Chad Hudson

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• Patiently Waiting For Jobs

  Published 18 March 2004 | viewed 2,761 times

  UNEDITED To nobody's surprise the Federal Reserve left its target for federal funds at 1%. Additionally, it Fed maintained that "it can be patient in…

• Four Years and 3,000 Points Later

  Published 11 March 2004 | viewed 2,959 times

  UNEDITED Wednesday, marked the fourth anniversary of the top in the NASDAQ Composite Index. On March 10, 2000 the NASDAQ traded as high as 5,132.52…

• All Eyes on Friday

  Published 04 March 2004 | viewed 3,248 times

  UNEDITED It seems everyone is focused on employment. It is the driving political football and the markets are fixated on any clues that offer insight…

• Confidence Down, Earnings Up

  Published 26 February 2004 | viewed 2,866 times

  UNEDITED This week the Conference Board reported that consumer confidence dropped 9.5 points to 87.3 in February; this was the lowest level since October of…

• Is Stimulated Growth Sustainable Growth?

  Published 19 February 2004 | viewed 3,349 times

  Over the past couple of months, I have been asked if I am still bearish or even if I have turned bullish. I admit that…

• Short and Ugly

  Published 12 February 2004 | viewed 3,173 times

  UNEDITED The stock market has continued to be a difficult environment for short sellers. Short dedicated hedge funds experienced the worst year since at least…

• Inflation On The Horizon

  Published 05 February 2004 | viewed 3,372 times

  UNEDITED The manufacturing and service sectors of the economy continued to expand in January according to the surveys from the Institute for Supply Management. The…

• Dropping "Considerable"

  Published 29 January 2004 | viewed 2,764 times

  UNEDITED The Federal Reserve surprised investors by dropping the phrase "considerable period" in the statement announcing its decision on interest rates. Instead of saying that…

• Earnings Lead Market Higher

  Published 22 January 2004 | viewed 2,744 times

  UNEDITED This week marks the first week big of peak earnings season. Almost 25% of the S&P 500 has reported earnings. Of the 123 companies…

• Are Expectations Too High?

  Published 15 January 2004 | viewed 3,434 times

  UNEDITED Fourth quarter earnings season is underway. The pre-announcement period was one of the most positive in recent history. The negative / positive ratio was…

• Will the Momentum Continue?

  Published 08 January 2004 | viewed 2,925 times

  UNEDITED Last year was marked by a surge in investors' appetite for risky assets. The S&P 500 added 28.7% last year after declining in each…

• Has Housing Topped?

  Published 18 December 2003 | viewed 3,861 times

  Retail sales continue to be the focus point for investors. As expected, retail sales rebounded last week after being depressed the prior week due to…

• "Considerable" Justification

  Published 11 December 2003 | viewed 3,218 times

  The focus for the week was the Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting on Tuesday. The Fed not only left the Fed Funds rate at 1%, but…

• Is Focusing on Productivity Productive?

  Published 04 December 2003 | viewed 3,495 times

  UNEDITED More economic data was released this week pointing to an expanding economy. The ISM manufacturing survey jumped 5.8 points to 62.8, which was the…

• Boomtime Again?

  Published 27 November 2003 | viewed 2,998 times

  UNEDITED There was a lot of economic data already released during this shortened trading week, with almost all of it indicating the economy continues to…

• Is Housing the Differentiating Factor?

  Published 20 November 2003 | viewed 3,308 times

  UNEDITED The residential construction report released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday provided four positive data points for the housing sector. Housing starts jumped 3.2%…

• The Cost of Auto Incentives

  Published 13 November 2003 | viewed 4,019 times

  UNEDITED Revenue growth in the third quarter was up 9.5% for the S&P 500 according to the latest estimate from First Call. This is substantially…

• Is The US Economy Overheating?

  Published 06 November 2003 | viewed 4,288 times

  UNEDITED Last weeks release of third quarter GDP gave further evidence that the economy has been stimulated beyond anything healthy. The fact that the Federal…

• Housing Bubbles

  Published 30 October 2003 | viewed 4,896 times

  UNEDITED There are virtually no signs of weakness in the housing sector. Aggregate sales data along with results from individual homebuilders continue to outpace estimates.…

• Déjà Vu

  Published 23 October 2003 | viewed 2,775 times

  UNEDITED During the first two week of October the market rallied about 5% coming into earnings season. Investors clearly were anticipating third quarter results to…