Earnings Season Update
At this point we are a third of the way through earnings season (at least by SP 500 standards)… so what have we learned so far? From…
Extreme Rally on The Forefront as Obama Stimulus Plan Looking More Likely
So why is it lately we get these extreme rallies? In a word short covering. As a quick review shorting a stock is selling the…
Long Term Fixed Income Instruments Still A Possible Risk
Recent comments from the new (announced 1-26-09) Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (Former NY Fed President) to China with a key word towards their currency policy…
April 15th is Just Around the Corner: 2008 Taxes are Soon Due
Just a reminder that April 15th 2009 marks the deadline for regular filing of your personal federal returns. There is a twist this year from…
A Follow Up to Company Buyouts Mentioned in our Q 1 2009 Newsletter
In our Q 1 2009 Newsletter we mentioned buyouts would be good to see in the Capital Markets. Given the most recent negative movements in the…
Earnings Season
With the majority of the publicly traded companies reporting earnings over the next 3 weeks, investors will begin to get a picture of just how…
2009 Key Market Items to Watch
We will expand more in our Q 1 2009 Newsletter, but in the interest of time we wanted to highlight the key items we are…
Dec. 22nd 2008
With a holiday shortened week, ahead of us, many are expecting a fairly calm trading week. While we are hoping this will be the case,…
The Fed Goes “All-In”
In a stunning announcement the Fed lowered rates by .75% or 75 basis points to an all time low. What is the cause and effect?…
Dec. 15th 2008
Another busy week of information lies ahead…Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley release earnings before the close tomorrow and then the Fed releases it’s decision on…