Why No Questions?

I don’t know, Yves Smith, at NakedCapitalism, speculates:
Why No Questions About Special NYMEX Trading Session?

Excerpt:  "Reader Paul e-mailed about the special, early opening of the NYMEX to permit pre-Gustav trading. As he correctly noted:

I have NEVER heard of a US market opening early due to macro events; the usual move is to CLOSE during exceptional circumstances.

Neither [...]

Great Partisan Growth & Inequality Divides

Is our economy, in general, better off under a democratic or republican administration?   Here are some answers, courtesy of Mark Thoma, at Economist’s View. 
The Great Partisan Growth and Inequality Divides

Alan Blinder has a question for you:

Is History Siding With Obama’s Economic Plan?, by Alan S. Blinder, Economic View, NY Times: Clearly, there are major differences between the economic policies of Senators Barack Obama [...]

Great Partisan Growth & Inequality Divides

Is our economy, in general, better off under a democratic or republican administration?   Here are some answers, courtesy of Mark Thoma, at Economist’s View. 
The Great Partisan Growth and Inequality Divides

Alan Blinder has a question for you:

Is History Siding With Obama’s Economic Plan?, by Alan S. Blinder, Economic View, NY Times: Clearly, there are major differences between the economic policies of Senators Barack Obama [...]

Great Partisan Growth & Inequality Divides

Is our economy, in general, better off under a democratic or republican administration?   Here are some answers, courtesy of Mark Thoma, at Economist’s View. 
The Great Partisan Growth and Inequality Divides

Alan Blinder has a question for you:

Is History Siding With Obama’s Economic Plan?, by Alan S. Blinder, Economic View, NY Times: Clearly, there are major differences between the economic policies of Senators Barack Obama [...]

Great Partisan Growth & Inequality Divides

Is our economy, in general, better off under a democratic or republican administration?   Here are some answers, courtesy of Mark Thoma, at Economist’s View. 
The Great Partisan Growth and Inequality Divides

Alan Blinder has a question for you:

Is History Siding With Obama’s Economic Plan?, by Alan S. Blinder, Economic View, NY Times: Clearly, there are major differences between the economic policies of Senators Barack Obama [...]

False Data

Real or not real?… the GDP, rumors regarding Steve Jobs’ health, peak oil?  Thoughts on what’s true and what’s not, courtesy of Jason Schwarz, at Lone Peak Asset Management (posted at Seeking Alpha). - Ilene
False Data Clobbers the Markets
What is real?  Up until this point, 2008 has been a year marred by false data.  The market has had [...]

Market Character

Rob Hanna, at Quantifiable Edges, suggests and provides pattern-type evidence that the market may be changing character.  Although Friday’s action was not supportive of an immediately optimistic view, we can use Rob’s criteria to identify the next potential chart indication of a changing market character.  – Ilene
Clues The Market Character Could Be Changing

The market rose strongly [...]

Investor Psychology Cycle

Courtesy of Minyanville’s Prieur du Plessis. Prieur believes we are somewhere within the last two stages on the right – denial to fear, panic and contempt.  The transitions are not clear cut, it seems, but there can be a mix of denial and fear and panic, prior to full on contempt and scorn, with accompanying [...]

Residential Real Estate Market Bottoms

This is an excerpt from an article posted by David J. Merkel posted on both Barry Ritholtz’s blog, the Big Picture, and his own, the Aleph Blog.  The full article can be found either here (Aleph Blog) or here (Big Picture).  
Fundamentals of Residential Real Estate Market Bottoms
By David J. Merkel. David is Chief Economist and Director of Research [...]

Chancellor Darling

Here’s an article by Mish discussing the UK’s economic crisis, beginning with Chancellor Alistair Darling’s comments.  – Ilene
Chancellor Darling: UK In Worst Economic Crisis For 60 Years 

The Telegraph is reporting Britain in grip of worst economic crisis for 60 years, admits Alistair Darling.

 
Britain is in the grip of its worst economic crisis for 60 [...]

Feels Like a Recession

Weekend Reading…  Here’s an analysis of the latest GDP numbers by Menzie Chinn, courtesy of the Econbrowser.   
Why Does It Feel Like a Recession?
The preliminary GDP release today provided a number of surprises. The first surprise was not that GDP was higher than the advance release (given the June trade figures reported earlier this month), but rather [...]

Short Sytem for Choppy Market

In the last of the Trend vs. Chop articles, Rob Hanna, at Quantifiable Edges, discusses a simple system for trading in the choppy market environment. 
A Short System For Handling Chop

In my recent Trend vs. Chop series I showed how over the last 15 months or so the market has become more prone to chop and less prone to follow-through. [...]

Conspiracy Theory Psychology

Covering a number of market events, from the rise of the dollar to the manipulation of gold to the bailout of JPMorgan/Bear Stearns….  Conspiracy or no conspiracy?
Mish’s Conspiracy Theory Psychology

In recent posts I have taken a look at various conspiracy theories on the rise of the dollar, the shortage of silver, and the manipulation of gold. [...]

Goldman Sachs

Here’s an excerpt from Bespoke Investment Group on Goldman.  Click here for more. 
Goldman: What Have You Done For Me Lately

"Remember when Goldman Sachs (GS) was considered the cream of the crop in the Financial sector and could do no wrong?  After avoiding the subprime mortgage crisis, Goldman Sachs justifiably cemented its reputation on Wall Street [...]

Trend vs. Chop – Intraday

This series of choppy market articles shows that trading within a choppy market environment requires different strategies compared to trading within trending markets.  In this article, Rob Hanna, at Quantifiable Edges, examines intraday strategies – buying up bars and selling down bars.  The results are similar to those when looking at longer time-frames.
Trend Vs. Chop For Intraday Traders

Yesterday’s post looked at [...]