Monthly Archives: March 2011

Week in Review: Better Late Than Never

We’re a little late posting last week’s review.   It’s history after today’s rally so not much to write about.   Do note the weakness in Mexico, however.   Brazil, Korea, and the Shanghai showing relative strength due to expectations of manufacturing shift … Continue reading

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Picture of the Day: Supermoon Over Lincoln Memorial

(click here if picture is not observable)

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Does Anne Hathaway Drive Berkshire Stock?

We posted last October our suspicions that algo/robo traders were driving the almost tick-for-tick correlation between the Australian dollar and the S&P500.  Remember those days of great fun? Now, the Atlantic suspects that algorithms may, and we stress may,  have … Continue reading

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Happy Super Moon!

By the way, a rare tornado touched down in Northern California today.  You think? (click here if video is not observable)

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The Weekend Read

New York Fed President William Dudley on Friday cited the new improved tablet as an example of the economy’s dearth of upward inflation pressures. But for a Queens, N.Y., audience more worried about the price of food, that didn’t go … Continue reading

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Chart of the Day: QE2 and the Bernanke Curve?

Sure there are fundamental reasons or a story for why commodity prices are moving higher, but let’s see what happens, especially to food and energy,  when if the Fed concludes quantitative easing and long-term yields spike.    Negative real interest rates … Continue reading

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Is This Why Bill Gross Dumped Treasuries?

A couple of revealing charts from the Fed’s Flow of Funds data.   Both show net flows into Treasuries by creditor type and the Federal Government’s borrowing during each quarter.   Note, the quarterly data is annualized. The first chart illustrates how … Continue reading

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Natural Gas Stocks Pop in Down Market

Some natural gas stocks did well in today’s terrible tape.  Two that we are watching and are long are Ultra Petroleum (UPL) and Southwestern Energy (SWN).  Both have been consolidating and have recently cleared their 50-day moving averages. Southwestern pierced … Continue reading

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Chart of the Day: Stockmarkets After Disasters

Great chart from the Economist, which even shows how the Dow fared after Pearl Harbor. The chart shows the Nikkei’s  reaction in the first three trading days after the current disaster is worse than all the others.   The question is … Continue reading

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Cartoon of the Day: Fed Prepares QE3

Hat tip to Craig “Crack Spread” B.!   (click here if cartoon is not observable)

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