2012: The Year in Graphs
2012: The Year in Graphs Posted by The Wonkblog Team on December 27, 2012 at 11:12 am As 2012 draws to a close, Wonkblog asked our favorite professional wonks — economists, political scientist,…
Winning With S&P 500 Losers - Barrons.com
Winning With Losers By ANDREW BARY | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR An early-year strategy of embracing the previous year's worst S&P 500 stocks has produced fat gains One early-year investment strategy…
Reading the Markets: Bulkowski, Visual Guide to Chart Patterns
Bulkowski, Visual Guide to Chart Patterns In general, the Bloomberg visual guides are a conceptual stretch, but Thomas N. Bulkowski’s Visual Guide to Chart Patterns (Wiley/Bloomberg, 2013) is an…
Pension Pulse: The End Is Here?
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2012 The End Is Here? Noah Barkin of Reuters reports, Euro doomsayers adjust predictions after 2012 apocalypse averted: Back in May, as the euro zone veered deeper into crisis,…
Insiders have been net sellers for some time
One of our first screens is insider buying and selling. Although we think from time to time we might have some perspective or glint of information correct that the maddening crowd has perceived…
A few thoughts on an objectionable week
Who's writing this script? It's almost corny. How can you go over a cliff that everyone agrees is there and would be a bad thing to do? You probably can't but right now the market is starting to…
Apple’s Statement on Factory Conditions in China - NYTimes.com
.Apple gives people a lot of reasons to buy their products. They're beautiful, they work, and they are a good place to work for. I'm sure Apple will not disappoint its shareholders as well. Signs…
75 Economic Numbers From 2012 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe | ZeroHedge
Compiled by Michael of Investment Watch blog, What a year 2012 has been! The mainstream media continues to tell us what a “great job” the Obama administration and the Federal Reserve are doing of…
Everything could be rigged
UBS Admits Rigging Rates in 'Epic' Plot This confirms my suspicion that much more than previously known about the markets is rigged. Over the years my market philosophy has heavily depended on…
Municipalities Fight a Proposal to Tax Muni Bond Interest - NYTimes.com
Muni buyers and owners listen up. If you haven't been paying attention you might not know but in the last week the value of your muni bond portfolio has dropped 5%. The trade that looked good after…