Month: August 2012

Risk On/Risk Off – An Indicator To Show Reversals

We have put together an indicator that helps to uncover some short-term reversals of trend. As the conditions of late have shown fits and spurts for markets, we thought that if there was a better way to gauge the potential short-term trend, that would be of benefit.

Remember, a few days...

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Keyword = Stimulus (Media Does a Great Job Priming Markets)

Just for kicks, I took a look at the keyword stimulus on Bloomberg and compared it to the S&P 500 index.

There is an obvious link to the use of the word when markets are dropping. Correlations were surprisingly high between the two and appears that the use of the term...

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Beautiful People are More Successful – So Says Daniel Hamermesh

It appears that the better looking you are the more successful you will be. Recently there was a discussion that was really interesting on Bloomberg’s “On The Economy” hosted by Carol Massar and Michael McKee. Not sure how believable this idea is.

Daniel Hamermesh, professor of economics at the University of...

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Passing This Along – Interesting Note on Fainting Pigs

I just had a quick meeting with a colleague of mine who is a meat broker.   In particular he focuses on pork products and he’s been having a very slow summer. The prices for pork products are such that there is limited opportunity and the supply is also constrained.

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The Week Ahead: Light Load of Economic Reports

The economic reports over the next several days are much less than we have seen over the past few weeks. That will either be good for markets or tough, depending on the news out of Europe. Coming off of a mixed week for equities, this will come as a relief...

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