Thursday, June 26 th , 2008: Written 6:30 a.m. EST Going to find our “way to San Jose ” next week, on vacation, so I’m been auditioning books for the plane rides. One coming along is Hamish McRae’s THE WORLD IN 2020 . I previewed it and got caught up by his writing, the history...
TECHNICAL VIEW . Banks Beginning a New Down Leg In Price? The next technical question is whether the banks are breaking down again. Into a new down leg. I see the KBW Bank Index dropped to a five year low yesterday. With many individual bank stocks in the same boat. Key Bank (KEY) just went to a new...
TECHNICAL VIEW . Thrusday, April 10th, 2008 “A ‘line’ is a price movement extending two to three weeks or longer, during which period the price variation of both averages move within a range of approximately five per cent.” (Both averages meaning the Dow Industrials and Dow Transports.) The above quote...
UPDATE ON THE STOCK MARKET . The bulls are now on CNBC saying it’s too late to sell. I beg to differ since I can’t figure out why it’s too late to sell. Maybe because some portfolios are already down big, -15% or more. But that still doesn’t mean they can’t drop much more. Just think back to the dot...
UPDATE ON THE STOCK MARKET . Wednesday, Febraury 20th, 2008: Well, we posted another one of those intraday reversals yesterday. But this time from it was from up to down. Actually, this phenomenon has been happening a lot recently whereby early day gains succumb to late day selling. I have to say this...