It used to be a pretty good deal to work at a large US company for several decades and then retire with a pension and health benefits. A lot of that part of the American dream is heading out the window. The Big Three may not be able to fund the VEBA which they set up with the UAW. That would mean tens of thousands of retired auto employees might have to pay their own doctor bills. A large numbe...
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What type of blogger am I? According to Typealyzer : I am ESTJ - The Guardians The organizing and efficient type. They are especially attuned to setting goals and managing available resources to get the job done. Once they´ve made up their mind on something, it can be quite difficult to convince otherwise. They listen to hard facts and can have a hard time accepting new or innovative ways of d...
Wednesday was a rotten market day, in a rotten market month, in a rotten market year, in a troubled economy. Otherwise, things are OK. The Good News:
Weak data was no incentive for buyers to follow through on yesterday's late day bounce so we stalled at the 38% retracement and prices reversed (nothing new) and retested range lows. The FOMC minutes reminded us how bad things really are and provided sellers the edge into the last hour.High level of short expiration put buying ahead of OPEX Friday.The VIX still feels like a bear flag despite th...
One of the critical planks of a nation built on borrowed money is confidence. Up until recently, that hasn’t been an issue. Faith in America’s future has remained steadfast. Now, though, people are starting to doubt the wisdom, capabilities and ethos of those in charge. They are increasingly nervous about reactive and open-ended moves to fix the system that aren’t working. The...
In early trade, AEM and ABX, my two gold watch list stocks rose to the top of the % gainers list on a weaker dollar. I was waiting for AEM to retrace or form some NRIBs at the base of resistance (blue line). The dollar ended up being a fade and gold pulled back in. However, I noticed that AEM was halted pending news. Briefing.com reported that AEM announced a $252 mln private placement; or 8 ml...
It was a nasty day for the broader market. By the closing bell recent lows had been broken on heavier volume. In my opinion, things are likely to...
My iPhone is one of the coolest things I have ever bought. It is a really amazing device. It holds so much power. For example, a month ago I downloaded Wikipedia on the iPhone. The whole thing. I now have the sum of all human knowledge literally at my fingertips - even without an internet connection. Isn’t it amazing? Only 15 years ago you had to travel to a library and then look up books...
Filed under: Products and services, Walt Disney (DIS), Media World, TechnologyFor movie lovers, one of the things that matters almost as much as a movie story line, is the picture and sound quality. Up until recently, there was little question as to where you needed to go to get the best video possible for a movie -- your nearest Imax theater. But recently, Imax has been under pressure from adv...
The news of the day was hardly positive, what with poor housing figures, more worries about the automakers, and concern in credit markets, but the late-day implosion probably sparked more than a few corner-office types storming onto the trading floor and shouting to nobody in particular, “What the hell just happened?” The collapse of major financial stocks — Citigroup finishe...