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Tuesday Roundup: Housing Starts Temper the Enthusiasm

The equity markets finished mixed on Tuesday, as lower than expected numbers on housing starts tempered enthusiasm about a housing market recovery. buy generic viagra generic cialis meltabs caverta silagra The S&P500 and the Dow30 finished slightly negative, while the … Continue reading

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Monday Review: The Bulls are Back with a Vengeance

Contrary to my opinion, the equity markets opened the week with a massive rally which took the SPX well above the 900 level. The market internals were one of the most bullish I have seen in a long time; the … Continue reading

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Weekend Roundup: The Standoff Continues but Sentiment Shifting

On option expiration Friday, the equity markets followed a pattern very similar to what seen on Thursday. The market challenged the 900 level on the SPX but was sold off hard even before it reached Thursday’s highs just below 900. … Continue reading

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Global Decoupling: Distinguishing between Economies and Markets

Seeking Alpha has an interesting article by Geoff Considine, on the performance of equities in emerging markets over the past three years Geoff’s article made the following observations: 1. The hypothesis that emerging market economies were self-sustaining and hence their … Continue reading

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Thursday Review: Risk Appetite Return

The US equity markets bounced back after the large losses registered on Wednesday. about digoxin buy antibiotics online and pay cod The equity markets shook off a slightly worse than expected job-loss data with across the board gains. Stocks sold … Continue reading

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Green Shoots get a Reality Check

After almost two months of bullish action, the equity markets finally got a reality check with the announcement of lower than expected retail sale data, and sharp rise in the number of home-owners facing foreclosure. The market gapped down at … Continue reading

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Rounded Bottom: Nice Set Up for the March to the 200 Day Moving Average

The equity markets continued where they left yesterday, continuing the sell-off which started after Meredith Whitney’s bearish interview Unlike yesterday the selling was across the board with no divergence between exchanges or between the market breadth and advance/decline statistics. The … Continue reading

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Monday Mid Day Update: Divergence Galore

As I had anticipated the equity markets gapped down at the open today. download cure premature ejaculation by paul lain There is strong divergence all along, with large cap tech getting a bid while energy and financials being sold off. … Continue reading

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Weekly Roundup: The World’s Best Campaign Organizer Shows His Skills

Last weekend I had written that the stress test results would not intimidate the market, and it is likely to be a buy the news event. The markets did not disappoint. vpxl made easy They bought every leak about the … Continue reading

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Food For Thought: Ideal Interest Rate versus the Yield Curve

On April 27, FT carried an article which showed that an internal study at the Fed suggested that the ideal interest for the current economic situation was -5%. Today the 2yr-30yr bond yield spread stands at 325 bp. According to … Continue reading

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