Markets

Jun 27, 2003 at 00:00

Fed Chairman Greenspan hugged and puffed and succeeded in creating the biggest hot-air balloon in US history. In September 1999 (bear market signal) the Greenspan balloon developed a tear. Nobody…

Jun 10, 2003 at 00:00

Slowly but surely the truth is emerging about the US economy and our future. This weekend the truth appeared in both the New York Times magazine and in Barron's. In…

Jun 07, 2003 at 00:00

Why would I normally expect bonds to being swooning? Because when stocks surge, it's usually a forecast of an expanding economy. And better business means rising interest rates. Ah, that's…

May 22, 2003 at 00:00

Does that mean that the market has to turn around and plunge 50% or 70%? Obviously not. But what it does mean is that if you buy stocks here and…

May 06, 2003 at 00:00

They say that on a surface level life is a comedy, and on a deep level life is a tragedy. I believe it. Along with tragedy comes the world of…

Apr 16, 2003 at 00:00

Can you make consistent profits in the markets during a primary bear market? Every day I get flooded with ideas and offers and promotions for making money in the stock…

Mar 24, 2003 at 00:00

But the war rally has lifted the S&P 9%, the Dow up 9.6%, and the Nasdaq up 10%. Furthermore, oil prices have dropped 20%, the yield on the 30-year T-bond…

Mar 16, 2003 at 00:00

This should, and is, putting pressure on the dollar. So far, the pressure has been mild and polite, but with the Iraq situation and projected tax cuts and new spending,…

Mar 04, 2003 at 00:00

From its January 2000 bull market high to its October 2002 low, the Dow has been declining for better than three years. From its bull market high to its bear…

Feb 20, 2003 at 00:00

So finally, in January 1970, Dow Jones saw fit to modernize the Rail Average. They added airline and trucking stocks and changed the Rail Average to the Transportation Average. A…