Ernie Mardaga

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• The Case for Quo Vadis

  Published 22 October 2005 | viewed 5,932 times

  In October 2004, while rummaging and ruminating in our library of secular (very-long-term) charts, we found something so fascinating that it compelled us to make…

• It's a Long, Long Time From May to November

  Published 30 April 2005 | viewed 5,328 times

  "Sell in May and go away," is one of the very best, of a very few, meaningful Wall Street sayings. The lesser-known completion is, "Do…

• Retraction!

  Published 11 April 2005 | viewed 4,635 times

  This essay was originally posted on Thursday, April 7, titled "A Picture Worth a Million Words." That title is still appropriate, but not for the…

• Critical Crossroads

  Published 11 March 2005 | viewed 4,921 times

  "The stock market" is struggling, with particular weakness in the NASDAQ. Tech stocks are tentatively topping. We doubt a significant stock market advance without tech.…

• The Sound of Hammers

  Published 18 February 2005 | viewed 4,517 times

  The Last Nail Last week we wrote of the continuing strength in the bond market ("Bonds, James, Bonds"), and the puzzlement it was causing bond…

• Bonds, James, Bonds

  Published 11 February 2005 | viewed 4,497 times

  Puzzled Pundits Ponder Plunging Payouts Bonds are the news this week, and they have the pundits scratching their heads. The "smart money" outlook was for…

• Still ARMed

  Published 29 January 2005 | viewed 4,618 times

  We share the belief that the U.S. is in a mortgage-finance/house-price bubble. A common concern, now getting renewed attention, is that increasing numbers of people…

• The Kindness of Strangers

  Published 22 January 2005 | viewed 3,911 times

  Earlier this week, the Treasury Department released the latest data on foreign investments in U.S. financial assets (through November). There was a sigh of relief…

• Hail and Farewell!

  Published 21 January 2005 | viewed 3,363 times

  For more than four decades, the "Help Wanted Index" (computed in recent years by The Conference Board, http://www.conference-board.org/) has measured newspaper ads of employment opportunities.…