Doug Roberts

High Frequency Trading: Providing Value?

Thank you for the link to the Bloomberg article; it was very informative.

Winter's Coming for the Boomers: Part 1

I loved it. I look forward to part 2.

Reject blaming wall street and Republicans. Blame belongs to the entire country. Our country has become a self-absorbed bubble of entitlement. I don't want things to get ugly, but we'll be lucky to have things only as bad as the Depression - in that era we at least were the creditor nation of the world.

Why the Dow Is Headed to 6000

I like the 6,000 number - or a number lower - but the author gave a nuanced trading suggestion for Dow 8,200 that allows for either a rally higher or further decline (for example to his target of 6,000) if 8,200 were tripped. The key is the paragraph about whipsaws.

Main Street Down and Out?

I loved the graphs and concur with the analysis.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

The concern about "reasonable profits" probably comes from an errant story that has been floating around for more than a year. The story is about Nancy Pelosi and quotes her saying that she supports a 100% windfall profits tax on stock market trading profits - including that of retired persons. It has been labeled as fallacious by factcheck.org (try this link: www.factcheck.org/askf... ).

All Recessions Are Local

Very cool map! Thanks.

Businesses Advised to Walk Away

I like your analyses, but leave out your Iraq politics. It makes me doubt your logic.

Do Rising Prices Indicate Inflation?

I appreciate the reminder that the decline in housing prices is slowing inflation, even if not in CPI it will be in PCE.

Review: WSJ 2007 Forecasts

Hi Barry - Love the 2007 prediction, what's the 2008 prediction? - Doug

Dow 1 Million Before My Kid Retires

Hi - Using the period you put forward - 1928-2007 - then the Dow returned 5% - using the numbers you put forward - without dividends. That is substantially different than 8%. You left out any discussion of dividends.

Can the November Market Predict the Election?

This guy is just flying his colors. Not only is there no apparent pattern in his table of data, but the reader has to guess his politics. 2000 was a "split decision"? The reader has to read to the end to find out that he differentiates between winning the election and winning the popular vote.