Monday, March 3, 2008

A Closer Look At the Industrials

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The 5 year chart of the XLIs shows an average that is still above its long-term trend line. However, note the average is close to testing t...

A Closer Look At the Consumer Discretionary Sector

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As I mentioned yesterday, I'm going to spend some time this week looking at each sector of the market to see that the charts say. Remem...

Today's Markets

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I'm going to use 5-day charts to show how the markets are doing. Starting on Wednesday afternoon, the SPYs saw a lot of bear market penn...

A Closer Look At the Financial Sector

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From IBD: Global losses from mortgage and other credit problems will likely top $600 billion, UBS said. That's four times higher than th...

Personal Consumption Expenditures Flat

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From the WSJ: In the latest worrisome signs for the economy, consumer spending stalled in January, after adjusting for rising prices, and in...
Sunday, March 2, 2008

A Long-Term View of the Markets

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Last week I posted a few article dealing with the overall macro-economic situation. here is a diary that uses Bernanke's Congressional...

The Week Ahead

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The big news next week is the employment picture, which comes out on Friday. On Monday we get ISM manufacturing and Construction spending....
Saturday, March 1, 2008

Last Week's Markets

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The SPYs rose until late Wednesday when they clearly broke their uptrend. The SPYs dropped for the rest of the week. There were several ga...
Friday, February 29, 2008

Weekend Weimer and Beagle.

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The markets are closed so it's time to stop thinking about economics and the markets. To help you get in the relaxing mood, here are so...

The Coming Negative Equity Problem

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Mish has been all over this story. From today's WSJ: Goldman Sachs economists estimate that as much as $3 trillion in mortgages could be...

The Dollar's Plight and Status

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There is a fascinating story in today's WSJ today about the dollar. It mentions the current nosedive is causing a ton of problems for ...
Thursday, February 28, 2008

Translating "Fedspeak"

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Bernanke spoke to Congress on Wednesday. His opening statements provide a good outline of where the economy is presently. I have intersper...