Investing and Trading News, with a Contrarian, Sarcastic Twist!
Saw this cool new software product covered by TechCrunch over the weekend that scours the web to gauge media sentiment on a given stock. Very neat idea – as contrarians we’re always trying to be long when pessimism is high, and short when optimism is peaking. The Stock Sonar looks very intriguing as a potential […]
Superstar economist Steve Keen may not blog often as some other folks in finance – but when he does put something together, it’s usually awesome analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Steve’s latest post Deleveraging with a Twist takes a look at the latest deleveraging statistics in the US. He writes that the US is […]
One of the theme’s we’ve been harping on is that it’s going to be a long time before things get “back to normal” in the economy. In fact, the BEST case scenarios I can deem plausible involve a lost decade or so of economic growth – with the worst, of course, being a big uglier. […]
Common knowledge is that the American consumer is now doing what he or she must do to confront life in the “New Normal” – that is, paying down debt diligently. This perception, though, appears to be a bit “overrated” – especially if you look at things like, well, the actual data. The WSJ reports that […]
While individual investors are as bullish as they’ve been in over a year – no doubt buoyed by the price action of the S&P – the Fed appears to be quite worried about a host of things. You know – deflation, high unemployment, the moribund economy – stuff only a real worrywart would care about. […]
This is absolutely hysterical – Phil Davison, Republican candidate for Stark County Treasurer, goes absolutely nuts in his nomination speech: There are so many gems in this beauty, it’s unbelievable! In a sad post mortem, I read that Phil lost the nomination 🙁 Hard to believe – it’s a cruel, cruel world. But he’s welcome […]
When a CEO constantly bemoans the fact that his/her stock price is wildly undervalued by Wall Street – why don’t they just jack up the dividend, and/or buy back stock hand over fist? Intel’s Paul Otellini is constantly scratching his head about the lack of air under INTC’s price action – and he’s not alone […]
The AAII sentiment survey – an informal gauge of short term bullish/bearish/neutral sentiment amongst individual investors – has hit a 13-month high, with 50.89% of investors describing themselves as bullish. While not an extreme reading, it is worth noting, as this is one more data point that may indicate we’re in for at least a […]
Famed market forecaster Robert Prechter has been, over the last 15 years, pioneering research in a new field called Socionomics – a blending of “social mood” measurements, and economics. Prechter’s thesis is that the social mood of society rises and falls intrinsically, in wave-like patterns. During waves up, people feel good about life, and they bid up […]
On Friday I chatted with Jeremy Louder, the Founder of QuadWealth. Jeremy and his team work with individuals and financial planners to educate them on “less understood” wealth management strategies – that is, rather than the stock/bond/mutual fund mantra we hear touted by mainstream financial planners, Jeremy’s group focuses on alternative strategies that are employed by […]
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