King of Beers: King of Fed Indicators?
Jim Cramer, former hedge fund manager and mercurial founder of TheStreet.com, makes claim to a rather intriguing tell as to future Fed...
December: Naughty or Nice?
The last month of the year also tends to be one of the best. Seasonal factors – bonuses, yearend retirement account contributions and...
Chart of the Week: Gold
Gold has been surging since 2001, and closed over $400 per ounce for the first time since March 1996. Be it terrorism fears, economic...
Jobs to become Heir Apparent at Disney?
Here’s a Hollywood rumor that keeps popping up from time to time: Disney, in need of tying up Pixar’s soon-to-be-ending...
Chart of the Week: The ISE Sentiment Index (ISEE)
The International Securities Exchange devised a new contrary sentiment gauge: The ISE Sentiment Index (ISEE). ISEE is more than a mere...
The ugly process of patent enforcement
The long ugly process of collecting on your patents . . . Excerpt: “If you’ve ever used a modem to surf the Internet, chances...
The Bubble of American Supremacy
Harsh words from billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros. In an Atlantic Monthly article, “The Bubble of American...
Seasonality Revisited
Last week, we made reference to the historical Seasonality factors impacting Thanksgiving week trading. The feedback this generated made...
“Your World with Neil Cavuto”
I just got tagged for Fox’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto.” It will be on today, at 4:00 . . . The topic is...
Read it Here First II: The Productivity Paradox
Stephen S. Roach, chief economist for Morgan Stanley, has an op-ed in Sunday’s N.Y. Times: The Productivity Paradox. If that title...