NutritionFacts

Bank of Japan vs. the Fed

can't read the writing on the chart/image.
please link to a larger version.

The Stock Market Continues to Heal

A more accurate headline would shurely have been "The Stock Market Continues to Tread Water".

Furthermore, going nowhere after a steep move in either direction fulfils the imporant function of working off overbought or oversold conditions, creating the setup for either a continuation or a reversal, neither of which can be forecast with any great degree of confidence.

Remember The 3-Alarm Sell Signal?

Indeed. A quick check on 't internet confirms the signal was given in 07, not 06 as marked on the chart. NIL POINTS POUR MONSIEUR BABAK!!!!

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Semiconductors, Financials Due for a Rally

Inclined to agree. FWIW SNDK posted a 0.9% rise on Friday. I see that on Wednesday it closed a gap that has remained open since it occurred way back in July 05.

A Twist on the 'January Effect'

Observations: 107
Adjusted R 25.8%
Intercept Coefficient 10.2%
PE Coefficient -.95%
Positive January Return Coefficient 21.9%%
PE Coefficient P Value 6.7-4
Positive January Coefficient P Value 3 .9-8
F 19.7


Yeah, and what do these numbers mean (er, apart from "Observations"...I can figure that one out myself)? I did maths A level, but that did not include statistics (that being what thickos elected for, or so I was told), so this is mumbo jumbo to me, and doubtless many others, and consequently the usefulness of what looks like a potentially useful piece of work has been severely compromised. You don't have to write a statistics 101, but a line or two on each type of statistic would assist greatly.

Why Stocks Will Struggle in 2008

::yawn::

How Much Liquidity is Enough?

How much re-hashing of the same, tired old arguments is enough?

Christmas Rally? Maybe, But a Cold Winter Ahead

I think your position of "immense negativity on the market" is unwarranted. But, that's what makes a market, and I am comfortable (indeed perchance comforted?) that yours is the majority view right now.

What Bull Market? A Closer Look at the Most Recent “Bull” Run

"With the Dow breaking down this year in cash terms, an overspent US consumer with no more equity left to pull out of their homes, and a fed chairman who can not come to the rescue (without causing a currency crisis), I sense major trouble ahead."

How many times have we heard this already, and after having to wade through all those charts to boot?

Frankly, what is the point of showing the Dow relative to oil? The sheer pointlessness of it all......