Posts Tagged ‘ Infomercial Media ’

Retail Sales Reports Give Me Gas

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November 15, 2011
Retail Sales Reports Give Me Gas

It just doesn’t get any more bullish than today’s retail sales report. Or so you would think if you only read the mainstream media reports. “More spending at online stores such as Amazon and electronics and applicance stores boosted retail sales by 0.5% in October, following a strong 1.1% surge in September,” shouted Marketwatch....
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Sowing Nervousness – Professional Edition

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September 20, 2009

With much of the financial infomercial media warning that the market has gotten ahead of itself, it sounds to me as though the power brokers want to load up for one more run. Let’s see what the technical signs have to say about it. Click here to download complete report in pdf format (Professional...
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They’re Manufacturing Data

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September 2, 2009
They’re Manufacturing Data

There were two pieces of economic data released today. The ADP unemployment data is a prelim to the weekly unemployment claims, and is a bit of a so what. So are factory orders, but let’s take a look at it see to see if there’s any evidence of green shoots, or the latest term...
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More Little Lies and Big Spin- Gains or Blips?

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September 1, 2009
More Little Lies and Big Spin- Gains or Blips?

The FIM (Financial Infomercial Media) has gifted us with more nonsense today in the form of Pending Homes Sales data from the NAR (Realtors) and the Purchasing Managers Manufacturing Index from the ISM (Purchasing Managers). Bloomberg was positively ecstatic about the housing data, proclaiming “The number of contracts to buy previously owned homes rose...
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Forbes Polls the Wackosphere and Gets An Earful

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August 31, 2009
Forbes Polls the Wackosphere and Gets An Earful

The editors of Forbes have asked me to give them my economic forecast for the next year (cough, cough, guffaw). Don’t be impressed. They sent the same email to the whole financial wackosphere. I assume that their purpose, as with the entire financial infomercial media, is to poke fun at us wackos so as...
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Dancing the Con Con

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August 26, 2009
Dancing the Con Con

Over the years I have frequently pointed out what a stupid indicator the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence indicator is, at least when it comes to the stock market. It’s like a dog chasing its tail. The Con Con, you see, follows the market. Then, each and every month for a half hour or so...
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