There wasn’t much to right about this week. I could have expounded about the “trading range” everyone else was talking and writing about but then you wouldn’t have learned any...
First, since I know many are wondering, I wasn’t invited to today’s signing of the financial regulation reform legislation. The President is speaking as I write this. Once again, he, as is the cas...
Though there wasn’t much scheduled macro economic data on the docket nor is there a distinct trend in underlying sentiment ahead of the what is considered heavy risk on Friday; oil would put in for ...
Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) raised its second-quarter earnings guidance last month, but that wasn’t enough to stop the downtrend in its stock price. Its shares now trade at an attractive P/E ...
Imagine a country with little debt… Now envision it has plentiful economic growth and boundless natural resources. Sounds too good to be true in this lousy global economy, right? Wrong. Because Braz...
One recent mainstream media report claims that the worst may be over for for commercial real estate. Another asks: “Wasn’t commercial real estate supposed to crash?” Still anoth...
By Matt Badiali In 1994, the People’s Republic of China imported oil for the first time. Until that year, the country’s domestic production met its demand… a demand that wasn’t...
There’s nothing worse than bad news to drive a tough market lower. When the U.S. government announced BP (NYSE:BP) should cut its dividend, it wants to hold BP responsible for wages lost due to ...
US stock markets closed slightly lower yesterday as concerns over the newly politicized BP (NYSE:BP) battle heated up. Risk-correlated FX trades also rallied with EURUSD breaking the psychological ...
Canadian job figures surprised once again - 24,700 jobs were gained, 50% more than expected. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.1%. No surprise here, but this is still great. The Canadian d...