“It’s not a good sign when the (Dow Jones Industrial) index breaks down this way.” — Richard Russell, Dow Theory Letters
Blogger’s note: According to Smart Profits Report Managing Editor Martin Denholm, the U.S. economy won’t find a bottom anytime soon. We may have gotten past the first half of 2008 without a complete [...]
“It doesn’t matter if the U.S. is in a recession or not because copper demand will continue to grow thanks to emerging economies like China, India and Brazil. Mix this in with sporadic strikes that cut back copper production and you have a clear cut case for higher copper prices in [...]
Once you think you have a grasp on which direction one market takes, something
unexpected happens to another economy across the globe.
From the future of banking to rising oil prices, Global Market Specialist and Editor of the Money Map Report and the Money Map VIP Trader, Horacio Marquez answers your questions on a myriad of issues [...]
“Apparently, the US economy grew by 0.6% year-on-year in the first three months of 2008. It’s not great, but it’s not a recession. Meanwhile, jobs data on Friday showed that there were just 20,000 job losses in April, against expectations for a 65,000 fall. So has everything been blown out of proportion? Was the credit [...]
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by Krista Das
Baltimore — (TFN): The state of the U.S. economy has been a source of much controversy. Are we in a recession? Could we actually be slipping into a depression? Just how bad are things going to get and when are the mass layoffs, the continued devaluation of the dollar, and poor stock performance [...]
“The longer the Democratic Primary War continues, the greater the fallout for the U.S. market.” — Martin Hutchinson
by Martin Hutchinson
Baltimore – (TFN): In Tuesday’s Pennsylvania Democratic Presidential Primary, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton achieved the absolute bare minimum she needed to prolong her battle against Barack Obama. And she [...]
Baltimore — (TFN): The state of the U.S. economy has been a source of much controversy. Are we in a recession or not? Could we actually be slipping into a depression? Just how bad are things going to get and when are the mass layoffs, the continued devaluation of the dollar, and poor stock performance [...]
Baltimore — (TFN): Investors have a tendency to pull out of the market during a recession, but this only leads to loss. Steve McDonald shows you where to look for profit opportunities even in this market.
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“Since the beginning of the U.S. credit crunch last August, U.S. indices and even some of the international indices have taken a nosedive. Investors are getting antsy watching their portfolios shrink.” — Krista Das
Baltimore – (TFN): The following was taken from the April 4 Market Insights video with Krista Das [...]
Baltimore — (TFN): Since the beginning of the US credit crunch last August, US indices and even some of the international indices have taken a nosedive. Investors are getting antsy, watching their portfolios shrink.
When can we profit from US stocks? Martin Hutchinson reveals how to determine the end of the credit crunch [...]
“Russia is a developing economy building airports, rail lines and other vital infrastructure. In contrast, the United States relies heavily on cash-strapped consumers to squeeze growth from its service-dominated economy. Without real assets and increased production from those assets, U.S. growth potential can’t compare to Russia’s.” — [...]
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"The Asia Tigers economies are expanding at rates we can’t even begin to comprehend in the developed countries. And tiny Vietnam is now a hotter manufacturing locale than China. In fact, Intel has invested a billion dollars in one industrial area near Ho Chi Minh City in Viet Nam. That’s more [...]
Baltimore — (TFN): The Asia Tigers economies are expanding at rates we can’t even begin to comprehend in the developed countries. And tiny Vietnam is now a hotter manufacturing locale than China.
Learn how to capitalize on these global investments without having to go outside the NYSE.
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"At least the U.S. economy has started to look more like a soap opera and less like a Greek tragedy this week. Maybe we can get out of the current market situation without having to watch every player die a bloody, violent death, afterall… or maybe not. Either way, I’d bring a an umbrella to [...]
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"Contrary to what Wall Street would have you believe, this appalling sloppiness that created the subprime mortgage scandal has not been a feature of every housing boom for the last half century. It’s actually quite new, the result of the misdirected incentives caused by the mortgage-securitization business." — Martin Hutchinson
by [...]
"The Federal Reserve has cemented its role as price fixer for short-term interest rates. It fuels speculative bubbles when the economy slows, and denies all responsibility when bubbles burst." — Dan Amoss
by Dan Amoss
Baltimore – (TFN): The government cannot bend the economy to its will, as most [...]
"Bernanke, Bush, and all the politicians on Capitol Hill are crowding each other at the microphone in their eagerness to tell us they can resolve the situation by simply passing out money." — John Pugsley
by John Pugsley, The Sovereign Society
Baltimore – (TFN): In President Bush’s State of the Union speech, on Monday [...]
"We think it'll take a lot more pain than that before the collapse of the credit bubble has fully unwound." — John Stepek
by John Stepek, Money Week
Baltimore and London – (TFN): How bad could the US recession get?
While the majority of commentators now believe that a US recession [...]
"Now that the markets have gotten whacked, every Tom, Dick and Harry with a press pass is trying to prove his brute bearishness — and the whipping boy of choice is emerging markets." — Justice Litle
by Justice Litle, Taipan Daily
Baltimore – (TFN): One of the small pleasures of visiting London is [...]