...
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Arms Index 10 Day Moving Average (2 years) As the two-year chart of the ARMS index shows, there have been several false signals since the...
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We have a Fed meeting this week. Conventional wisdom is that the Fed’s hands are tied. As is so often the case, conventional wisdom...
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