Markets

Jan 20, 2012 at 08:10

We noted extreme levels of optimism earlier today. What could possibly trigger a correction in stocks and commodities? If the Fed fails to signal and/or announce another round of quantitative…

Jan 20, 2012 at 08:01

Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom and Doom report, spoke to Bloomberg Television's Sara Eisen and Erik Schatzker and said that investors have created a "bubble" in the "highest-quality"…

Jan 20, 2012 at 07:21

1/27: How the market moves into this date, will set up the remainder of the first quarter. As you know, I've been looking for a strong start to January, a…

Jan 20, 2012 at 06:34

Thursday's trading saw a continuation of the "risk on" trade with the major indexes adding fractional gains and the leading indexes leading the way higher with relative outperformance. With the…

Jan 20, 2012 at 06:32

Previous Federal Reserve Chairmen were dead set against the idea of any inflation. Back in those days, "stable prices" meant no inflation. (That every Fed chairman quoted below failed, and…

Jan 20, 2012 at 06:06

Congratulations to the NDX, since yesterday it achieved a new high above the July 2011 peak officially killing the Perma bearish counts. We already knew it!

Jan 20, 2012 at 06:04

EUR/USD is showing signs of renewed weakness, after the recent shortcovering rally from extreme momentum and liquidity conditions (with net short positions over 2 standard deviations from the yearly average).

Jan 19, 2012 at 18:48

The sneakier reason that some economists are calling for a flattening out of core inflation is that we all can see the conditions in the rental markets, and that follows…

Jan 19, 2012 at 14:23

The S&P 500 is up 4.52% year-to-date on Thursday, January 19, 2012, and provided that major market indices will not fall into a bottomless abyss on tomorrow's option expiration, the…

Jan 19, 2012 at 12:10

Bloomberg TV's Margaret Brennan spoke to banking analyst Brad Hintz this morning, who told Bloomberg TV, "We should kind of tip our hat to Morgan Stanley. They pulled one off…