Monthly Archives: May 2009

Investing Based on Moving Averages

Doug Short has this post on Moving Averages. Good way to spot major secular directional changes. To avoid whipsaws, wait for the m.a. to change direction. See his full post for more details. Based on the 10-month m.a., we are … Continue reading

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NOTABLE CANADIAN INSIDER TRANSACTIONS

Company Ticker Insider Function Date Bought/(Sold) Price Balance Cascades inc. CAS Garneau, Louis Director 15/05/09 2,000 4,89 $ 5,018 Cascades inc. CAS Lemaire, Sylvie (Fiducie Ronald JPM Tremblay) Director 15/05/09 46,252 4,83 $ 46,252 Cascades inc. CAS Lemaire, Sylvie (Gestion … Continue reading

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Ferguson vs Krugman: The Historian vs the Economist

How economists can misunderstand the crisis Niall Ferguson nails Paul Krugman in the FT. No best friends here! On Wednesday last week, yields on 10-year US Treasuries – generally seen as the benchmark for long-term interest rates – rose above … Continue reading

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Wal-Mart Insiders Belly Up To Company Bar

This piece by Forbes was probably written too late to catch a $5 million sale by Lee Scott, his first sale since March 2006 (see NOTABLE US INSIDER TRANSACTIONS and Barron’s Former Wal-Mart CEO’s $5 Million Sale. Shares of the … Continue reading

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Troubled Bank Loans Hit a Record High

OVERALL loan quality at American banks is the worst in at least a quarter century, and the quality of loans is deteriorating at the fastest pace ever, according to statistics released this week by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.(…) Of … Continue reading

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Niall Ferguson: A Pessimistic Assessment, Especially for Europe

A BARRON’S INTERVIEW WITH NIALL FERGUSON: The Harvard professor and media star is cautious on the global economic outlook — and bleak about Europe. On the economy It would be excessively optimistic, however, to conclude from a relatively small set … Continue reading

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Bing! Starts With a Bang

Updated Microsoft Search Service Draws Pre-Launch Kudos (…) Microsoft is a distant third in the U.S. Internet-search market, with market share in the mid-single digits, trailing well behind Yahoo!’s roughly 20% share and Google in the mid-60s or higher, depending … Continue reading

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FLATLAND? MAYBE NOT!

Barron’s Michael Santoli reports on investor sentiment in Flatland: (…) Jason Goepfert of www.SentimenTrader.com, noted Friday that we’ve just completed four straight weeks in which the weekly highs were within 0.75% of one another, and weekly lows were within 0.75% … Continue reading

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Hedge Funds Caught Too Short by Rally

The fast money is proving slow to jump on the market’s bandwagon. Hedge funds, decried by many as quick traders, have played catch-up during the market rally since March. The average fund was 45% "net long" as of May 19, … Continue reading

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U.S. Firms End Streak Of Quarterly Losses

(…) The Commerce Department said pretax profits at U.S.-based corporations rose by $42.6 billion in the first quarter to $1.307 trillion, the first quarterly increase after six straight declines. Meanwhile, the department also said the U.S. economy contracted less in … Continue reading

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Jittery Bond Market Threatens President’s Agenda

The return of the bond vigilantes. Senior Obama administration officials said Friday that policy adjustments necessary to contain soaring budget deficits would be made once an economic recovery takes hold, in response to growing concerns about a run-up in long-term … Continue reading

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