Financial

Imagine that you are speeding down one of those long and lonesome stretches of highway that seems to fall off the edge of the horizon.  As the painted white lines …

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Econintersect: The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)’s February 2014 monthly optimism index dropped from 94.1 to 91.4. NFIB reports usually contain blasts directed at Washington by NFIB chief economist Bill …

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Objectivity! One of the most important questions for consumers of punditry is whether the source is intellectually honest about methods and interpretation. The test is a simple one: If an …

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Over the weekend we reported that even Goldman has now highlighted what has been clear to most, but certainly not the Fed, for quite some time: stocks are in such an epic …

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The Fed’s policies have been an unqualified success for financiers and an abject failure for the bottom 99.5% who have to work for a living. After five long years of …

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Time to catch up with Apple Inc Gann angles. Bert Dohmen of the Wellington Letter comments on Apple Inc (no association with readtheticker)   Readtheticker.com Gann Angle Review. As you can see …

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None of the problems that caused the last financial crisis have been fixed.  In fact, they have all gotten worse.  The total amount of debt in the world has grown …

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The Chart of the Day is First Business Financial Services (FBIZ). I found the stock by sorting the All Time High list for new high frequency in the last month. I skipped the stocks …

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The second half of last week saw challenges of recent highs rejected (for the Russell 2000 in particular), but today it was the turn for bulls to repel the action …

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Think JPM’s zero trading day losses in 2013 was impressive? Prepare to have your mind blown. The chart below shows the chart of daily net trading income by High Frequency Trading titan …

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