Douglas R. Gillespie

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• A Primer on Government Economic Reporting -- Things You've Suspected but Were Afraid to Ask!

  Published 25 August 2004 | viewed 2,554 times

  When it comes to government economic data, it is easy to get terribly confused. But in recent years, it has also become easy to be…

• Bin Laden

  Published 16 August 2004 | viewed 2,898 times

  To date, this will be the third installment of this series we have published. We may do one or two more in coming weeks. These…

• Osama Bin Laden: A Profile in Terror

  Published 05 August 2004 | viewed 3,191 times

  Last week (Wednesday, 7/27), I published the first of what will probably be a total of three, perhaps four, installments of a fascinating series done…

• The Worlds Greatest Threat: Islamic Fundamentalists -- Are Energy Stocks a Buy?

  Published 28 July 2004 | viewed 2,495 times

  Friend and client, Kiril Sokoloff, is President of 13D Research, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL and Ketchum, ID). Those familiar with its endeavors know that 13D…

• Stocks: Are Terror Concerns Assuming a More Important Role in Market Behavior?

  Published 26 July 2004 | viewed 2,691 times

  The following commentary was posted at Gillespie Research. Summary Some new crosscurrents are now coalescing to buffet the stock market, despite the market's increasingly short-term…

• Midyear Economic & Market Review: More Disappointments Ahead?

  Published 21 July 2004 | viewed 2,915 times

  Foreword In December, I wrote two articles outlining my thoughts about the course the economy and the financial markets would take during 2004. I make…

• Stocks: An Ugly Day, and Not a Pretty July So Far

  Published 18 July 2004 | viewed 2,469 times

  Summary: I plan on publishing a midyear economic and market update sometime next week. In advance, here are a few comments on the recent behavior…

• Stock Market Update

  Published 12 July 2004 | viewed 3,284 times

  The following commentary was posted at Gillespie Research. Summary The markets get lots of inflation and inflation-related data this week, as well as several key…

• Stocks: An Update to the July 6th Piece

  Published 09 July 2004 | viewed 3,427 times

  The following commentary was posted at Gillespie Research. Summary During July's first five trading sessions, stocks rose on one of them and fell the other…

• Stocks: July's Inauspicious Beginning

  Published 06 July 2004 | viewed 2,780 times

  The following commentary was posted at Gillespie Research Summary For a while now, I've been docketing this summer -- July in particular -- for some…

• Update

  Published 02 July 2004 | viewed 4,187 times

  The following commentary was posted at Gillespie Research Summary Two days a quarter do not make! But weak bond and stock closes today could signal…

• Stock and Bond Update: Sell all Stocks?

  Published 22 June 2004 | viewed 2,801 times

  Summary Five-day trading weeks cannot produce results much flatter for stocks than last week did, and it contained an expiration to boot! My seven-measure tracking…

• Stocks: Are We Witnessing a Failing Rally?

  Published 15 June 2004 | viewed 2,661 times

  The following commentary was posted at Gillespie Research Summary The stock market is at or very close to an important inflection point. Will the result…

• But Its Only 30 or 40 Basis Points!

  Published 28 May 2004 | viewed 4,295 times

  Introduction This research offering deals mainly with interest rates. This said, there is tangential mention of stocks. It is very difficult to separate the two…

• Mostly Stocks

  Published 10 May 2004 | viewed 2,600 times

  Summary: Several weeks ago, I opined that domestic and international political considerations were likely to begin to exert an increasingly negative influence on stock prices.…

• More Bad Inflation Karma

  Published 04 May 2004 | viewed 3,326 times

  Summary The prices-paid component of the March ISM manufacturing index was bad. However, the one in the April index was even worse. This creates just…

• Creepy

  Published 16 April 2004 | viewed 3,081 times

  Fed Governor Ben Bernanke was at it again yesterday, the occasion being a luncheon gathering of the Investment Analysts Society of Chicago. Dr. Bernanke continued…

• Is Greenspan Preparing to Leave the Fed?

  Published 08 April 2004 | viewed 3,158 times

  A few months ago, I raised lots of eyebrows by suggesting there was a chance, perhaps even a decent chance, that Alan Greenspan would not…

• Stocks: The Topping Formations Continue

  Published 03 March 2004 | viewed 2,438 times

  Summary I think something worse -- perhaps significantly worse -- than a mere "healthy correction" is lurking out in the future ... The question of…

• Stocks -- In the Trenches!

  Published 25 February 2004 | viewed 2,564 times

  Foreword On 2/17, I published the original article from which this piece is excerpted. The following excerpted material was published on 2/20, with revisions through…