A couple of minor technical problems called “business” and “life” have now intruded on my increasingly bogged down publication schedule that, in the interest...
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Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) investors have cringed as the stock slipped about 16% from its peak over the last two months.
But given the absence of any catastrophic bad news, why is AAPL stock tumbling? And where will it stop?
It's important to note off...
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CBC.caMonster shares soar on rumors of Coke dealBusinessWeekAP Monster Beverage Corp.'s shares are gaining on a report that Coca-Cola Co. is considering buying the energy drink maker. The Wall Street Journal is reporting on its website Monday that ...
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Yesterday the market traded up a little farther into the target zone, and has now satisfied the minimum requirements for the fifth wave up we've been looking for since February 8. I literally spent six straight hours charting...
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Yesterday, First Solar (FSLR) announced that it had sold its interests in a big solar project called Topaz. The buyer was MidAmerican Energy Holdings, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. So Warren B. is behind the transaction. I think he got another ...
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The Fed can only choose the least-worst option now: either destroy the real economy by sinking the dollar below support and unleashing the Inflation Monster, or abandon the "risk trade" stock market rally.
The Fed's game plan--sink the U.S. doll...
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What Matters More: Debt-to-GDP, Or Supply?
There may be a flaw in the thinking our economists, financial leaders, the MSM and (even) the bloggers. Everyone is looking at the debt issue based on some ratio of total debt to GDP or debt service to GDP. This is the...
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The Case Shiller Index of US housing prices for November has essentially turned flat over the past two readings. As usual, it is understating the real weakness in the market. Meanwhile the Fed announced that it will tinker with how it sets interest rates. Recent history has shown, the more the Fed tinkers, the...
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Sprott Securities has a piece out questioning how the US Treasury is funding its monster debt offerings. They question one category called “other investors”, which is clearly another vague and pointless disclosure now all too typical. Personally I think the Fed has orchestrated some purchases of toxic MBS and agencies in exchange for a...
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SPX Update: Was That It?
For several weeks, I've been talking about the Fib zone at 1376-1378 and how I felt that could act as a magnet for the rally. Yesterday, the SPX hit 1378.04 and reversed. Could it really have been that simple all along? ...
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