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Tough Week For the Markets
Wow! That was a tough week for the markets. There was a fair amount of selling into a pretty consistent stream of bad news. But it ended without panic selling … and the Bulls can take some comfort in that. How bad was the week? Here's an overview. via The Daily With a
Some Good Links for Weekend Reading
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. The size of the spending cuts needed is staggering. It must be difficult to negotiate something hard to comprehend. Trading Links: Fed Gave $16 Trillion In Emergency Loans Over 2-1/2 Years. (RawStory) For context, US GDP was $14.5T last
Twitter Results from Obama's Town Hall
Have you seen TwitSprout's Obama Dashboard? Obama held a Town Hall via Twitter in early July. You can see the full analysis here; or look take a look at how the infographic breaks-it-down and highlights some interesting details. Here is the link for the interactive version. The infographic was created by Dan Holowack at
S&P 500 Earnings in Ounces of Gold
One positive for the stock market has been the dramatic rise in earnings following the financial crisis. Most business students can tell you that stock prices supposedly represent the present value of the future earnings stream. However, one reason for the current earnings spike has been the fact that the US dollar has effectively been
Do You Want to See What Fourteen Trillion Dollars Looks Like?
Let's start with One Hundred Dollars. A stack of them makes Ten Thousand Dollars. So far, so good. Next, let's put One Hundred Million in perspective. I don't know about you, but that still seems like a lot of money to me. Nonetheless, it fits nicely on a military-standard pallet. The
Does Crisis Really Mean Chaos and Opportunity?
Is the glass half-full, or is the glass half-empty? It is all a matter of perspectives, isn't it. Let's look at one of the positives. Some companies are doing fantastic. Here is a chart of Apple's quarterly sales, by product. Apple grew revenues by 82 percent last quarter, which is remarkable growth for