Stock Market, Economics, Equity Analysis
Jan22
I'd like to point out to readers a very good article in the New York Times on one of the major challenges for the new era economy. Unlike past eras, many of our major corporations are no longer major employers…
Jan21
At one level, the stock market is much about probability and statistics. Of course there are many other levels as humans are involved, hence emotions, sentiment and the like are also keys. If it were just about statistics and probabilities,…
Jan20
It looks like market players are positioning for the first pattern of the year – every first day of the week (two Tuesdays due to holidays) has been a gap up. Followed by a lot of sideways action. To partake…
Jan20
This has been a very frustrating month, topped off by today's actions. The Dow is up substantially but that is almost entirely on the back of IBM as its the most influential weighting on a price weighted index. Meanwhile many…
Jan20
This WSJ story is in line with a piece I wrote early in the month regarding the massive move in anything home building/home remodeling since October, and accelerating of late. While we just finished off yet another horrid year in…