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Recession Has Ended But Has the Bull Market?
Short-term traders continue to dominate…
The Great Recession has ended. Halleluiah! It was the worst recession in many ways since the Great D. Just imagine. After…
Housing Industry Painting a Mixed Picture
Disturbing reports regarding the first-time buyer program…
In early 2007, after the real estate bubble began bursting and the extent of the problems from sub-prime…
Will Q3 Earnings Support the Stock Market Rally?
Less worse may not be good enough this time around…
The rally off the March low has been remarkable. The market plunged too far to…
What The Heck Are Central Banks Up To?
Could be a deliberate attempt to introduce uncertainty into markets…
At its FOMC meeting last month the Fed said that while it is more confident that…
Double-dip Recession Could Be In The Cards
Deterioration in economic reports is worrisome…
The economic slowdown and severity of the stock market decline last year, and in January and February of this…
Federal Reserve’s Toughest Job Lies Ahead
Unwinding with possibly greater force than is customary…
Talk that was simmering before, about how the Fed will manage the eventual withdrawal of its massive…
U.S. Dollar Upside Reversal May Be Near
This despite pressure to replace it as the global currency
The U.S. dollar fell to a 12-month low against most major currencies on Thursday, with…
Don’t Bet on Big Changes to the Financial Services Industry
Are Wall Street reforms just window dressing?
Did you think it would last, that feeling that Congress and the people were mad as hell and…
September Stock Trading Could Defy History
Don’t be fooled by this year’s patterns though
The market has done quite a job of ignoring its history so far this year.
It experienced…
So Where is the Stock Market Correction?
Stocks seem to be on a ’sugar high’
There’s been a significant change in the mood on Wall Street and, therefore, in the financial media…
Employment Report Does The Job Once Again
Not the place to look for recession-ending evidence, however
As I have been pointing out for many years, the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report has the…
Has Volatility Ended Or Is It About To Resume?
Trading volume has been drying up dramatically all year
Thanks to the rally of the last three weeks, which saw the S&P 500 quickly gain 12.1%,…
An Amazing Two Weeks
Overnight, the most unusual two weeks in many years jumped off the launch pad
Just two weeks ago, global stock markets, including the U.S. market, had…
If Only All Businesses Were Lucky Enough To Be Big Banks
Stunning Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan profits mask the real problem
The half-dozen or so banks that became too big to fail have had it…
Why Warren Buffett Got Caught Sucking His Thumb
Next buying opportunity could arrive between September and November
In the section of his annual letter to his stock-holders explaining why their stock plunged 32%…
Obama Overhaul Should Provide Better Investor Protection
But don’t expect regulatory reform of the financial industry anytime soon…
The Obama Administration has provided Congress with a proposed overhaul of financial industry regulations…
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