The pre-market open economic news was a mixed bag: New Jobless Claims came in better than forecast, but the Headline Producer Price Index for Final Demand hit a record low. And these reports follow up on yesterday’s Retail Sales data suggesting that the consumer is in semi-hibernation. No worries! The S&P 500 bolted from the gate with a strong morning rally…
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The PPI (Producer Price Index) this morning was shockingly negative. And so stocks rallied, on the basis that since we are seeing so many deflationary indications the Fed would not be raising rates anytime soon. Again I would like to reiterate the Le Café view that the Fed never had any economically based intentions of raising…
Several weeks ago, when the CFTC and DOJ’s laughable attempt to scapegoat the May 2010 flash crash on the actions of a live-in-his-parents-basement UK trader, we explained “Why Sarao Is The Flash Crash Patsy: He Threatened To Expose The “Mass Manipulation Of High Frequency Nerds.” It now turns out that he not only threatened to expose…
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims The market was expecting the weekly initial unemployment claims at 265,000 to 280,000 (consensus 276,000) vs the 264,000 reported. The more important (because of the volatility in the weekly reported claims and seasonality errors in adjusting the data) 4 week moving average moved from 279,500 (reported last week as 279,500) to…
Your time is your most valuable asset Correct time management can help you get ahead with your investments, just like it can help you win a game of chess. In order not to find yourself performing carelessly because you feel rushed, it is crucial to learn to treat time as your most valuable asset. As…
Eric Coffin, long-time editor of the Hard Rock Analyst group of publications, has seen the all-time highs in the junior mining space, and the current three-year bear market has taught him to adjust his expectations. He says the companies that he follows that have performed recently all had a specific event—a bigger resource number, a new economic…
Earlier today, we noted that Germany (or at least the Finance Ministry) has thrown its support behind a Greek referendum on euro membership. The idea is that if Greeks vote to remain in the currency bloc, they are essentially also voting to accept that their lifestyles are about to get a lot more austere in exchange for…
Can the economic health of the nation’s largest cities tell us anything about the health of the greater economy? Perhaps. On Tuesday, Moody’s downgraded Chicago’s credit rating to junk level. The downgrade comes in response to the city’s growing pension liabilities, paired with a new Illinois state court ruling that public pensions cannot be cut…
While we make decisions based on observable evidence (rather than forecasting), it is always a good idea to understand bullish and bearish possibilities. One bullish scenario that could enable the broad market to break from its recent ten-month period of consolidation (see red arrows in chart above) goes something like this: If you were concerned…
