Author: Kevin Klombies

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comMonday, August 27, 2007Chart Presentation: ResistanceThe lesson learned this month is that derivatives are useful for hedging market risk, sector risk, and security risk but they...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comFriday, August 24, 2007Chart Presentation: Crash ThoughtsThe charts show the S&P 500 Index from 1993- 94, the S&P 500 Index from 1986- 87, and the New Zealand dollar...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comThursday, August 23, 2007Chart Presentation: Return to 2004In the spring of 2004 we began to argue that the Fed was holding interest rates ‘too low’ and that the...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comWednesday, August 22, 2007Chart Presentation: 2014We quickly skimmed a newspaper article yesterday that suggested that major dealers like Goldman Sachs and commodity bulls such...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comTuesday, August 21, 2007Chart Presentation: BondsThe chart at right compares the CRB Index, U.S. 30-year T-Bond futures, and S&P 500 Index from 1980 into 1983.The last major...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comMonday, August 20, 2007Chart Presentation: Treasury TrendFriday was obviously a volatile session with the Fed cutting the discount rate (but not the funds rate) by 50 basis...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comFriday, August 17, 2007Chart Presentation: Fed Governor AUDAug. 16 (Bloomberg) — William Poole, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, said the subprime mortgage...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comThursday, August 16, 2007Chart Presentation: Cdn Dollar BearAug. 15 (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President William Poole said there’s no sign that...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comTuesday, August 15, 2007Chart Presentation: TrendsThe rest of the world knows that the toxic waste batched, bundled, securitized, and marketed as investment grade paper is the...

by Kevin Klombies, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comTuesday, August 14, 2007Chart Presentation: Copper and JNJThe chart shows the spread or difference between 10-year U.S. Treasury yields and 3-month U.S. TBill yields. When the...