Oil prices are not Taxes!!
Aaargghh! Over the past 2 days, I heard Treasury Secretary John Snow, CNBC commentator James Cramer, and several other heads engage in...
Arab Voters Abandoning Bush in Key Swing States
The Wall Street Journal had an unusual and insightful election report today (3/17): “Arab-Americans Sour on Bush.” The...
Fed Reserve less Bullish on the Economy
WSJ reporter and long time Fed watcher Greg Ip makes the observation that the Fed was somewhat less bullish this meeting than the last...
Media Appearence: CNN fn
I’ll be on CNNfn this morning at 11:30 discussing the markets, the Presidential elections, and terrorism. Should be interesting . ....
Free Lunch
Several people have written asking where they can find this or that data series. While there is a tremendous amount of material on the...
Can radical Islam can win?
Interesting commentary from The Asian Times: Spain’s elections show why radical Islam can win: “Radical Islam has scored its...
Media Appearence: Cavuto
I’m on Fox today (Your World with Neil Cavuto @ 4pm EST) discussing terrorism and the markets. See the previous post for an...
Terror, Technicals and the TRIN
Many people blamed the market’s slide on the horrific bombings in Madrid last week. We believe Investors who adopt this approach risk...
Chart of the Week: Arms Index
Arms Index 10 Day Moving Average (2 years) As the two-year chart of the ARMS index shows, there have been several false signals since the...
The Fed, Elections and Rate Changes
We have a Fed meeting this week. Conventional wisdom is that the Fed’s hands are tied. As is so often the case, conventional wisdom...