NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Want to know what the hot new trend in investing apparently is? Not investing.
Even though the S&P 500 (SPX) has more than doubled from its March 2009 bear market lows, many investors still don’t trust the rally according to …
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Want to know what the hot new trend in investing apparently is? Not investing.
Even though the S&P 500 (SPX) has more than doubled from its March 2009 bear market lows, many investors still don’t trust the rally according to …
Yesterday’s headline Case-Shiller number was a nightmare, showing another big month-over-month decline in the value of homes across the United States.
The data confirmed the housing double-dip is on, and revealed how 12 cities were hitting brand ne…
May 30, 2011
http://dshort.com/charts/CMI/Consumer-Metrics-tn.gif The CMI Daily Growth Index had been setting new historic lows every few days over the past five weeks, with the trough on May 16. The index had rebounded a bit but now appears ready …
May 24, 2011
Earlier this month we saw evidence of slowing consumption in the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Report for April from the Census Bureau (see my analysis here). I’ve now updated my Consumer Metrics Institute (CMI) charts through the late…
May 22, 2011
With the exception of the FTSE 100, with its modest 0.38% gain for week, all of the major world markets in this series lost ground. The DAX was finished in last place, down 1.84%, with the BSE SENSEX second-to-last with a 1.11% loss. Th…
May 20, 2011
Last week we saw evidence of slowing consumption in the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Report for April from the Census Bureau (see my analysis here). This morning, I’ve updated my Consumer Metrics Institute (CMI) charts through the late…
Multiple sets of indicators are clearly showing that the housing market is entering a second winter. Home prices are inching closer to cycle lows and indicators of housing distress are rampant throughout the country.
Home prices during the troubli…
May 13, 2011 Analysis from Chris Kimble
It’s Friday, and Chris “Just the Facts” Kimble returns for another Dragnet impersonation, this time with some thoughts on Financials and markets in general … and an ironic quip on diversification.
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May 9, 2011 Analysis from Chris Kimble
This morning master market technician Chris Kimble weighs in on the S&P 500 with a trio of charts.
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Chris comments: The chart 3-pack gives us various short-term and macro pe…
May 8, 2011
This past week was a downer across major world markets. The Nikkei 225 is the one index showing a fractional gain, but it was closed three of the last six market days. The DAX was down fractionally, but the other markets finished deeper …