This mornings comments, That Don’t Impress Me Much, got picked up by Dow Jones Market Talk: So Much Good News… “IBM has...
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IBM has a good first quarter, reaffirms guidance for the year, meets all expectations – it then sells off. SanDisk met top line...
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The S&P 500 continues to struggle at a 50% retracement level (blue line and red arrows) from the 1999 highs to the recent lows. This...
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Today’s Jobless claims rose by new filers 30,000 To 360,000. These numbers were surprising to many. Those readers lucky or smart...
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Check out Michelle Leder’s weblog Footnoted Michelle wrote the forensic accounting tome “Financial Fine Print:Uncovering a...
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More commentary on the spike in consumer prices, via today’s NYT: “Consumer prices jumped much more sharply than expected in...
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Newsday has some amusing anecdotes about the subejct of taxes. So on this expensive day, here’s something to make you smile: Tax...
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Interesting technical take in Barrons this weekend — Looking for the clues of a topping process: “As always, one of the...
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File this one under “No $%^& Sherlock:” U.S. budget deficits are not good: Two international economic watchdogs warned...
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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...
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