Chad Hudson

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• Hope Springs Eternal

  Published 06 February 2002 | viewed 3,491 times

  Fourth quarter earnings are mostly behind us and most investors are glad 2001 is over. 2001 will go down as the worst year for earnings…

• The End of an Era

  Published 30 January 2002 | viewed 3,166 times

  The Enron collapse will resonate throughout the economy for a long time. As exemplified by Enron, aggressive managers and executives that were rewarded over the…

• What Happened to Synergies

  Published 23 January 2002 | viewed 3,168 times

  The big corporate news this week was Tyco's announcement that it would sell-off three businesses and spin-out the other. Analysts are mixed. Most of Wall…

• Mixed Data = Recovery?

  Published 16 January 2002 | viewed 3,253 times

  Economists are all singing the same tune about the economy. The data has gone from bad to mixed, which obviously signals an imminent recovery. Why…

• 2002: Bipolar Forecasts

  Published 09 January 2002 | viewed 2,982 times

  (UNEDITED) Wall Street strategists are systematically forecasting a strengthening economy for 2003. The party line calls for business spending to pick up while the consumer…

• This is a Recovery?

  Published 19 December 2001 | viewed 3,269 times

  Economists continue to forecast a “turn” is underway. They all point to the deceleration of the declines in economic indicators. I have to disagree. While,…

• Shoving On a String

  Published 12 December 2001 | viewed 4,953 times

  The obvious big news for the week is the 25 basis point cut. Will the eleventh consecutive cut for a total of 4.75%, influence companies…

• NAPM's blip

  Published 05 December 2001 | viewed 3,057 times

  Today, Wall Street’s fears were eased by the Non-Manufacturing NAPM survey came in higher than economists expectations and actually signaled some expansion. I would be…

• NBER plays Grinch

  Published 28 November 2001 | viewed 2,868 times

  Retailers must really hate the timing of the NBER declaring a recession. Just in time to kick off the holiday shopping season. Coupled with lower…

• McTeer is Heard

  Published 14 November 2001 | viewed 3,108 times

  I’m not sure how much hand holding there was, but it sure looks like everyone went out and bought a SUV. (Earlier this year Dallas…

• Nine, Ten, Big Fat Hen

  Published 07 November 2001 | viewed 3,368 times

  Will the tenth interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve work better than the previous nine? In order to answer that central question, one needs…

• Negative Earnings Momentum

  Published 31 October 2001 | viewed 3,657 times

  Today’s release of preliminary GDP data indicated the economy was not as weak as economists expected in the third quarter. This was followed by the…

• Earnings and Pink Slips

  Published 24 October 2001 | viewed 3,109 times

  Earnings season is in full force with mixed results. Several companies are meeting or beating lowered estimates. While the market is focusing on a couple…

• Where is the Good News?

  Published 17 October 2001 | viewed 3,227 times

  The economy continues to show signs of weakness. Industrial production declined for the twelfth consecutive month. This is the longest stretch since the postwar armament…

• More Questions

  Published 03 October 2001 | viewed 3,246 times

  Companies are reporting that business is improving and investors are embracing these announcements. However, these companies are reporting that business is improving from the days…

• Slip Sliding

  Published 26 September 2001 | viewed 2,863 times

  Economic statastics released this week show that the economy continued to weaken even before the attack on September 11th. The Index of Leading Indicators fell…

• A Time for Prayer

  Published 19 September 2001 | viewed 3,106 times

  The tragic attack in New York City and Washington D.C. really puts economic and capital market analysis in its proper perspective. I'm sure I'm not…

• Do as I Say, Not as I DO

  Published 05 September 2001 | viewed 3,219 times

  Dallas Fed president Robert McTeer met with the editors and writers of the Dallas Morning News last week and the interview ran over the weekend,…

• No Rebound Yet

  Published 29 August 2001 | viewed 3,081 times

  Sun Microsystems just announced that it would not meet the $3.7 billion revenue target set last month. Sun also stated that it doubts it will…

• Retailers Starting to Show Cracks

  Published 22 August 2001 | viewed 3,370 times

  Retail stocks have held up amazingly well. However, they are starting to experience weakness as investors are starting to realize that the economic slowdown is…