Let’s play “Surprise the Economists!”
Here’s some of the responses from various Economists, via WSJ: “The payroll gain of 1,000 jobs is “quite shocking. …...
Payroll improvement: 1000 Jobs
Yes, you read that right: The mighty American economy created no new jobs in December. The actual number — 1,000 — is...
It’s Not Easy Being Greenback
Today we wade into the morass that is the U.S. dollar: Of all the chatter produced by Wall Street, this seems to be one of the more...
Chart(s) of the Week: 2003 DJIA, priced in Euros
Performance changes based upon your currency perspective. If you bought the Dow Jones Industrial Average with your Euros on the first day...
Hollywood’s Newest Nightmare
Since we’ve been focusing on piracy and downloads, here’s the latest item to torture the MPAA: The Archos Video AV320. Its...
Competing on other than Price for Music Sales
Decommoditizing Commodity Products: We’ve been looking at price competition for retail music sales; I normally care very little...
Silicon Valley stocks revived in year
I somehow overlooked David Sylvester’s year end wrap up for the San Jose Mercury News, located in the heart of Silicon Valley...
Music Retailers Competing on Price
We previously discussed how “Music Sales were Rising on Aggressive Discounting, Price Competition and an Improving Economy.”...
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...