Category Archives: Charts

Chart of the Day: Modified Crowding Out

Posted on May 9, 2012 by macromon

Modified “crowding out.”   The government shall be funded! (click here if chart is not observable)

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Sell in May?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by macromon

We don’t know. What we do know:   1)  May has bad seasonals as illustrated in the chart by our good friends at the Chart Store;  2)  Apple, the leader of 2012, is trading like dog dirt after the huge pop … Continue reading →

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Apple’s Wild Ride

Posted on April 16, 2012 by macromon

It’s been a while since we’ve weighed in on Apple.  Well, at least a few weeks since our March 30th post as we wondered out loud if the stock needed to fill its March 14th gap open at $568. The … Continue reading →

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Chart of the Day: Italy Sliding

Posted on April 13, 2012 by macromon

(click here if chart is not observable)

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Ugly Chart Contest: Trend Breakers

Posted on April 8, 2012 by macromon

It’s gettin’ ugly out there again, folks. (click here if chart is not observable)

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Is the Correction Camp Too Crowded?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by macromon

We posted yesterday that the S&P500 was set up for a pullback after carving out an outside day (higher high and lower low than previous day) at strong resistance and looked for follow through selling today.   Didn’t happen. In fact, … Continue reading →

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U.S. Employment: Super Bowl Blowout!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by macromon

From today’s BLS release, Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000 in January, and the unemployment rate decreased to 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job growth was widespread in the private sector, with large employment … Continue reading →

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The Big Question….

Posted on February 2, 2012 by macromon

Our friends over at The Chart Store, who do excellent work as exemplified in the following chart,  ask it: Does the S&P have enough energy to hurdle the down trend line after a 24% run from the October bottom? We … Continue reading →

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The Dow in the Year of the Dragon

Posted on January 23, 2012 by macromon

Gong Xi Fa Cai!  恭禧發財 It’s now The Year of the Dragon and the Economist  has posted an interesting piece on the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial and the Chinese astrological calendar. The Economist writes, CHINESE people across the … Continue reading →

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China’s GDP beats forecasts, Q4 Growth at 8.9 percent

Posted on January 16, 2012 by macromon

The Sydney Morning Herald reports, China, the world’s second biggest economy, posted growth of 8.9 per cent in the last three months of 2011, beating economist forecasts even as export demand moderated. China’s growth for the quarter, though, slowed for … Continue reading →

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