Reader DanH was nice enough to forward us a recent copy of Galleon Groups performance going back to 1992. It turns out that the fund was Madoff-like in its performance. [ … ]
Category: Chart Of The Day
(Just Charts)
IS THE SEASONAL DECLINE IN STOCKS DELAYED?
Predictions for a September and October swoon in the stock market are proving to be greatly exaggerated (yours truly is certainly guilty of expecting a September swoon), but according to [ … ]
CHART OF THE DAY: GIVING A NEW DEFINITION TO “BEAT AND RAISE”
Today’s chart of the day comes courtesy of Bespoke Invest. The percentage of companies that have beaten guidance this quarter is a remarkable 85%.
LET’S GET TECHNICAL: GOLD BREAKS OUT, STOCKS REACH RESISTANCE
From Decision Point: Gold has also made a decisive break above important overhead resistance. I have been concerned that gold would not be able to do this because a rally [ … ]
WILL LOWER ENERGY PRICES RESULT IN A CONSUMER RECOVERY?
Wells Capital Management seems to believe it might. Today’s chart of the day shows the average household energy expenditures. Bloomberg reports: Falling energy costs may trigger a U.S. consumer-spending revival [ … ]
CHART OF THE DAY: THE DOLLAR/STOCKS CORRELATION
Due to its near-sighted nature, the stock market has tended to overlook the weakness of the dollar. While many investors falsely argue that the falling dollar is an overwhelming positive [ … ]
CHART OF THE DAY: EQUITY PERFORMANCE DURING EARNINGS SEASON
The most recent two earnings seasons have resulted in 11% and 15% rallies. Investors who were in the market for this two month period were involved in over half of [ … ]
CHART OF THE DAY: MARKET PERFORMANCE AFTER BIG DOWN YEARS
Today’s chart of the day comes courtesy of chartoftheday.com/ – it shows the market’s average performance after the largest drops in the Dow going back to 1896. As you can [ … ]
CHART OF THE DAY: CMBS SAYS REFLATION IS WORKING
Today’s chart of the day shows the reflation trade at work in the CMBS market. Ben is reflating us higher, but is he reflating us back to health? Source: Markit [ … ]