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Wednesday Outlook: Commodities, Global Markets

the snoop doogy dawg animation was clever! fits the market tone perfectly.

Thursday Outlook: Commodities, Global Markets

hi dave, i agree with your general assessment that this week is looking like last week and we need to see how the next 2 days go to get a clearer picture of what the market wants to do. however, some technical analysis of my own suggests that this weeks trend in the aggregate S&P 500 is weighted more to the downside. this means it will take heavier volumes of buying than last week to maintain equilibrium, let alone go higher by weeks end.

Thursday Outlook: Commodities, Global Markets

sorry to hear about the news on your wife's health. my mother is a survivor of breast cancer now going on 10 yrs. my mother in-law is battling the disease as i write. we all have needs we don't like to admit, let alone broadcast them. God bless you for sharing. it's not over until God says it's over. will keep you both in my prayers.

Friday Outlook: Commodities, Global Markets

i general agree with what User 353732 and bricki said above. we must remember that a capitalistic economy is built one bubble after another meaning that high risk/reward takers that are successful (i.e. entrepreneurs, investment bankers, arbitrators and so forth) amass capital until the cards fall that keep the bubble inflated. some survive the card crash and some don't. those that do participate to perpetuate the next bubble and on and on. and for the successful, there couldn't be a better time when a new bubble is forming because more wealth is in fewer hands (their it might point out) this is no philosophical rant on capitalism. it is what it is.

there are times though the risk/reward enters the realm of moral hazard. where that place exists depends on each bubbles formation and characteristics. this last bubble, over leveraged credit, severely blew up the economy, the global economy in fact.

the current market run up is a bear market rally i like to equate to longing for the nostalgia and wishful thinking. with all the money floating around, perhaps a new bubble with form now. i don't think so. the governments around the globe are engaged in "player of moral hazard of last resort" to keep the economy on it's feet. though credit has frozen quite a bit, it will though when it looks like the economy is back on track.

capitalism and moral hazard don't always go hand in hand. moral hazard is usually created when greed enters and takes control of peoples minds. that's usually when late comers to the party at the orange press start squeezing just peels because all the fruit is already gone. that's why i believe making steady incremental gains over time adds up to lasting wealth, not hyper-capitalism. note: this does not mean buy and hold. you still need to be wise and gentle on the throttle.

Stock Rally Built on Fundamental Sand

chris, i like the work up and the picture. stay prescient.

Tuesday Outlook: Commodities, Global Markets

everything right now points to - it's time to sell.