Markets

Dec 04, 2011 at 07:51

The trend is up, and the markets may remain on firm path at least until the end of the year (seasonality, recent strength and unique price and breadth pattern).

Dec 04, 2011 at 07:49

The 'Purchasing manufacturing index' (PMI) is highly correlated to GDP. So what does a chart say when all the major manufacturing nations (but the USA) PMI are under 50 (or…

Dec 03, 2011 at 08:31

Last week I pointed out how currency movements have recently had an extraordinary correlation with the equity markets. On cue central banks announced a plan to support the Euro and…

Dec 03, 2011 at 08:28

Summary: Long term - on major buy signal. Short term - on sell signals. Volatility remains high which indicates a highly unstable market.

Dec 03, 2011 at 07:36

I guess I wasn't the only one who recognized that the market was in serious trouble at the end of last week. Central banks around the world stepped up to…

Dec 03, 2011 at 07:35

In this posting, I would like to share with you several more compelling reasons to be a strong Bear - NOW!

Dec 03, 2011 at 07:33

Sheeshhh amazing price action this week, but very difficult to trade, without exposing yourself to a high level of risk for the gains, the market gapped up in Sundays globex…

Dec 02, 2011 at 20:43

My hunch would be that the underlying structure of an already maladjusted Italian economy suffered from more than a decade of mispriced finance and associated distortions. Only time will tell…

Dec 02, 2011 at 15:18

Kondratiev is alive and well. Not literally, of course. Nikolai Kondratiev (sometimes written Kondratieff) died in 1938 in the Russian gulag. So who was he and why would he even…

Dec 02, 2011 at 13:47

Stephen Roach, non-executive Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, spoke with Bloomberg Television's Betty Liu about Europe's crisis, the banking system in China and the U.S. economy. On the European proposal…