Wall Street Pulls Off Final-hour Rebound

Midweek SP 500 Overview

Now that today’s close is firmly in place, we have a potential game-changer in terms of the technical structure.  The monthly chart also shows a major bearish development  Let’s look at the current S&P 500 chart closely to see what this means. S&P 500 Daily: Not a whole lot has changed on the daily structure, provided you note that today’s price marked a fresh 2008 intraday and closing low at 805 which takes us back to levels not seen at all since 2003. Price etched out a ‘trend day down’ today which took the form of one of the... Continue Reading

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Corey Rosenbloom
Marketplace
Midweek Dow Index Overview
As we near the halfway point in Wednesday’s trading, let’s look at the current Dow Jones Index structure on the daily chart to assess the current technical picture. Dow Jones Daily: The 8,100...
Trent Hamm
Personal Finance
5 Simple Water Conservation Methods: Do They Save Real Money?
One of the most common frugality tactics is to find ways to reduce your water bill. There are many, many ways to do this in your average home, but several tactics seem to pop up time and time...
Lloyd Sakazaki
Investor Education
Hedging Is Simple, But Market Timing Is Not
What follows is some perspective on the buzz we're hearing about portfolio and fund manager performance in this horrendously painful bear-market year, which most investors would love to forget...
Alex Stanczyk
Currency
$700 Billion USD is now Paulson’s Open Checkbook
Alex’s Notes: I have read quite a few articles today commenting on the new $700 Billion (revolving) bail out package. The best explanation/article goes to Chris Martenson What the latest bailout...
Corey Rosenbloom
Stocks
Jerry Yang Steps Down as Yahoo CEO - With Charts
CNN News just reported that current Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang will be stepping down and his replacement will be named soon.  Let’s review this news and look at the current and past charts of Yahoo...
Corey Rosenbloom
Trading
Midweek SP 500 Overview
Now that today’s close is firmly in place, we have a potential game-changer in terms of the technical structure.  The monthly chart also shows a major bearish development  Let’s look at the...
Tom Konrad
Energy
Demand Planning: The Future of Demand Side Management
Electric utilities have a process by which they project future expected demand for electricity, and then find resources, either new electric generation or energy efficiency (Demand Side Management,...
Jason Slate
Alternative Investments
Generate Time Share Income
Babyboomers are retiring and beach property is becoming more and more in demand. Timeshares are turning into a better and better way to generate a fantastic income! The smart investors are figuring this out and generating a tremendous amount of money. They know a lot of...

United States

Integro Earthfuels plans first torrefaction plant in the U.S.
In a fascinating development, Integro Earthfuels is planning to build its first of ten commercial torrefaction plants in the US. Torrefaction of biomass is one of the most promising bioenergy technologies, because it transforms bulky biomass into a high-quality product that can be readily co-fired with coal, without the need to change anything to a coal plant. Torrefied biomass allows us to 'take over' dirty coal plants, and convert them to entirely green power facilities, without the need to build new infrastructures or dedicated power... Continue Reading

International

Sayonara Sub-Prime Suckers from Andrew Lahde
Andrew Lahde the 37y.o. manager of a small California hedge fund, Lahde Capital, made a killing last year betting on the subprime collapse. Last month, he called it quits after the fund had amassed a whopping return of 866% in a little over a year. Tired of the stress, he closed the fund. On October 17th, Lahde passed along his “goodbye” letter, a biting “F-you” message to the financial establishment, hedge funds, government and privileged “prep” school kids. It’s really entertaining. Below is the letter in it’s entirety as... Continue Reading


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