Category Archives: Market Commentary

Has The Dollar Reached Bottom?

It’s been rumored that the Fed has reached a point were they won’t be lower rates again. “Talk” is that the quick response of the Federal Reserve to lower rates has already done it’s job to stimulate the economy. Now “talk” is focusing on the concern not to lower rates so far as to […]

It’s Going Down

A short music video to embrace the week ahead for the stock market.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEZXIf_IoEE

Second Quarter Start

If you’re a Bull, then I’m sure you’ve been delighted with the performance of the stock market this past week, and the beginning of the second quarter.
I won’t repost results that you can find elsewhere, but suffice it to say, the market really made a comeback in spite of worsening economic data. Here’s a list […]

Market Indecision

No one really has a good explanation for the market’s behavior over the past two days. Justifiably, the market drops throughout the day as the economic reports reveal a worsening economy. That is, at least until the last hour of trading. For some reason, 3pm seems to be the key hour for a significant daily […]

Jim Dandy to the Rescue

If there was any really positive news today to justify the Dow and S&P 500 gains, it escaped me. It looks as though today’s gains were attributed to Warren Buffett’s “rebuffed” offer to bail out bond insurers Ambac Financial Group Inc., MBIA Inc. and Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. But, can this be considered good news […]

Market Volatility

It looks like the stock market shed a lot of weight today. Why not? If Valerie Bertinelli can do it, who’s to say that it can’t be done?
Not only is Valerie looking great, but so is my market-timing adventure. After returning back into the red during last week’s amazing bounce, I’m back in black after […]