Today The World Changed...

I will be releasing my market sentiment blog entry tomorrow, and it is positive. Though what I want to comment on is how the world has changed for the better. What do you think it was? I will not keep you in suspense, but the world changing event is the fact that the Fed has allowed investment...

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Cramer's Call On Nokia Is Missing Some Facts

He says you should dump Nokia. Why? Because of comments made by TI. Cramer you are a dumb ass! Sorry cannot put it simpler. Cramer do you ever bother to do some basic research on companies? I have a love hate relationship with you, but the more I watch you the more I see that you are a trend trader...

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Buying Commodities = Flipping Houses

People have asked me in the recent week why I don't buy this commodity rally. I gave it some thought, and came to a conclusion that it is like flipping houses. Before you continue reading, what did you think of those that flipped houses? What did it do to the market and what are the ramifications?...

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Is this 1990 for Banking?

Jim Cramer yesterday said that we have yet to reach the bottom in the banking sector. He talked about how there is not yet a banking run and that Citi traded in the 5 dollar range. What Jim Cramer said is that we are still not near the bottom. So is Jim right? Was 1990 worse? Let's take the case to...

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Oh What a Difference One Day Makes...

Did you see what happened today? One day and folks on CNBC went from "sell sell" to "hey maybe its time to build up a position." This is funny because you need to ask yourself, what happened? After all we had market technicians saying, "the world is coming to an end." In my previous Bull in a Bear...

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Selling Into a Bear Market Rally is Wrong!

Cramer talked about ABB and selling ABB into a rally because you can pick up ABB cheaper. In fact you hear it everywhere. Sell into the rally. Is it right to sell into a bear rally? I decided to pursue this using numbers and came to conclusion that selling into a bear rally is wrong. This is based...

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An Example Of Why You Have to be Careful With Commodities

At the FT.com there is an article with insight that says: Commodity bull run has a long way to go. > With oil again nudging $100 a barrel, platinum above $2,000 an ounce, and even coffee, cocoa and tea at multi-year highs, the commodities market may appear overly exuberant. There are, however,...

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What is the inflation rate really?

The PPI report came out today. While we are doing better than Zimbabwe, things are still a little scary. I was having dinner with Chris last weekend, and I expressed concern over US inflation. He asked me what the numbers were, and I didn't have them handy. Here are the numbers from a MarketWatch...

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The Mathematics of Averaging Down

Do you know how to average down? Ever given averaging down some serious thought? Cramer says that you should average down in 4 buys. Is that right? How about 10 times? What about twice? Which is better? I hate when people say, oh 4 times is a good number because somebody said it was. So let's...

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