Month: November 2013

The Employment Reports – In Charts

The employment reports from last Friday were interesting. While there were more employed than estimated, there was an down-tick in the Labor Participation rate. That being the case there should have been a lower rate of unemployment.

If you look at the data closely, there are less people working overall.  ...

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DHUnplugged #201- Magical Markets

So much effort for markets to move lower. It is magical!

Tesla (TSLA) and Facebook (FB) among other stocks are discussed as well as some insight into the recent market moves and more…

This week’s Closest to the Pin contest winner within just 1 cent away was Cody H. (Andrew tied with...

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Economic Surprise Index May Be Leading Indicator (Chart)

This is something that we have seen before. Markets forget about the underlying economic conditions (for a while) and trade to their own beat. Reality will usually hit soon after there is a large enough divergence between the slope of the market and the surprise index.

The Citigroup Economic Surprise Indices...

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Longs to Consider for a Market Rebound!

Many equities have moved off of their highs and indices have started to move lower.  However, not much has changed in economic data or Federal Reserve policy, so what gives?  Is the market just pulling back to take a breather?  If so, let’s look at some longs...

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