Internals are Ugly
Nasdaq A/D is worse than 2 to 1 negative, the Up/Down volume is also poor, at 7 to 1.5. Not quite a 10 to 1 down day, but pretty ugly....
DVD Sales Boom, 2004 a Record Year
Yet another new media taking names and kicking old media ass: DVD sales posted huge gains in 2004 for the fifth year running but the...
Video Game Industry Sales Reach Record Pace in 2004
Following up on yesterday’s debate, I wanted to highlite to a few more relevant datapoints: "The video game industry enjoyed...
Jobs Data Round Up
For those of you who may not have been paying attention Friday, we had another below consensus Jobs number. Drilling beneath the...
Barron’s picks up Unemployment Rate: Worse than it Appears
> Yesterday’s comments, Unemployment Rate: Worse than it Appears, was picked up by Barron’s. I have to admit that I like...
Debate on Downloading
My friend Cody Willard is a hedge fund manager, focused on telecom and technology. He and I had an interesting public debate yesterday,...
VOTE: Best Financial Industry/Investment Blog
After a few glitches, Voting seems to be working fine now, and the race is neck and neck. The top 2 vote getters are within a percentage...
Unemployment Rate: Worse than it Appears
Sigh . . . Another month, another below-consensus Non-Farm Payroll number. Despite that disappointment, some took solace in the lower...
Chart of the Week: 10 Best Performing Dow Sectors
Despite the poor market performance in January, some sectors managed to buck the trend: With the SPX down 2.5%, the Dow sectors...