What Will the Last Three Weeks of 2008 Bring? [View article]
While it might be baked in, consider the low volume and who is most likely doing the trading - day traders and others that have an interest in stocks increasing through the remainder of the billing cycle. Higher asset values equal higher revenues for firms at year end. Self fulfilling prophesies have driven this market for the past couple of months, why would this be any different?
4 Ways to Tell if This Bear Market Has Really Bottomed [View article]
Basing things on 2009 PE, things may be expensive, but if you take the PV of a lot of larger companies' CF for a couple more years out, they are selling cheaply.
4 Ways to Tell if This Bear Market Has Really Bottomed [View article]
Neither HAS to be wrong. Right now I don't know that there are many stock "investors". There are a ton of traders which is why the moves have become more predictable. Go long, take it off, short, repeat.
Will Expected Rally Be Part Bear or Bull? [View article]
He is right about those levels - just not their positioning. There are too many other levels of resistance before that to have any confidence in what he is saying. Hell, we failed a number of them today.
I have lived in Europe and America, albeit America for much longer and there are pros and cons to both countries. I agree with the sentiment of the article, but I hope we are able to right the ship before it's too late. If these Olympics have taught us anything, it is that the will of the people can overwhelm the political barriers we find ourselves constantly debating.
Debt should not be measured relative to GDP because we have been using said debt to continually fund our growth. Look at this past quarter; GDP rose 1.9% and everyone believes our economy isn't that bad, but the consumption aspect was all funded with debt for the "stimulus" plan.
What Will the Last Three Weeks of 2008 Bring? [View article]
Constant 'Bottoming Process' Calls Are Meaningless [View article]
4 Ways to Tell if This Bear Market Has Really Bottomed [View article]
4 Ways to Tell if This Bear Market Has Really Bottomed [View article]
Will Expected Rally Be Part Bear or Bull? [View article]
The Market Is Telling Us Something [View article]
What the TICK Is Telling Us Today [View article]
Wake Up America, You’re Sinking [View article]
Delusions of Debt [View article]
Debt should not be measured relative to GDP because we have been using said debt to continually fund our growth. Look at this past quarter; GDP rose 1.9% and everyone believes our economy isn't that bad, but the consumption aspect was all funded with debt for the "stimulus" plan.
You Knew the Short Squeeze Was Coming [View article]