http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:35:33 -0700 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:11:27 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d26-Dennis-Gartman-on-commodities-and-currencies?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner   I admit that I am a fan of Dennis Gartman.  I  like the way he thinks.  He comes off very well when he speaks.  Sure I realize that he does tv appearances so he can sell subscriptions to his Gartman Letter.  Who isn't ... Currency Commodities Gartman Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:11:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d26-Dennis-Gartman-on-commodities-and-currencies?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d24-Yen-and-US-Dollar--etfs-vs-forex?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner   I've been talking about currency markets since I've been writing in this blog, but I have not been talking about them the way that most commentators do.  Most currency market folks talk about the currency pairs - the forex market.  I... Currency Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:56:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d24-Yen-and-US-Dollar--etfs-vs-forex?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d21-Commodities--a-quick-look?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner I've been a student of only a single market recently - the stock market ... it's an easy problem to fall into.  I become a father for the first time and have less than zero time to research much less write, and inevitably I get tunnel vision.&nb... Gold Oil Jim Rogers Commodities Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:35:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d21-Commodities--a-quick-look?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d20-The-markets-sell-off--is-this-the-end-of-the-Bear-Market-Rally?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner Hardly ... But we're all watching closely to see what happens next.What happened to the headlines over the weekend?  The financials had nothing but good things to say last week and we could not get enough positive earnings numbers.  This mo... Stock Market Volatility Stock Markets Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:15:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d20-The-markets-sell-off--is-this-the-end-of-the-Bear-Market-Rally?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Market-sector-review?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner    Since we have gotten to the point where the rally is beyond question ... let's take a look at what sectors have been outperforming others.  Here is the quick take: XLB - Materials - leader - strong, at resistanceXLE - Energy - lagg... Sector Analysis Stock Markets Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:19:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Market-sector-review?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d15-The-Bear-Market-Rally-That-Could?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner   I called for an end to the rally on April 1.  I did so again on April 8.  Now over a month into the rally, and two weeks longer than I expected, we are still in rally mode.  I could dig in my heels and point out the bad signs in... Technical Analysis Stock Markets Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:49:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d15-The-Bear-Market-Rally-That-Could?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d8-SP-500-chart-update?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner When last I expounded on the stock market, I told you that stocks had hit key resistance and could not go higher.  I told you to beware earningsbecause they would surely disappoint.  So what happened?The S&P 500 ran up another 30 points... Stock Market Volatility Stock Markets Fibonacci Retracements Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:03:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d8-SP-500-chart-update?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d8-Currency-outlook--Yen?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner   Perhaps I should have called this story "Sorry about that long Yen recommendation".  I liked it on March 2 and again on March 18.  I go hot and cold on the Yen and I have to admit that I'm a little late in getting cold.&nbs... Currency Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:32:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d8-Currency-outlook--Yen?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d2-Dennis-Gartman-on-CNBC?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner   Saw this on CNBC.com.  Dennis Gartman is talking about the "stuff" trade.  He likes copper.  He thinks this is early in the move for copper.  He does not want to own copper itself, but he likes copper stocks - li... Commodities Earnings Gartman Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:53:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d2-Dennis-Gartman-on-CNBC?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Bear-Market-Rally-Update?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner   Well, that was a busy couple of weeks.I hardly had time to follow the stock markets much less analyze the charts and write about them.  When last we spoke, we had a nice Bear Market Rally going.  We had gone more than 20% off of... Bear Market Stock Markets Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:14:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Bear-Market-Rally-Update?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d18-SP-treasuries-and-the-Yen?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner Well, thanks to Ben Bernanke and the US Federal Reserve bank, the stock markets had a nice rally today.  The Fed is going to buy up $300 million of long term US treasury bonds.  This did several things: sent stocks highersent treasury price... Bear Market Currency Bond Market Stock Markets Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:26:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d18-SP-treasuries-and-the-Yen?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d17-AIG--I-mean-come-on?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner I try to be eloquent or at least professional when I write but AIG has me fired up.  I know I'm two days late on this story.  I know that others have written ad nauseum about this.  I just had to write a little about it here.  Fir... stupidity Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:18:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d17-AIG--I-mean-come-on?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d17-What-are-others-saying-about-this-stock-market?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit here I'm looking for what other people might be saying about this stock market. I found a some videos out there with an interesting take on this stock market. On Bloomberg they talk about how the S&P 500 is not bul... Bear Market Technical Analysis Market Bottom Stock Markets Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:35:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d17-What-are-others-saying-about-this-stock-market?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d15-Commodities-turning-bullish?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner Quick post today on commodities.  Oil and Gold have been putting on a bit of a bull run.  OK, this isn't news on Gold, but Oil has been a little surprising.  Interesting note on both of these charts is that the GLD etf just bounced of... Commodities Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:48:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d15-Commodities-turning-bullish?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d14-Does-this-bear-market-rally-have-legs?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner What a nice week we had in the stock markets.  We ended up almost 10% for the week and over 12% higher than the lows on Monday.  Lost in the shuffle on the down Monday was the fact that the intraday (and 52 week) lows in the S&P index ... Bear Market Technical Analysis Stock Markets Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:28:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d14-Does-this-bear-market-rally-have-legs?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d13-Meredith-Whitney-on-consumer-credit-financial-buys-and-marktomarket?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner   Meredith Whitney is one smart woman.  She was on the money on the financial sector more than a year ago and now when she talks, I listen.  She wrote a piece in the Wall street Journal earlier this week and went onto CNBC to speak abo... Consumer Spending Stock Markets Finance Fundamentals Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:07:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d13-Meredith-Whitney-on-consumer-credit-financial-buys-and-marktomarket?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Industrials-vs-Health-Care-sectors?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner   I came upon an interesting article from the Stockcharts.com Chartwatchers blog.  It studied the long term trends between the Industrial and Health Care sectors.  It used the ratio of the XLI to the XLV.  The chart in the post sh... Technical Analysis Sector Analysis Ratio Method Stock Markets Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:58:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Industrials-vs-Health-Care-sectors?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Could-it-be--a-bear-market-rally?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner   Nice little 3-day winning streak we have here.  From our intraday low of 666 on the S&P 500 on Friday, we head into Friday the 13th with some hopes for a bear market rally to continue.  There are many technical factors working i... Bear Market Technical Analysis Stock Markets Fundamentals Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:47:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Could-it-be--a-bear-market-rally?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Insight-from-Dan-Fitzpatrick?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner   As many of you know, I try to find information from as many people who are smarter than me as possible.  Dan Fitzpatrick is definitely one of those people.  He was on CNBC the other day talking about what stocks to buy in a rally.&n... Technical Analysis Trading Strategy Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:55:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Insight-from-Dan-Fitzpatrick?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d11-What-Im-reading-these-days?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner   I haven't written an article in the past few days - I even missed my regular Tuesday technical Indicator.  Thet doesn't mean I'm not an active student of the markets.  I've been hard at work reading.  Here's what I've occupied m... Technical Analysis Michael Kahn Stock Markets Finance Nothing in particular Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:35:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1809-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d11-What-Im-reading-these-days?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-Personal-Finance-Examiner