Gone Fishing…

I’m taking a few weeks off. Look for posting to resume around the end of July.

June 17, 2008 Stock Market Recap

Goldman Sachs giveth and Goldman taketh away. This morning I mentioned that I didn’t think that the whole financial sector didn’t deserve to rise in sympathy with Goldman on its earnings news. Well apparently Goldman agreed with me because a little while later they warned about more losses in the financials. That was enough to [...]

Watchlist for June 17, 2008

It’s good to see Goldman lifting the financial sector this morning although I’d argue that many of the tag-along companies probably don’t deserve it. If this strength hold it should break a 6 week downtrend on the XBD and bring that index back over its 50-day moving average. It would also help XLF to lift [...]

June 16, 2008 Stock Market Recap

Earlier today Steve mentioned that he was waiting for a blowoff top in oil before buying DUG and asked if I had similar thoughts. If I did, I certainly wouldn’t use DUG as a way to short oil b/c as I explained the other day DUG is NOT the inverse of the price of oil. [...]

Watchlist for June 16, 2008

Oil bears must be running scared this morning after Saudi Arabia announced an increase in oil production and the price of oil actually rose 3%. (If it’s supposed to go down but it goes up instead that’s some serious trouble for the shorts.) That surge in oil to a new all-time high, along with the [...]