Dear Readers, We're no longer in Kansas, Dorothy. At this point, the world's financial markets are in the firm grasp of a massive tornado. Our vision is blurred with fast-moving images of abandoned houses, crumbling banks, pontificating politicians, alien-looking Treasury secretaries on one knee...
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David Galland
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10-03-2008
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Filed under: Politics, Inflation, Casey Research, McCain, Economic Forecast, Obama, Bailout, Barton Biggs, Energy, FDIC, Europe
THE FIRST INFLATION SURGE IN 25 YEARS IS OVER. So, what now? First, let me give credit when credit is due. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and the Fed finally got one right. They’ve been promising us moderating inflation for a year or more and now with -30% lower crude oil prices and a big...
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Principles of the Stock Market
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Richard Schwartz
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09-12-2008
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UPDATING MY LATEST INVESTMENT THEME: ENERGY SAVER’S I realize I should go back and update my various recommendations, especially my investment themes, more often. If you follow and buy into some of these themes you’d certainly want to see some updates. So this morning let me update my latest...
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Richard Schwartz
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08-01-2008
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Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Technical View, Green Energy, Investing Strategies, Green Investing, Alternative Energy, Macroeconomics, The Principle of Relative Strength, The Principle of Technical Analysis, Investment Themes, Trends, The Principle of Proper Money Management, Energy Conservation, Battery Technology, Big Picture, Trendlines, Energy, CPST, CHP, BCON, Power Conversion, WGOV, Energy Savings, Energy Controls, MXWL, COMV, Alternative Clean Green, ITRI, ENOC, BMI, AMSC, ALTI, Model Portfolios, First Mover Advantage, Theme, Capstone, Badger Meter, American Superconductor, EnerNOC, Woodward Governor, Comverge, Itron, Altair Nanotech, Maxwell Tech, Beacon Power, C&D Tech
Earnings and Mr. Bear Earnings Before Bad Stuff How Ugly Can it Get? A Lean Mean Reversion Machine Some Thoughts on Energy Oregon, Maine and a Wedding "The stock market is a voting machine in the short run and a weighing machine in the long run." - Benjamin Graham The voting part of the equation...
YOUR ALTERNATE CLEAN, GREEN ENERGY WEEKEND UPDATE With not much stock market stuff to write about since I don’t want to recommend buying or selling this morning as we all should have our portfolios hunkered down and pretty much in place for a rocky and rough summer by now. Sure, stock market aficionados...
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Richard Schwartz
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07-25-2008
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Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Green Investing, (HOKU), (PLUG), (CHCHF), Climate Action Partnership, Alternative Energy, US Economy, Portfolio Strategy, Perspective, Oil, The Big Picture, Global Trend, Investment Themes, The Principle of Understanding Value, Global Warming, Energy Conservation, Solar, Venture Capital, Terrorism, Battery Technology, Economic Common Sense, OPEC, Global View, Capitalism, Gasoline, Big Picture, Energy, CPST, FSLR, WGOV, Energy Savings, Energy Controls, MXWL, COMV, Alternative Clean Green, ITRI, ENOC, Economic Trends, Crude Oil, Gas Prices, Driving, Bullish on America, Natural Gas, Boone Pickens, Natural Gas Vehicles, Wind Turbines, Lifestyle, Cap & Trade, Big Picture View, Oil Exploration, Business, AMSC
TECHNICAL VIEW . The Principle of History. Two historical technical observations today: 1. Capitulation: Where the Heck is It? CNBC keeps interviewing floor traders and reporting from the New York Stock Exchange that everyone there is anxiously looking for that big bout of capitulation, selling, to end...
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Richard Schwartz
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07-16-2008
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Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Commodities, Inflation, Keys to the Market, Update On The Stock Market, Macroeconomics, Commodity Bull Market, Portfolio Strategy, Perspective, Extended Bear Markets, The Principle of History, The Principle of Technical Analysis, Trends, Trend Reversals, Shake Outs, Energy, Credit Crisis, Economic Trends, The Principle of Crowd Psychology, Economics, Investor Psychology, Charts, Big Picture View, CNBC, Paul Volker, NYSE, Bank Panic of 1907
MORE RECOMMENDATIONS ON MY NEW ENERGY SAVERS THEME On Friday, June 13 th , I began a new investment theme, what I called the Energy Savings (Savers) Theme . Essentially a new theme is when some macro force is seen as boosting a whole group of companies, not just one hot company with a new product. And...
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Richard Schwartz
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07-15-2008
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Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Clean Energy, Trading, Green Energy, Green Investing, Alternative Energy, US Economy, Charting, The Principle of Primary Trend, Portfolio Strategy, Perspective, Oil, Extended Bear Markets, The Big Picture, Investment Themes, Stock Market Lessons, The Principle of Proper Money Management, The Principle of Understanding Value, Energy Conservation, Battery Technology, Economic Common Sense, Stock Market, Energy, CPST, CHP, BCON, Power Conversion, WGOV, Energy Savings, Energy Controls, MXWL, COMV, Alternative Clean Green, ITRI, ENOC, BMI, Economic Trends, Chart Patterns, Charts, Bullish on America, Natural Gas, Foreign Oil Dependency, Lifestyle, AMSC, ALTI
HERE’S ANOTHER’S BIG PICTURE VIEW . A longtime regular reader emailed me his opinion of the current US residential housing market yesterday and how the government is handling things, writing: ‘It seems now to me that the "gov" is tweaking things to "hold it off."...
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Richard Schwartz
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07-11-2008
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Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Clean Energy, Alternative Energy, Historical Perspectve, Perspective, The Big Picture, Recession, Economic Common Sense, History, Barack Obama, Democracy, Capitalism, Congress, Big Picture, Energy, Energy Savings, Alternative Clean Green, Crude Oil, Boone Pickens, Wind Turbines, America, Lifestyle, Living Standards, Cap & Trade, Big Picture View, Oil Exploration, Lobbying, Business, US Housing Crisis
YOUR ALTERNATE CLEAN GREEN ENERGY UPDATE Finally! A Plan! The Pickens Plan. Kudos to Mr. Boone Pickens ! Yep, it finally came down to a long time oil man to propose a way out of our energy bind. Obviously, it’s only a first step and it has a lot of hurdles and a long way to go before implementation...
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Richard Schwartz
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07-09-2008
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IN THIS ISSUE: The Energy “Blame Game” Commodities Gain In Popularity Are Speculators Driving Prices Higher? Merrill Lynch Study On Speculators In Oil Futures So What Is Driving Commodity Prices Higher? “Let’s Shoot The Speculators” – by Robert Samuelson My Own Thoughts On The Role Of Speculators Finally...
Richard Schwartz 's PRINCIPLES OF THE STOCK MARKET A learning, teaching, always evolving stock market letter and advisory service Seventeenth Consecutive Year of Publication ; Letter #1; September 18 th , 1990 Post Office Box 1236 · New Paltz, New York 12561 - U.S. A. · (845) 255-6894...
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Richard Schwartz
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06-30-2008
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ECONOMIC VIEW . One American’s View. Yep, Mine! With a bear market upon us, and myself and hopefully my readers all with hunkered down investment portfolios which thus don’t need constant care and attention, let me turn the spotlight on one American’s new travails, resulting views &...
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Richard Schwartz
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06-26-2008
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Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Inflation, Economic Data, Commodity Bull Market, Historical Perspectve, Perspective, Recession, Energy Conservation, Economic Common Sense, Bear Market Legs, Bear Market Rally, History, Bear Market Rallies, Real Estate, Commodity Inflation, Big Picture, Energy, Energy Savings, Economic Trends, The Principle of Crowd Psychology, Bear Markets, Economics, Investor Psychology, Gas Prices, Tourism, Financial Discipline, Driving, Bullish on America
UPDATE ON THE STOCK MARKET . Witten Friday, June 20th, 2008: 6:30 a.m. Looked to me like yesterday’s stock market rally was a knee-jerk reaction to China announcing it was going to raise oil prices by 17%. Crude dove on the news while stocks jumped. But if one thinks it through, is China raising...
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Richard Schwartz
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06-20-2008
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