2004: The Short, Medium and Long Term Perspectives
One of the single most intriguing questions we hear is the following: “Is this a secular Bull market, with expectations of continued...
Chart of the Week: S&P500 Ascending Wedge?
The large cap SPX has formed a bearish rising wedge, while breaking out over the top line of its rising channel. Combining with...
Has Kodak missed the moment? (Read It Here First, part IV)
Back in September ’03, we discussed the inevitable decline of Kodak (Kodak? Buh-Bye!). The Economist has an interesting article...
2003: A Very Good Year
Source: Another Run for the Bulls: Fabulously Low Interest Rates Help End Markets’ Decline, but Investors Wonder How High Stocks...
2003: When Nearly Every Stock Went Up
New York Times’ Floyd Norris on the 2003 market: “So powerful was the market’s advance that many stocks –...
Read It Here First, part III
Holy Cow! I TiVo’d Kudlow & Cramer last night (New Year’s Eve). Larry Kudlow, interviewing Glenn Hubbard, asks:...
Productivity and unemployment: the Dark Side?
A quick post before heading out for New Years (what type of wonk feels compelled to write about these things on New Years’s Eve? I...
Schwab’s Year-End Moves to Reduce Your Taxes
Good advice from the nice folks at Charles Schwab online brokerage: 10 Year-End Moves to Reduce Your Taxes 1) Harvest your investment...
Tracking Down the Malfeasants
Apparently, Tom Toles of the Washington Post has views similar to my own regarding the veracity of government statistics . . . Source:...