German Courts and Apple
Markets breathed a collective sigh of relief after the German courts ruled “favorably”, allowing the European bailouts to continue. Apple unveiled its latest iPhone as the stock sits near all time highs. Both events did not inspire the markets to do much other than digest as they awaited the Fed’s 12:30pm announcement on Thursday. By the end of the week, the markets will have digested the ECB’s latest pledge to buy European debt in a HUGE way, Apple’s new phone, […]
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Date: September 20, 2012
WHEN the Bull Market Ends
The latest Street$marts is here… http://www.investfortomorrow.com/newsletter/CurrentStreet$marts20120905.pdf
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Date: September 6, 2012
Apple in the Spotlight… Again
It’s been a while since I mentioned Apple, but the action of late deserves comment. After peaking in April with the broad market, the stock declined into May with the broad market. But when stocks declined further into early June, Apple did not follow suit by making a new low. Rather, it formed a higher low than it saw in May and that was the first clue that it was ready to rally again. This week, Apple made an all […]
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Date: September 4, 2012
Friday is Finally Here
It seems like the markets, investors and media have been waiting forever for Ben Bernanke to give his annual speech from the Fed’s retreat in Jackson Hole WY. Lots of initial expectations have faded into much ado about nothing. I like that the stock market is showing weakness into the speech. That leaves ammunition for a potential move higher next week. Today’s decline was very orderly and began to restore a little worry in the markets. We don’t need all […]
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Date: September 4, 2012
Like Watching Paint Dry
Unlike the summers of 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006, the summer of 2012 has been very, very quiet. Volatility is at an historically low level. Volatility contraction leads to expansion and vice-versa. At some point, we are going to see a spike in volatility and that will shock the system. Later this week, Ben Bernanke will make his annual speech from the Fed’s retreat in Jackson Hole WY on Friday at 10:00am. While everyone will be on the […]
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Date: September 4, 2012
A Face for Radio
Here is the link from my FOX Business segment on Monday. You will notice that I was on the phone rather than in front of the camera. I guess they finally realized that I had a better face for radio! http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1773818720001/ipo-surge-a-healthy-sign-for-markets
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Date: August 7, 2012
FOX Business & Employment Report Update
I am going to be on FOX Business’ Markets Now close to 1pm est on Monday, hopefully discussing some of the items below. After a string of weak but positive employment reports, Friday’s data were “better than expected”, but still not strong enough to keep pace with population growth. And when you dive into the details of the report, according to John Williams of Shadow Stats, you see the normal “seasonal adjustments” accounted for a significant number of jobs created. What […]
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Date: August 6, 2012
Nothing New from the ECB
After Ben Bernanke gave the market little to cheer for on Wednesday, his European counterpart, Mario Draghi, and the ECB left interest rates alone and disappointed investors who were hoping for a follow up from his bold statement last week. Draghi did indicate that massive bond purchases would resume again, but that was more than expected. Draghi better deliver quickly or his credibility will certainly suffer. Could he have put his foot in his mouth without speaking with the Germans […]
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Date: August 6, 2012
Keeping an Eye on Those Canaries
The latest Street$marts is out. http://www.investfortomorrow.com/newsletter/CurrentStreet$marts20120801.pdf
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Date: August 6, 2012
Market Getting Tired
Here is Monday’s segment we did on CNBC which remains our position today. http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000103231&play=1 Stocks have been on a nice little run this week with a dearth of news out of Europe and generally better than expected earnings from bellwether companies. Keep in mind that the earnings “beats” are after Wall Street cut estimates over the past month and the general sentiment regarding earnings had become so negative that it should not be a surprise to see them bettered. This […]
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Date: July 20, 2012
