Friday, November 20th, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘ Home Price Index ’

Can Consumers Lead the Market?

Aug 26th, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Stock Market Investing

So what has stocks soaring now, during this great deleveraging — this credit crunch — this historic pullback in household balance sheets?



China Warns (Again), The Housing Faux-Recovery, Three Sectors to Short and More!

Jul 29th, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Featured, Politics & Economics

China turns it up another notch… now “concerned about the security” of U.S. investments… Chris Mayer tells the “story of today’s economy”… Mainstream celebrates latest home price index… our perceptive on the housing “recovery”… Three market sectors currently detached from reality… The truth emerges… why Ben Bernanke really bailed out Wall Street…



A Broken Record

Jul 23rd, 2009 | By Chuck Butler | Category: Financial News, US Dollar & Forex Trading

Mixed bag of housing numbers…  Foundation work…  High yielders…  Commodity currencies again … And Now… Today’s Pfennig!



The U.S. Treasury Moves The Goal Posts

Jul 1st, 2009 | By Chuck Butler | Category: Financial News, US Dollar & Forex Trading

A 4-day rally gets stopped at the border…  Home Prices fall at a -18.12% pace…  Alice Rivlin gives her 2-cents…
* Kiwi bond maturities galore next month… And Now… Today’s Pfennig!



Futures Point Flat after Home Price Data

Jun 30th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat open on Tuesday after data showed April home prices in 20 U.S. cities declined, but less than expected.



Maybe, Just Maybe A Break In The Link?

May 27th, 2009 | By Chuck Butler | Category: Financial News

Currencies consolidate…  Brazil posts a surplus!  Dr. Marc Faber speaks…  High yielders rule! And Now… Today’s Pfennig!



The Housing Bottom, Doomed Entitlements, Retail Sales Suffer, Sell Coal and More!

May 13th, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Financial News

More bad news for housing… one chart shows the bottom could still be far away…Credit crunch slams entitlements… demise of Social Security, Medicare now years closer…Stocks suffer… Bill Jenkins on the “surprise” data behind today’s sell-off…Jim Nelson shares one of “the world’s most exciting growth industries”…Plus, Byron King’s taking profits… a sector worth selling, right now



How to See Past Market “Groupthink”

Apr 29th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground, Politics & Economics

Being an underground investor means always trying to see past the “groupthink.” And it means trying to spot the man in the ape suit before the crowd does (which is always too late).



FOMC Meeting Begins Today

Oct 28th, 2008 | By Chuck Butler | Category: Financial News

Mini-currency rally is cut short … Is it Japan or U.S.? … Gold stages a rally…  Swiss francs remain well bid…
And Now… Today’s Pfennig!



More Profit Taking

May 28th, 2008 | By Chuck Butler | Category: Politics & Economics

Yesterday, I left you with the thought that the London traders had been buying dollars since they arrived back from their three-day Holiday weekend. The U.S. traders did the same… And I believe profit taking was the order of the day.