ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
(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: 62% and Neutral. General Trading Call: Hold. Commentary T2108 jumped to 62%, firmly confirming that the downward cycle for T2108 has ended. T2108 dipped into my downside target of … Read more
Germany to scrap nuclear power by 2022 – Sky News Germany on Monday became the first major industrialised power to agree an end to nuclear power in the wake of the disaster in Japan, with a phase-out to be completed by 2022. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the decision, hammered out by her centre-right coalition overnight, … Read more
(Adapted from original article in Inflation Watch) In January of this year, Professor Russ Roberts of George Mason University invited fellow economics professor Don Boudreaux to address “Monetary Misunderstandings” on the weekly podcast “EconTalk.” From the synopsis: “Don Boudreaux of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts on some of the common misunderstandings … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) The latest short interest data are out for the two weeks ending May 13, 2010 (see list of solar short interest at NASDAQ.com). There are three main changes from my review of the health of solar … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) Research In Motion (RIMM) has been trapped in a steep decline since hitting 9-month highs in February. The downward momentum finally came to a halt after the stock retested 52-week lows on May 16th. {snip} *Chart … Read more