Looking For Growth In Indonesia
By Frank Holmes (Guest Post) Manufacturing production has been a bright spot for Indonesia. There’s been resilient manufacturing production growth in Indonesia compared to Malaysia, the Philippines and...
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ChartMatters: Secular Bull vs. Secular Bear and The Coming QE3
By Doug Short (Guest Post) Was the March 2009 low the end of a secular bear market and the beginning of a secular bull? Without crystal ball, we simply don’t know. One thing we can do is examine the past to broaden...
Read MoreChartMatters: S&P 500 August 4th Thrashing
By Doug Short (Guest Post) After a modest one-day rally the S&P 500 selloff returned with a vengeance, falling 4.78% and closing very near the intraday low. The index is 11.99% below the interim high set on April 29,...
Read MoreUp and Down Goes The 10-year Treasury
By Andrew Butter (Guest Post) Last December, the hyper-ventilating students of Econ-101 had finally got it cracked, (for a change). America was going to hyper-inflate and the 10-Year was going to 6%. The minority view...
Read MoreThe Technical Outlook of S&P 500
By JW Jones (via Technical Trader) (Guest Post) The following article is an update on the current technical position of the marketplace as I see it. Obviously the price action this week has been ugly as the situation...
Read MoreMarket Alert: The Short End Is Tight
By Bruce Krasting (Guest Post) The equity markets ‘shit the bed’ a couple days ago. U.S. investors got tattooed for $2 trillion of market cap. And this was supposed to be a good day. Talk about,...
Read MoreChartMatters: S&P 500 – We Have A Gain!
By Doug Short (Guest Post) The S&P 500 broke the string of down days (seven) with a modest gain, up 0.50%, but this came after a mid-morning intraday low down 1.55%. The index is 7.57% below the interim high set on April 29,...
Read MoreThe 2011 Gold Season Is About To Start
By Frank Holmes (Guest Post) The ongoing debate in Washington prompted increased Fear Trade activity in gold this week. The issue over raising the federal borrowing limit caused the yellow metal to remain around its...
Read MoreChartMatters: America’s Recession Mentality
By Doug Short (Guest Post) The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index final report for July came in at 63.7, a drop from the 71.5 June final number but only 0.1 below the July preliminary reading of 63.8. The...
Read MoreNumber Crunching: Recession and QE3
By Bruce Krasting (Guest Post) Boy does the economy stink! The GDP report from the BEA was about as bad as it could get. I think the economy is rapidly approaching stall speed. The insanity in D.C. has already put an...
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