So, just two weeks ago it looked as though "Sell in May and go away!" was not going to be as strong of a theme in 2012 compared to 2011 ... Read Full Story »
The Institute for Supply Management has issued its reading for January non-manufacturing and the data is strong. Very strong. At 56.8, this is the best reading in almost a ... Read Full Story »
Treasuries are seeing a continued slide as the impact of QE2 and raised economic projections along with higher inflation in China. The 10-Year Treasury hit a yield above 3.39% and ... Read Full Story »
QE2 has so far had no impact on keeping Treasury bond yields lower. Lower taxes, higher deficits, European bailouts, and a still-present race by nations devaluing currencies are all to ... Read Full Story »
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has recently released its quarterly holdings and the changes were more than in any recent quarter. This morning CNBC has been interviewing Warren Buffett about ... Read Full Story »
The elections are over and the Republicans took over the House but not the Senate as expected. Today is D-Day for Quantitative Easing or QE2... Decision Day. Now it is ... Read Full Story »
It is no secret that the elections are Tuesday, November 2, and it is no secret that the FOMC under Ben Bernanke will begin the November FOMC starting November 2 ... Read Full Story »
Quantitative easing, or QE2, is coming to a head. What we will see depends upon whom you ask, and the verdict seems to depend on the direction of the wind ... Read Full Story »
Maybe the markets felt directionless for most of Friday ahead of earnings season, but the trading action of this week might make some wonder if a Double-Dip Recession is less ... Read Full Story »
There is always one interesting notion when there is a day that the market has fallen out of bed. There are almost always some stocks which rally because of news ... Read Full Story »
The big technical level in the S&P 500 Index was 1,085, but that feels like some time ago. There is no magic trick on a technical level of 10,000 on ... Read Full Story »
Maybe it is time after a 50%+ gain in the major equity indexes, or maybe it is just everyone getting into the October bearish mode. We are hearing more and ... Read Full Story »
Today, Bernanke & Co at the FOMC gave us their rate decision. The FOMC has decided to the Fed Funds Rate 0.25% to 2% and the Discount Rate by 0.25% ... Read Full Story »
This morning we saw the release of the Producer Price index, or wholesale inflation. Inflation is the key word today. The headline PPI number for November came in at +3.2%. ... Read Full Story »
The FOMC did just come out and issue its discount on interest rates today. We saw a 0.25% RATE CUT FED FUNDS and we saw a 0.25% RATE CUT ON ... Read Full Story »