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Monthly Archives January 2008

Prescription For The Week Ahead

Although I’m looking forward to the stock market plunging again on recession fears, it looks as though the market may be in for another whipsaw week. This will be a week chock full of news and data that will either make the bears roar or the bulls charge.
Included in this week’s announcements are:

The President’s State […]

Posted 27 January 2008 † Mike § Stock Market § The Economy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

In The Spotlight

I was just informed today that my weblog, Rational Speculation, has been placed “In The Spotlight” at the popular media center, UmmYeah.com and weblog directory service, Directory 2.0.
According to their website:
UmmYeah.com leverages bored@work arbitrage and nihilistic synergies to create an enhanced time-killing web platform. It’s for people who’d rather watch the best videos from […]

Posted 27 January 2008 † Mike § Miscellaneous ‡ Comments (0) °

Bear Stearns Beta

I’ve been watching Bear Stearns (BSC) ever since it subprime debacle last year, and after I gave my opinion in a discussion concerning it’s stock price. Since that time, BSC has continued on a downward trend.
However, I’ve noticed that this trend hasn’t always been without a lot of volatility. Regardless of the intrinsic value of […]

Posted 22 January 2008 † Mike § Stock Market ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

The Fed Cuts Rates

It looks like the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System thinks that the following two objects have finally collided.

After an emergency meeting, the Federal Reserve (FOMC), who’s been telling us that the economy is in good shape, decided to cut interest rates by it highest one-time rate cut in over twenty-years.
Note that this […]

Posted 22 January 2008 † Mike § Federal Reserve § The Economy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Technical Analysis

I’m not a big believer in using technical analysis to evaluate stocks. It personally seems like a lot of statistical hocus-pocus to me. But on the other hand, I can’t say that I’m very well-educated in it’s use.
A lot of day traders have been successful using technical analysis when buying or selling stocks. I’ve even […]

Posted 20 January 2008 † Mike § Market Timing § Stock Market ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

I’m Back In Black!

Here we go again.. the markets took another big plunge today.
Perception plays a BIG role in the stock market and it seems investors have come to terms with the “R” word and are fleeing to (what’s now considered) safer investments.
But, this is all great news for bears (like me) who’ve been forecasting a recession for […]

Posted 17 January 2008 † Mike § Market Commentary § Market Timing § Stock Market ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,