T2108 Update – June 6, 2011 (Market “Oversold”)

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page.) T2108 Status: 30% and Neutral (oversold territory relative to behavior over past two years). General Trading Call: Continue covering shorts. Identify longs for buying IF T2108 gets to official oversold territory … Read more

links for 2011-06-06

Canada is No Haven from US Dollar Collapse – Resource Investor There are numerous reasons why the Canadian dollar will not survive a US dollar collapse: * The Canadian economy is very tied to the US economy. * The Canadian Government is intent on devaluing the Canadian dollar alongside the US. * The Bank of … Read more

Even Buyout Rumors Cannot Help RIM

(This is an excerpt from an article I published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) On Friday, briefing.com reported that rumors hit the trading floors that Cisco (CSCO) might make a buyout offer for Research In Motion (RIMM). The rumor was good for a brief 2-hour or so pop before the … Read more

Clueless, No Cushion, Not Enough Self-Control: Challenges In Managing Personal Finances

On Friday, PBS Newshour aired a fascinating piece called “‘Sesame Street’ Tells You How to Get to Sunnier Days Financially.” The title is quite deceptive given the valuable and revealing information and research described in this piece. Newshour provides background by citing some earlier studies on the limited financial education of Americans, our extremely low … Read more

The Federal Reserve May Choose to Ignore the Inflation Expectations of Households

First, Bernanke made it clear he thinks gold is not a good indicator of inflation expectations. Now, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has produced research that could convince the Fed to insulate itself from the inflation expectations of average Americans in “Household Inflation Expectations and the Price of Oil: It’s Déjà Vu All … Read more