Markets

Feb 21, 2002 at 00:00

Nonetheless, the market said that investors sure liked the cyclicals today, and were fed up with all the bad news. Joe Kernan (CNBC) figured it was a good day because…

Feb 05, 2002 at 00:00

I really don't know when they'll get there, but they are coming off their long-term bottoms like bats out of hell. If they do make it, we'll be talking about…

Jan 31, 2002 at 00:00

In modern society you cannot have the first without ensuring the second. It sure would be nice to define everything in positive terms, but we can't do that with rules.…

Jan 19, 2002 at 00:00

The Canadian dollar completed an outside day (it made a fresh low and closed above its Thursday high) on the short term chart, but the close was still below the…

Jul 24, 2003 at 00:00

Earnings season is half over. As of Wednesday morning 250 S&P 500 companies have reported second quarter earnings. Companies continued to outpace analysts' estimates, and maintain third and fourth quarter…

Jul 17, 2003 at 00:00

Advertising remains a mixed picture. Most newspapers have reported strength in advertising, but limited results so far. Several newspapers are reporting lower circulation, but higher revenue from circulation thanks to…

Jul 10, 2003 at 00:00

The stock market has been a dangerous environment for short sellers. The liquidity tap has been wide open for several months, which has helped fuel the rally since the fall…

Jul 18, 2003 at 00:00

Since it would probably take me a hundred lifetimes to even start to truly fully understand the markets, I have also always been an eager student of market history. Market…

Jul 11, 2003 at 00:00

As we plunge into the second half of this year, the alleged home of the die-hard bulls' fabled Second Half Recovery, one grand question continues to perplex index speculators. Have…

Jul 18, 2003 at 00:00

Long held to be a primary reason for the longevity of the Japanese collapse was the unwillingness of the system to put defunct, superfluous or clearly anachronistic companies out of…