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Market Commentary (02-02-09)

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:28:00 GMT

Bloomberg had this article out about how the U.S. housing market lost $3.3 trillion in 2008 AND that 1 in 6 people with mortgages are underwater, or 17%. It's not getting any better. We have pending home sales coming out today at 10:00AM - consensus 82.3 (range: 78.2 to 84, previous actual: 82.3). I'll be really surprised if pending sales remained "unchanged". Motor vehicle sales are also coming out (total consensus: 7.7M (range:7.3M to 8.1M, previous actual: 7.7M). This is another consensus estimate where it is also "unchanged". Whatever. You see, [More...]

The Worst Is Behind Us?

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:54:10 GMT

Good morning. Premarket futures are positive after Merrill Lynch said the worst of the credit markets' turmoil is now over and news that Washington Mutual (WM) is about to get a $5 billion capital influsion from investors. Also in focus is a proxy battle[More...]

Could THQ be Next in Line for a Deal?

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:39:44 GMT

(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace )-- THQ Interactive (NASDAQ: THQI) could be the next target of a tech industry takeover, thanks to the recent moves for consolidation by Electronic Arts, Activision, Vivendi and Microsoft.[More...]

Earnings Summary for 01-24-2008

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:10:33 GMT

Ticker: ESIO,BPOP,LEN,LRCX,MNRO,SNV,CBON,OCFC,WBS,GY,BKUNA,FZN,HFWA,ABC,ABI,ALDN,ALK,AMGN,AMP,ARBA,AVCT,AVT,AVX,BARI,BAX,BDX,BEN,BHLB,BLL,BOFL,BRCM,CADE,CBE,CCMP,CMCO,CNXT,COL,COLB,CPS,CPWR,CRA,CSH,CVCO,CVTI,CY,CYN,DDE,DHR,DLX,DVD,ED,ELX,EMN,EPAY,ESI,ESSA[More...]

Retail Sales, Inflation, & Citigroup

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:04:52 GMT

Good morning. Stocks are expected to start the day in the red following a huge writedown and dividend cut at Citigroup (C). In addition, retail sales were down more than expected, and the December PPI which came in just below expectations though...[More...]

Weekly Market Update - Bears in Control

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:30:28 GMT

A tough week for stocks closed with a thud Friday. The new year got off to a bad start with a weak ISM Manufacturing report. That was followed up by a weak non-farm payrolls report that caught the market's attention and prevented investors from appreciating the reasonably decent ISM Services report. Note that rising prices were a theme in both ISM reports. This has investors worried that inflation will prevent the Fed from freely doling out rate cuts to save the economy. It was all too much for market participants and they sold stocks with abandon.As for the TradeRadar model portfolio, we were stopped out of our position in SanDisk (SNDK). But the carnage in the NASDAQ encouraged us to move from neutral on tech to a bearish stance. Accordingly, I initiated a small position in the ProShares UltraShort Technology ETF (REW). Here's the background on this decision.I have written a couple of posts on how the