Markets

May 06, 2013 at 20:20

We recommended a long position in the Australian dollar this morning, 1.0205. Markets have a certain logic to them, and there are times when one can find a developing story…

Jan 02, 2013 at 12:47

Forecasting is quite simple once you do it over and over again for many years. Being consistently profitable begins with Accurate Forecasting and Analytic Procedures, then it requires Well Honed:…

Jan 01, 2013 at 11:27

A "Reality Check" is many things to me as a financial analyst and asset manager. For both of us, there are a couple of rather simple questions to be answered…

Apr 18, 2013 at 19:13

We've seen quite the change in the Japanese stock market since the election of Prime Minister Abe last November. Accompanying the impressive stock rally we've seen change in the Japanese…

May 06, 2013 at 18:41

One of the apparent conundrums of US Fed money printing in the current cycle is lack of headline inflation, at least as measured by the CPI. Certainly the CPI calculation…

May 06, 2013 at 18:35

It is interesting to me that analysts and journalists truly enjoy finding comparisons between present situations and actors, except when the comparisons suggest unpleasant conclusions. This is at a time…

May 06, 2013 at 17:01

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May 06, 2013 at 16:50

During the first week of May every year, the maxim, "Sell in May and Go Away," gets taken out, dusted off and powered up as a reason to sell stocks.…

May 06, 2013 at 16:19

A couple of days after the Fed announced Ben Bernanke would not attend the Jackson Hole summit, for the first time in twenty five years, the New York Times (on…

May 06, 2013 at 16:01

Through a fortuitous chain of events, I have recently uncovered the 36 year energy wave that shapes and influences every major trend in financial markets. This wave can be traced…