stock market

Is Inflation Dead?

Joe Fibonacci — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:41:48 -0400

Inflation is dead, according to the latest CPI figures. But you may want to protect yourself from it, just in case. Many people now are asking why gold, the traditional hedge against inflation, now costs more than it ever has in the history of the U.S.? In fact, this past week it briefly came close to surpassing $1,050 an ounce.

Stock Markets Climb Again

Bill Cash — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:07:42 -0400

Just a quick test post for the online stock trading community - markets rose again ! They have been rising steadily and inexorably since March 2009 but I still think we are going to see a major correction soon - probably in October.

What is your stock market prediction for the next 18 months?

Scott Lovingood — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:23:42 -0400

Stock Market Prediction

Can we predict the stock market? Predict is probably a strong word. It implies foreknowledge. An ability to tell the future that is unable to be changed. Most people when they mention a prediction for the stock market mean an educated guess based on theory, facts, figures and data that is more probable to occur than other guesses. Just doesn't have the same ring to it does it?

Get Bullish With Google's New Investing Weapon

Chris Dannen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:30:43 -0400

Google has created a service that tracks Americans' search queries as compared to market growth--and it works.

What Do Tiger Woods and the Dow Jones Index Have in Common?

Bob Smiley — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:19:31 -0400

Not only can Tiger predict the direction of the stock market, there's a good chance he might be controlling it.

Yes, as bizarre as it may seem, by superimposing a timeline of Tiger Woods' career achievements with the corresponding Dow Jones Industrial Average ticker, one begins to notice an uncanny resemblance.

Clash of the Classes

Steve Curnutte — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:38:23 -0400

Take any sampling of say, 500 Americans. Ask each of them if the language of today’s political rhetoric and public discourse through the media is too inflammatory, too mean spirited. To the last one, they would say yes. They might even go so far as to say it is worse than it has ever been.

Bad Banks? Bad Idea?

jose Roncal — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:37:06 -0500

30 January 2009

Jose D. Roncal

www.financialspeculation.com

The Death of 'Cruel Arrogance'?

Steve Curnutte — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:20:33 -0500

Arrogance will never die of course, but hopefully the last few months have set it back a pinch.

The Case of the Puzzled Baboons

Steve Curnutte — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:13:39 -0500

America has collectively awakened to a crisis. Fear and a bunker mentality have choked consumer spending. It seems bad news makes people act even more conservatively, which makes things worse, which makes for more bad news. Most of what is written about this phenomenon seems to rest on intangible reasons like consumer sentiment or retail pullback. So we thought we could offer a concrete, albeit strange, example by looking to the world of primates.

A Wall to Push Off...

Steve Curnutte — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:26:47 -0500

To intervene or not to intervene. That is the raging debate on our satellites. That is the raging debate around our water coolers. ‘Let them fail!’ or “They are too big to fail.’ But it is far deeper and more subtle than that…

Capitalism....dot gov?

Steve Curnutte — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:15:44 -0500

There is a new drugstore test called the E.G.T. (Early Government Test). You pee on a stick. If the lines appear, you are no longer living in a free market.

The Yearning for a Malefactor (and other failures)

Steve Curnutte — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:29:33 -0500

The churning of the press in the last few weeks has at least been good for something. If there were any doubt before, none now should remain. Our national conversation about our economic woes is shockingly devoid of an original voice. Each new article about the state of our affairs seems little more than a recapitulation of someone else’s opinion; which itself is derivative of another’s opinion. At best, we might find a concise description of what has happened.

The Treasury, Mosquitoes, and Unintended Consequences

Steve Curnutte — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:41:58 -0400

Time for True Economic Innovation...

Steve Curnutte — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:08:00 -0400

With the speed of a thunderstorm and the force of a glacier, the massive deleveraging of global markets is reshaping the face of American finance. The venerable system of Wall Street investment banks was carved from the map in a matter of weeks. The unwinding is not over of course. But a way forward must be found.

How the financial meltdown affects high tech

Jay Bhatti — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:01:13 -0400

Having worked in the financial sector before moving out west to start-up land, I have been asked several times over the past few days about the impact the financial meltdown will have on high tech.

At first, people may think the sectors are so far removed from each other that the impact would be minimal. I mean, come on. What in the world does Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, AIG, and Bear Sterns have to do with the fate of start-ups in Silicon Valley and established giants like Oracle and Microsoft. Plenty when you take a closer look.