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Grindstone Financial
http://www.grindstonefinancial.com/
A former analyst provides a unique perspective on market trends and economic fluctuations.
- Added on: Oct 1st, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Time for a little R and R...
Postings will be spotty over the next two weeks as I hit the road. Here are the things to watch out for....Existing Home Sales: Will probably be strong, but they were distorted by all of the people that rushed to buy a house before the expiration o...
It\'s (still) all about the Benjamins...
The dollar still rules the financial markets as today the dollar strengthened in the face of weak economic data as some traders are starting to suspect maybe the dollar decline has run it's course. As I said, the other day if we get religion on spen...
The Internet recession
I like the analogy that rather than a V, L or W shaped recovery we might be facing a WWW recovery (or retreat - chose your poison) or an Internet recession.We plowed trillions into bailouts and stimulus and the results were expected to produce 3-4% g...
Where are the jobs?
It's very early in the cycle to be making any long range forecasts, but I've heard more than enough anecdotal evidence to suggest that as the unemployment rate ratchets up, more and more highly educated, highly paid workers are considering and active...
Dollar dives, markets soar...
More of the same today as Bernanke continues to indicate that he'll be accommodative and Asian countries continue to point toward more stimulus. This means more weakness for the dollar and more strength in assets - gold, oil, stocks, etc.Many looked...
Investing 101
I've long echoed the thoughts of other fundamental analysts that argue that the market has become detached from reality. However, over the past year, the technicians could always be counted on to move the market because their tarot cards, sorry bolli...
