Short-covering rally or the real deal?

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So, on Friday I made the rally call. The Dow Industrials were up 217 points. Now, after a conversation with TradeMaster strategist Jason Cimpl, I’m a little nervous about stocks… Read more

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50%+ from Treasury Bills

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The headline at Bloomberg reads “Stocks in U.S. Climb on Speculation Job Losses to Spur Action on Stimulus”. Apparently, the employment news is so bad that it’s actually good… Read more

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Testing 1,2,3 Testing

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Stocks gave up their early gains yesterday. As I’ve been saying, I don’t think we see much upside until earnings season is closer to the finish line. It looks… Read more

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Did the Rally Start Without Me?

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Yesterday I told you I was starting to see bullish signs. Stocks have been holding steady through earnings season. And that suggests that the stimulus bill and the bad… Read more

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A Rally in Stocks Next Week? I’m Feeling It

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I came across a good breakdown of the stimulus bill before the Senate. It’s from US News and World Report. In light of some of the reporting… Read more

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What a Game! Politickin’ the Stimulus Bill; Reader Mail

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That was one of the best Super Bowl games we’ve seen in a long time. There were some costly penalties on both sides of the ball, but in the… Read more

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A “blunter” approach to China; Will GDP get “worser”?

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*****Q4 GDP numbers are out today. The U.S. economy shrank at a 3.8% annual rate. Sounds bad. But it wasn’t as bad as economists were expecting. They were looking… Read more

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Slogging Through; Foxes in the Henhouse

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Here’s a quote that sums up the way stocks have been trading better than anything else I have read. It’s from Diane de Vries Ashley, who’s a managing partner at… Read more

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Q4 Earnings on Steel: AKS, NU, X + Bank Nationalization

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It seems we’re getting just enough decent earnings reports to keep things interesting. And of all the unlikely suspects, US Steel (NYSE:X) is near the top of the list. 
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