Doug Noland

Prudent Bear

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• No Regrets

  Published 28 November 2007 | viewed 6,224 times

  For the shortened and volatile week, the Dow dropped 1.4% (up 4.2% y-t-d) and the S&P500 1.3% (up 1.6%). Economically-sensitive shares suffered, with the Transports…

• Credit Crunch

  Published 17 November 2007 | viewed 6,372 times

  For another unsettled and volatile week, the Dow added 1.0% (up 5.7% y-t-d) and the S&P500 0.3% (up 2.9%). Economically-sensitive issues underperformed. The Transports declined…

• Fannie in Her Own Words

  Published 09 November 2007 | viewed 5,468 times

  For the week, the Dow was slammed for 4.7% (up 4.1% y-t-d) and the S&P500 3.7% (up 2.5% y-t-d). The Transports fell 4.1% (up 1.0%),…

• Road to Ruin

  Published 02 November 2007 | viewed 7,672 times

  For the week, the Dow declined 1.5% (up 9.1% y-t-d), and the S&P500 fell 1.7% (up 6.4%). The Utilities added 0.6% (up 13.2%), while the…

• Structured Finance Under Duress

  Published 26 October 2007 | viewed 5,398 times

  For the week, the Dow gained 2.1% (up 10.8% y-t-d), and the S&P500 rose 2.3% (up 8.2%). The Utilities surged 4.8% (up 12.5%), and the…

• Respite's Over

  Published 19 October 2007 | viewed 6,393 times

  The respite from Credit crisis came to an abrupt end. For the week, the Dow was hit for 4.1% (up 8.5% y-t-d) and the S&P500…

• Not So Benign Neglect

  Published 12 October 2007 | viewed 4,658 times

  For the week, the Dow added 0.2% (up 13.1% y-t-d) and the S&P500 0.3% (up 10.1%). The Transports were hit for 1.1% (up 8.3%), while…

• Financial Structures

  Published 05 October 2007 | viewed 4,835 times

  The greed and fear quotient swang decidedly back to the bullish camp. For the week, the Dow gained 1.2% (up 12.9% y-t-d) and the S&P500…

• Clash of the Paradigms

  Published 28 September 2007 | viewed 5,123 times

  Ongoing uncertainties left the stock market mixed for the final week of the quarter. The Dow increased 0.6% (up 11.5% y-t-d), while the S&P500 was…

• Q2 2007 "Flow of Funds"

  Published 22 September 2007 | viewed 4,833 times

  Former U.S. Treasury secretary Paul O'Neill commented that the "Fed put the punch back into the punchbowl." For the week, the Dow and S&P500 gained…

• "Didn't Really Get It"

  Published 14 September 2007 | viewed 5,928 times

  Somewhat loosened Credit conditions supported stock prices. For the week, the Dow jumped 2.5% (up 7.9% y-t-d), and the S&P500 gained 2.1% (up 4.7%). The…

• Just the Facts...Again

  Published 07 September 2007 | viewed 5,731 times

  For the holiday-shortened week, the Dow declined 1.9% (up 5.2% y-t-d) and the S&P500 fell 1.4% (up 2.5%). Today's dismal employment report supported the faltering…

• Just the Facts

  Published 01 September 2007 | viewed 5,148 times

  During another volatile week, the Dow slipped 0.2% (up 7.2% y-t-d) and the S&P500 declined 0.4% (up 3.9%). The Tranports fell 0.8% (up 7.0%), and…

• Money Market Issues

  Published 24 August 2007 | viewed 6,669 times

  For the week, the Dow (up 7.3% y-t-d) and the S&P500 (up 4.3%) each rallied 2.3%. The Tranports gained 3.1% (up 7.8%), and the Morgan…

• Fed to the Rescue

  Published 17 August 2007 | viewed 5,257 times

  Due to system upgrade requirements, I am forced to complete my article early this evening and will not be able to post edits or additional…

• A Run on Wall Street Finance

  Published 10 August 2007 | viewed 6,516 times

  For an extraordinary week, the Dow gyrated wildly to a gain of 0.4% (up 6.2% y-t-d). The S&P500 gained 1.4%, increasing 2007 gains to 2.5%.…

• Credit Market Dislocation

  Published 03 August 2007 | viewed 11,487 times

  For the week, the Dow dipped only 0.6% (up 5.8% y-t-d), but more intense selling saw the S&P500 was hit for 1.8% (up 1.0%). The…

• The Hand of Finance

  Published 21 July 2007 | viewed 5,454 times

  In a volatile and rather ominous week, the Dow dipped 0.4% (up 11.1% y-t-d) and the S&P500 declined 1.2% (up 8.2%). The Transports dipped 0.2%…

• Inflation Analysis

  Published 13 July 2007 | viewed 5,061 times

  For the volatile week, the Dow gained 2.2% (up 11.6% y-t-d) and the S&P500 1.4% (up 9.5%). The Morgan Stanley Cyclical index rose another 2.0%,…

• Monopoly

  Published 06 July 2007 | viewed 5,265 times

  For the week, the Dow gained 1.5% (up 9.2% y-t-d) and the S&P500 1.8% (up 7.9%). The Transports jumped 2.5% (up 14.7%), as the Morgan…