WTF Headline off the Day? GS Says Oil ‘Likely’ to...
Today’s WTF headline isn’t a criticism of the financial media so much as a disturbing forecast: Goldman’s Murti Says...
Oil > $120
While some traders feared that the dissolution of Yahoo would impact the market negatively, it appears that the $4 pop in Crude is the...
NFP Minus Birth Death Adjustments
Via the miracle of Bloomberg, we can back out of the NFP data the B/D adjustment By that metric, today’s number was actually very...
Job Loss Trend Dismal
Today’s chart porn will be the second to last of our Employment related posts: Gail Dudack’s Research Group was kind enough...
Bear Markets Seduce Investors
One of the astute comments recently from Paul Desmond of Lowry’s was that "Bear markets seduce investors to keep buying...
Impact of Eliminating Uptick Rule
Volatility Index (VIX) 1 Year daily reading Chart via Yahoo > I haven’t done a study on the actual correlation between the...
Crude Oil = $120
Well, almost. The May 2008 Futures contract hit $119.90 — that’s the all time high for Crude Oil. > > Here’s a...
Are Markets Leading or Lagging Indicators ?
Everyone "knows" that markets are leading — not lagging — indicators. But are they really? It always gets stated so...
S&P500 Retail Sector vs Wal-Mart
Early this morning, we mentioned Wal-Mart’s (WMT) monthly sales data, as well as the rest of the retail sector. Michael Panzner...
Unemployment Claims & Recessions
Today’s Initial Unemployment Claims surprised quite a few people: In the week ending March 29, the initial claims...