The early trade looks awful. Bank stocks are getting crushed overseas. Barclays is laying off 2,000 today after dismissing the same number yesterday. Citi, whose largest shareholder is now the US government, is trying to reinvent itself and the market hates it. JP Morgan is …
The market has been oversold for a couple of days. Yet, the bulls don’t seem to care. I was banking on hedge fund managers, hungry for redemption, to go long and for the Obama glow to last a while longer. Now, am not sure that …
Bank America looks like its going to a hat size. One money manager has said he pulled assets from BAC as the integration with Merrill looked shaky. The financials could lead us back down and having BAC go below $10 would be ugly, ugly. Barclay’s …
Despite improving futures during the early morning the market cannot find an incentive to rise. Turn around Tuesday may still find some reason to cheer. Despite oversold conditions I bought more SDS yesterday to protect my longs. Keep an eye on Google, GE and Goldman …
As earnings season opens it is helpful to check to see if companies you own or have an interest in will be reporting. I was reminded of this site US Earnings: Company Earnings Calendar by The Kirk Report this morning. State tax receipts are being …
Stopped out of Peru Copper (PCU) and my Freeport-MacMoran preffered is getting whacked as copper and gold falls. Oil continues free fall. Gold having trouble finding support so am getting stopped out these positions as well. Stopped out of Bunge last week as soy bean …
Gold and oil off in morning futures trading. Alcoa, traditionally the first major company to report quarterly earnings, announces after the close. This could set the tone for this earnings season. Palm is up, again, in pre-market so I my have to pay up. Hate …
Asia is down modestly. Still think the trend is up in US. At least until the first earnings reports come out. Palm introduced the new Pre phone at Consumer Electronics Show, in Vegas. The stock reacted by rising 91% in two days. Within five years …
In today’s Trader section of Barron’s Sandra Ward discusses FTI Consulting (FCN) and makes a case for the company. Quoted is our son:”Tobey Sommer, an analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, also sees opportunities for FTI’s recently acquired real-estate practice “to assist builders in deciding whether …
It seems everyone is moving to yield. Am wondering if this is the safer route for prognosticors or if they really believe one will do better with a high yield portfolio than a growth portfolio. Using ETFs here is a yield oriented lazy portfolio There …