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Monthly Archives: November 2007
The Inevitable Collapse Of The Dollar
Thanks to Sherry for this wonderful video on the impending collapse of the USD. As with any video either promoting gloom and doom or the sky’s the limit, we should review it critically because everyone has an agenda, myself included. … Continue reading
US Economy On The Mend? Part 3
My Engineering buddies in New Mexico and Kansas have reported and the news is mixed. My buddy in Kansas indicates that he’s really busy with public sector work but slow with private work. His outlook is neutral to up. A … Continue reading
AUDUSD Carry Trade
I’m fooling around with carry trading in the AUDUSD pair. I’ve been long since last week and been underwater since then. However, I’m collecting a good amount of interest daily so I’m pretty happy about it. My rationale behind buying … Continue reading
Helicopter Ben & Real Estate
Will we be able to stay out of the financial dog house? Maybe, but only if 10 year yields can stay below 4.5%! Why 4.5%? If you look at the chart below, the RE market took off right around the … Continue reading
US Economy On The Mend? Part 2
To build on yesterday’s post, I called a few more of my Civil Engineering buddies yesterday, one resides in California and other in NJ. Both gave me conflicting reports on how active their phone has been ringing. My NJ buddy … Continue reading
Citigroup, The Enron Of The Financial World
Citigroup Inc (C) touched a 5 year low yesterday and we’ll be seeing C in the low 20′s for sure as one smart commenter predicted on this site. As the news breaks about C’s “not on the balance sheet” Structured … Continue reading
US Economy On The Mend?
I’ve been in the Civil Engineering business for over 13 years now and I work on large transportation related projects such as light rail, roads, subways, etc. I recently left my old job because they weren’t winning any work and … Continue reading
Solar Heating – DIY
I live in a semi-rural area of NJ with lots of trees, open space, and great neighbors. My wife has gotten into gardening over the past few years and learned that you can “trade” plants instead of buying them at … Continue reading
Pfizer Inc – Going Nowhere
Shares of Pfizer Inc (PFE) gapped up on Friday and they popped up on one of my scans. I owned PFE for my wife’s portfolio a few years ago and sold it after it gained a dollar or so, good … Continue reading
S&P500 Volatilty Timing Report
Here’s the deal, volatility is probably going to remain elevated throughout the Holiday season. The brunt of the subprime mess is just hitting now and the Fed will probably lower rates one more time just to stabilize things. If they … Continue reading
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Markets Rally – Yawn!
Yesterday, on Black Friday, we saw a nice relief rally in the markets but the cynic in me says it won’t last. The markets have room to go lower and everybody’s wondering if Santa Claus will skip Wall Street this … Continue reading
Forex & Futures Forecast
The following is next week’s Forex and Futures forecast from my neural net models: AUDUSD – UP GBPUSD – UP EURUSD – UP USDJPY – UP CHFUSD – UP Gold – UP Oil – UP