Month: January 2010

Indicators We Are Watching: Caution Flags Keep Rising

There were many factors that raised some flags last week. On top of those it appears that investors are looking for some very impressive earnings results, and have been dissapointed.

We are seeing a trend for stocks to be bid up handsomely before the earnings release, only to see some of...

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Links and Reading for January 17th

Some of the more interesting and important items for January 17th :

Earnings season hits full stride – Here we go…
Denver Post owner plans prepackaged Ch. 11 filing – The end of the paper?
Obama confident bank tax plan will pass Congress – Of course he is, why propose...

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Sunday Fun: Bond Bubble (Say it ain’t So…)

Bond traders are leery of a possible growing bond bubble. If the bubble bursts, people’s retirement savings may be in jeopardy, Smart Money’s Russell Pearlman reports.

(Play for first 4 minutes, then it is news that you have probably seen already)

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3 Earnings Reports, 3 Bombs (AA) (JPM) (INTC)

Here are the 3 major announcements of the week. Each was a disappointment in one way or another. Mostly due to either a big miss   as in Alcoa’s (AA) case or a concern over the credit quality of the portfolio and top line from   JP Morgan (JPM). Intel...

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