The ‘Ultimate’ Death Cross – Bring It On

Business Insider is out with a piece on the ‘Ultimate’ Death Cross’, the 50 period moving average crossing below the 200 period moving average for S&P 500. Many experts and talking-heads are mentioning it. However, this ultimate crossover is not about daily moving averages rather it is about longer term i.e monthly moving averages. Now one…

Around The Net In Ten Posts – Tuesday July 17, 2012

Here is what I am reading:  Fed Shifts Focus to Jobs as Unemployment Stalls Above 8% (Bloomberg) A Slap in The Face (Tim Duy’s Fed Watch) There ought to be an opera about Keynes at Versailles. (The Egde of American West) Technology doesn’t cause inequality – deliberate policy change does (The Guardian) The World Is…

Around The Net In Ten Posts – Monday July 16, 2012

Here is what I am reading: Wen Says China’s Economic Recovery Yet to Show Momentum (Bloomberg) The Red Metal Rides Again (Minyanville) Surveys Give Big Investors an Early View From Analysts (The New York Times) Top 10 Tech Picks for This Year (Minyanville) Court to Rule on Euro Measures on Sept. 12 (Spiegel Online) Wal-Mart indicator…

Around The Net In Ten Posts – Friday July 13, 2012

Here is what I am reading:  Private Equity Giants Use Size to Lean on Suppliers (DeadlBook/NYT) China’s Growth Rate Slowed in the 2nd Quarter, Down Sharply From a Year Ago (The New York Times) What Is The Best Preparation To Be A Trader? (SMB Capital) Pessimism Ebbing Among Most-Bearish European Strategists (Bloomberg) 7 Lessons for…

Around The Net In Ten Posts – Thursday July 12, 2012

Here is what I am reading: EU’s New Crisis Model Gives Spain More Time for Cuts (Bloomberg) The New Global Economy’s (Relative) Winners (Project Syndicate) The problem with ‘structural’ explanations for U.S. unemployment (Bloomberg) China’s ‘5 apocalypses’ signal global recession (MarketWatch) New Highs, New Lows, Yield Greed (The Aleph Blog) We Can’t Head Into Recession…

Around The Net In Ten Posts – Wednesday July 12, 2012

Here is what I am reading: Rajoy Announces 65 Billion Euros in Budget Cuts to Fight Crisis (Bloomberg) Should Goldman Sachs go out of business? (Reuters) One in six peers have paid links to financial services industry (The Guardian) Stock charts don’t lie: The trend is up (MarketWatch) Dividend-paying stocks: Time to be wary (MarketWatch)…

Around The Net In Ten Posts – Tuesday July 10, 2012

Here is what I am reading: American Airlines and US Airways Dance Around a Merger (NYT/DealBook) Euro Group Agrees to Lend Spain 30 Billion Euros (Spiegel Online) In Lost Opportunity of 1932, Are There Lessons for Today? (Bruce Bartlette/Economix) UK heads for worst trade deficit in four years despite apparent improvement (The Guardian) Why Capital’s…

Around The Net In Ten Posts – Monday July 9, 2012

Here is what I am reading: Merkel Wrestles with Court over Europe’s Future (Spiegel Online) Dollar Problems Could Lose Their Euro-Cover (WSJ Blogs) Franco-German Amity Needed for Strengthened Euro, Leaders Say (Bloomberg) Price Data Suggest Specter of Deflation in China (The New York Times) Euro zone fragmenting faster than EU can act (Reuters) France’s Borrowing…

Around The Net In Ten Posts – Friday July 6, 2012

Here is what I am reading: Barclays Corrupts Libor and Maybe a Lot More (Bloomberg) China Swaps Fall, Yuan Weakens After Rate Cut: Shanghai Mover (SFGate) Jim Rogers Explains Why He’s Still Bullish On Oil? (CNBC) Let Us Have a Constitutional Moment Here, Nino… (Brad DeLong) Internal adjustment of the real exchange rate: Does it…

Around The Net In Ten Posts – Thursday July 5, 2012

Here is what I am reading: Is Ireland the Poster Child of Growth? (Angry Bear) Merkel Meeting Hollande Evokes Adenauer Ghost Castigating Losers (Bloomberg) What Are We Expecting From Housing? (Tim Duy’s Fed Watch) The Big Losers in the Libor Rate Manipulation (The Big Picture) India’s economic troubles self-inflicted (The Economic Times) Walmart at 50: Why Their…