After a brief 0.1% rise in inflation in June and July, Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) estimates the CPI stands at ?0.9% in September, five tenths lower than that registered in August. The above is a “flash” reading. The INE
September 30, 2015
Biotech Bloodbath Sends Stocks To Longest Losing Streak Since Lehman; Credit Crashes Most In 4 Years
For 2015… you get nothing!! The quarter’s carnage: Russell 2000 down 12.7% – worst qtr since Q3 2011 Dow down 8% – worst qtr since Q3 2011 Nasdaq down 7.9% – worst qtr since Q3 2011 S&P down 7.4% –
Recency bias is a real sonofabitch. After someone goes through a traumatic experience they tend to be shocked into believing that the next big traumatic experience is right around the corner. But the reality is that outlier events are outlier
The miners outperformed the metals today for the end of the third quarter. I am getting much more interested in the miners at these prices, and my interest will become stronger if the metals can manage to sustain a rally
Today I wanted to use Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stock to find the stocks with both a Weighted Alpha higher than 50.00+ and technical buy signals of 80% or better. There were only 2 – Digi International (NASDAQ:DGII) and Pericom
Three months ago to the day (6/30), I served up a list of reasons for lowering one’s exposure to riskier assets. I discussed weakness in market internals where fewer and fewer corporate components of the Dow and S&P 500 had been
Russia, the world’s largest nation, has seen its economy shift up and down and sideways, remaining staunchly viable for some time and then falling bitterly. Often the movement is in reaction to outside pressures while at other times it can
Stocks managed a bounce for the end of the quarter. Non-Farm payrolls on Friday. Economic news continue to bring a message of a sluggish recovery plagued by unequal gains and sluggish aggregate demand. Plenty of tail risks overseas and in
Historical volatility projection suggests the range of probable S&P 500 prices from around 1750 to 2050 by year-end Major trend indicators suggest high probability of prices ending in the lower half of the probability range GAAP P/E and forward operating P/E
Despite a dicey market we are staring down a full calendar this week and next. There are 13 deals in active marketing now which is pretty good (the system peaks out at around 20 or so because things are still manual,
