Feb 15, 2010

Daily Markets - Financial News And Opinions

Daily Markets - Financial News And Opinions

Sovereign Debt: Greece And California

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 05:45 PM PST

I’m afraid I’m about to state the obvious again. Most of you already know what I’m about to say, but as I listen to pundits talk about Greece on daytime TV it’s becoming obvious that not everyone does.

The issue is sovereign debt: when is it a problem and when does it become a crisis? The short answer is that too much debt is, by definition of “too much,” always a problem, whether the debt is owed by individuals, corporations, or countries. Focusing on countries only, too much debt … [visit site to read more]

Ratio Of The S&P 500 To The US Dollar: Can It Foretell Where The Stock Market Is Going?

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:01 PM PST

I’m fascinated by intermarket analysis.  I believe there is much that the everyday investor that does not understand.  OK, by that I mean there is much that I do not understand myself.  I once listened to a market professional talk about the “Dollar Weighted S&P 500″.  This sounds complicated, but in reality it is just the S&P 500 index divided by the US Dollar index.

Some of you are thinking “great, now how do I do that?”.  Well stockcharts.com makes it easy.  You type … [visit site to read more]

Debt/GDP: US, Italy, France, Japan & UK In Ring Of Fire

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 03:28 PM PST

All eyes within the markets and on the global financial landscape are currently fixated on Greece. Will it default? Will the EU bail out this island nation? If so, at what cost and on what terms? What is at the core of Greece’s fiscal nightmare? Excessive debt. So, what else is new?

Do not think that the excessive debt within Greece is the only nation on our global financial landscape facing this problem. What other nations do we need to keep on our radar? Bloomberg addresses this … [visit site to read more]

A Panoply Of Commission-Free ETFs: Implications For Industry, Brokers And Investors

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST

Competition in the online trading space is intensifying. As reported in Discount Online Stock Trading: Charles Schwab Calls the Shots, Charles Schwab (SCHW) recently launched eight in-house exchange-traded funds offering commission free trading on these products to its customers. The Schwab ETF lineup includes U.S. Broad Market (SCHB), U.S. Large Cap (SCHX), and International Equity (SCHF) ETFs.

Reacting to Schwab’s move, Fidelity has announced that its customers can trade 25 ETFs … [visit site to read more]

Homebuilder Sector Stands On Firm Ground, Airline Stocks Bullish

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:01 PM PST

iShares DJ US Home Construction Fund (ITB)

As mentioned in the previous posting, the homebuilding sector seems to have turned around with DR Horton (DHI) and M/I Homes (MHO) poising for a rebound move. In this posting, we feature ITB ( Home Building Index fund ). ITB is again testing $13.14 resistance for the 3rd time this month. Note the last two trading sessions ended with high volume on white candlestick. RSI and MACD are showing bullish convergence as well. I expect ITB to … [visit site to read more]

What People Want

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST

President Obama has to maneuver his way through a lot of constituencies, including Democratic senators and congress members, his own staff, and special-interest groups. Underneath it all, he may actually be a fiscal reformer. If he enacts major fiscal reforms, he will have one indispensable constituency on his side: public opinion. Ask the American people, and they will tell you overwhelmingly that our sustained fiscal health is fundamentally important.
In fact, we at the Peterson Foundation … [visit site to read more]
posted by

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)