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Category Archives: Charts
The Big Question….
Our friends over at The Chart Store, who do excellent work as exemplified in the following chart, ask it: Does the S&P have enough energy to hurdle the down trend line after a 24% run from the October bottom? We … Continue reading
Posted in Charts, Equities, Global Stock Performance
Tagged S&P500, Trading Range, Triangle, Wedge
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The Dow in the Year of the Dragon
Gong Xi Fa Cai! 恭禧發財 It’s now The Year of the Dragon and the Economist has posted an interesting piece on the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial and the Chinese astrological calendar. The Economist writes, CHINESE people across the … Continue reading
China’s GDP beats forecasts, Q4 Growth at 8.9 percent
The Sydney Morning Herald reports, China, the world’s second biggest economy, posted growth of 8.9 per cent in the last three months of 2011, beating economist forecasts even as export demand moderated. China’s growth for the quarter, though, slowed for … Continue reading
Snapshot of the U.S. Labor Market
Some interesting data on the U.S. labor market from the BLS. The charts illustrate that office and administrative support is the largest occupational group in the United States, totaling 17 percent of employment. Sales and related occupations were second and … Continue reading
Posted in Charts, Demographics, Employment
Tagged Employment Trends, Major Occupations
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Hourly Compensation Costs in Manufacturing
Great data from the BLS comparing hourly compensation for manufacturing. The second chart looks at the benefits component of the hourly cost. The data are from 2010 and sensitive to exchange rate movements. We will post a follow-up chart in … Continue reading
‘Twas 5 Days Before Christmas
‘Twas 5 days before Christmas, when all through the house, No investor was long, not even their spouse. The stocks were all shorted by the big old bad bear, In hopes that St Nicholas would soon not be there. The … Continue reading
Spiegel: Germany’s Finances Not as Sound as Believed
This will surprise many. Der Spiegel reports that Germany’s fiscal management is not as “exemplary” as most perceive. …Last week, the suspicions of international investors reached the stable core of the euro zone. Investors embarked on a massive selloff of … Continue reading
Posted in Black Swan Watch, Charts, Euro, PIIGS, Policy, Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Risk
Tagged Deustche Bank, European Sovereign Debt Crisis, Germany
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Ugly Chart Contest
Since the global markets are in full preservation of capital mode, thought we’d bring you what we deem to be the ugliest charts of the global equity indices we follow. All are in short-term downtrends and have pierced their 50-day … Continue reading
Posted in Charts, Global Stock Performance
Tagged CAC, Hang seng, NASDAQ, Nikkei, SENSEX, Shanghai Composite, Ugly Stock Charts
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Difficult Markets
Is it just us or is anyone else out there having trouble navigating these treacherous markets? The events that you believe will move markets just aren’t gaining traction and it now feels we’re in full blown preservation of capital mode. … Continue reading
Ominous
This shouldn’t be happening after this weekend’s good political news. The spread widening is weighing on France who will be on the hook for their banks who are heavily exposed to European sovereigns. Where are you ECB? (click here … Continue reading
