Markets

Aug 06, 2011 at 09:19

There is no evidence of a bottom. But, after a 10% - 15% decline in the major indices over 2 weeks there should be a bounce. I expect the major…

Aug 06, 2011 at 09:18

Ready for battle next week, the SP500 has fallen 12% in the last two weeks, yet some stocks with good Alpha and are still holding above their 50 SMA are…

Aug 06, 2011 at 09:15

As shocking as SP's mathematical mistake is at this stage of the game, what should be remembered is that the major rating agencies will rate crap triple-A for a price…

Aug 06, 2011 at 06:29

Summary: Long term - on major buy signal. Short term - on mixed signals. We took profits these past two weeks and shall now wait for new signals and set…

Aug 06, 2011 at 06:28

Today, the speculator community must have one eye on the debt markets and the other on the currencies - with rapid glances back and forth to unstable equities, commodities and…

Aug 05, 2011 at 15:24

To an extent not fully appreciated by the investing public, financial markets are influenced by human emotion just as much as they are by economic data, corporate earnings, and dividend…

Aug 05, 2011 at 13:36

The one constant this year has been market volatility. Stock market volatility, including for the mining stocks, has waxed and waned throughout 2011 but has been recurrent more this year…

Aug 05, 2011 at 13:26

The sovereign debt crisis gained significant attention in July, yet while the equity market is overdue for a bounce, it remains significantly overvalued. The chart below, showing the highest debt/GDP…

Aug 05, 2011 at 12:49

With a last-minute debt deal reached, I'm reminded of two holy words in Washington: "compromise" and "bipartisanship." It's amazing that the political elite have so twisted the English language as…

Aug 05, 2011 at 12:03

Investors know that markets can stubbornly stay in an oversold or overbought condition for a long time. So, how can you analyze the the degree to which something is oversold…