Archive for January, 2009

Davos, Bear Markets and Riots in the Streets – Elliott Wave

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Davos, Bear Markets and Riots in the Streets
Elliott Wave, GA - 18 hours ago
Yes, angry social mood does result in people rioting in the streets, and the current bear market should see its share of this behavior.

What's So Super? – Barron’s

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
What's So Super?
Barron’s - 5 hours ago
A steady uptrend is the hallmark of a bull market while bear markets tend to be volatile (with high readings on the VIX, the so-called fear gauge measuring

Steelers Vs. Cardinals: Stocks Win – Forbes

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

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Steelers Vs. Cardinals: Stocks Win
Forbes, NY - 17 hours ago
"All down January's since 1950 were all followed by a new or continuing bear market or a flat year," says Hirsch. "However, many of these subsequent
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Treasuries Drop as Record Five-Year Auction Draws Higher Yield – Bloomberg

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Treasuries Drop as Record Five-Year Auction Draws Higher Yield
Bloomberg - Jan 29, 2009
“It’sa mini bear market, and we’re underwriting in it.” The yield on the benchmark 10-year note climbed 10 basis points, or 0.10 percentage point,

Capitalize On Irrational Gloom – Forbes

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Capitalize On Irrational Gloom
Forbes, NY - 21 hours ago
Q: Many technicians feel that a bear market has 3 legs and we have completed only the first leg down, and are in the second rally leg with a huge drop in

A Comparison of M&A Activity During Bull and Bear markets – Seeking Alpha

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
A Comparison of M&A Activity During Bull and Bear markets
Seeking Alpha, NY - Jan 30, 2009
To me, the most remarkable statistics are the fact that although we've been in a ferocious bear market with tight credit for the past half year especially,

Market Values Finding Market Bargains in Shrinking Companies – New York Times

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Market Values Finding Market Bargains in Shrinking Companies
New York Times, United States - 15 hours ago
By CONRAD DE AENLLE IT may not seem like much of a silver lining, but the bear market has given portfolio managers who focus on smaller companies more

Italy Slips Slowly But Steadily Into Its Worst Recession In Over 30 Years

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

The Italian economy continued to contract sharply in the third quarter of 2008 as exports fell sharply – declining at the fastest rate in three years – under the impact of a global slump which weighed down on foreign demand for Italian products, and pushed the Italian economy into its worst recession since at least 1975. Sales of Italian goods abroad fell 1.6 percent from the previous quarter, their biggest decline since 2005.Pressure is of course on the government to offer a fiscal reponse to t

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Bad Bank Snag, Nationalization, Nothing But Questions

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Last week was setting up to be a great week based upon a financial rescue package that is (or was) going to be based upon a “BAD BANK” scenario. Here is where banks and major financial institutions would get to sell their toxic debt and credit instruments. But it won’t shock many of you that there were problems from the start and that a huge snag has come up in the creation of this. It is less shocking that “prices to be paid” for these were deemed by the bank and financial community to be a

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Roubini Sees Global Gloom After Davos Vindication

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — At the World Economic Forum two years ago, Nouriel Roubini warned that record profits and bonuses were obscuring a “hard landing” to come. “I really disagree,” countered Jacob Frenkel, the American International Group Inc. vice chairman and former Israeli central banker. No more. “Roubini was intellectually courageous, and he called the shots correctly,” says Frenkel, whose AIG survives only on the basis of more than 0 billion of government loans. “He gained credibil

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