Chris Lau

Miserable October Retail Sales: Eye on Oil, Autos and Housing

the longer home prices fail to stabilize, the longer it will take for market to stabilize. so far we have not had a single 2-month stabilization in homes.

10 Top Dividend Stocks of the S&P 500

The table needs to look at the Cash flow per share and to compare that to the dividend payout.

Fundamentally, i'd avoid auto, am not completely sure where pharmas fit (too much competition, and politics are pushing for lower health care costs).

How Bad Is the Oil Shock of 2008?

The oil price shock is a bubble that we all see and feel, yet it hasn't popped. The US is facing a fairly significant growth in unemployment (see May data released today), the US autos are finally shifting production to smaller more fuel-efficient cars, and the housing market is declining world wide. The latter will have the most profound impact on demand, and therefore the consumption of oil.