ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
(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
Gretchen Morgenson and Josh Rosner wrote Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon to describe how the recovery from the financial panic and recession have resolved little and have left the economy at tremendous risk for an even larger crisis. Aaron Task interviews the authors on Yahoo! Finance’s Daily Ticker. … Read more
(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: 51% and Neutral General Trading Call: Hold. Commentary T2108 jumped to 51% today. The week close as I expected it would. From the T2108 update on Wednesday: “Notice that … Read more