Author: Kevin Klombies

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comWednesday, May 21, 2008Chart Presentation: ChallengesCrude oil futures prices continued to push higher yesterday while various equity indices in Hong Kong and China declined by...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comTuesday, May 20, 2008Chart Presentation: Quick ComparisonsBelow we show a comparison of the ratio between the S&P 500 Index and the DJ AIG Commodity Index and the ratio...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comMonday, May 19, 2008Chart Presentation: Simple RealityThe positive commodity trend extended through last week. We might argue that it is old and fraught with speculation but that...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comFriday, May 16, 2008Chart Presentation: Things Go BetterWe start things off today with a ‘macro’ perspective. The chart at right compares the stock price of Coca Cola...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comThursday, May 15, 2008Chart Presentation: Three Quick Points We thought that we would make three fairly quick points today to start things off. The first two points are related...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comWednesday, May 14, 2008Chart Presentation: NTTToday’s Chart Presentation is based, at least in part, on the following news item from yesterday:TOKYO (AP) –...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comMonday, May 12, 2008Chart Presentation: DefensiveOne argument for why the U.S. equity market manages to avoid getting crushed by rising energy prices comes from a simple ratio....

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comThursday, May 8, 2008Chart Presentation: 80Perhaps someone should do us a favor and deliver a few side-of-the-head slaps to help cool our enthusiasm because our sense is that...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comWednesday, May 7, 2008Chart Presentation: Nikkei/CopperPerhaps the most dominant trend since last summer has been weakness in the financials along with concurrent strength in the...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comTuesday, May 6, 2008Chart Presentation: CompellingWe are going to start things off today by returning to our comparison of Wells Fargo (WFC), Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL), the...