EconMatters's blog
Central Bank Inflation & Spending Recovery from the Deflationary Abyss
Submitted by EconMatters on 02/10/2013 12:09 -0500Everyone is currently worried about inflation with the central banks printing like there is no tomorrow.
No Love for the Coffee Market?
Submitted by EconMatters on 02/09/2013 10:19 -0500Coffee is just that kind of market great for traders and well worth putting on your trading radar screens.
So David Einhorn is the Dumb Money on Apple
Submitted by EconMatters on 02/08/2013 09:07 -0500
Turning your growth trade into a value trade is the quintessential sign of a losing trader on Wall Street.
Goldman Sachs Jeff Currie Continues to Botch WTI-Brent Spread
Submitted by EconMatters on 02/07/2013 23:56 -0500The oil industry is full of bad analysts.
US Consumers Subsidizing Venezuela Gasoline at 18 Cents a Gallon
Submitted by EconMatters on 02/06/2013 12:04 -0500The gasoline market is well supplied, but if it weren`t for gasoline exports to countries like Venezuela, the United States would have much cheaper gasoline.
After Election Obama Doesn`t Care about High Gas Prices
Submitted by EconMatters on 02/05/2013 10:12 -0500The last time prices reached only $95 a barrel WTI the Whitehouse started talking up the SPR release only six months ago. Now that gas prices are higher than ever for this time of year and set to go higher, and we haven`t heard a single mention of the SPRs?
When Goodwill Turns Nasty
Submitted by EconMatters on 02/03/2013 20:32 -0500More and more in fashion lately in the financial world is companies taking huge write-downs of some flopped acquisitions....
Delta Airlines Got an Oil Refinery: The Math Does Not Work
Submitted by EconMatters on 02/01/2013 18:21 -0500Exxon reported 4Q profit at a five-year high boosted by its refining arm. However, Delta Airlines (DAL) can’t tell a similar success story with its newly acquired refinery at Trainer, PA.
Clash of Federal vs. State Laws: US completely Arbitrary
Submitted by EconMatters on 01/31/2013 20:05 -0500The current government stance on Marijuana and Online/Casino Gaming is making their position from a legal standpoint look completely arbitrary and lacking in credibility.
When the Gold Bugs Start Selling, Look Out!
Submitted by EconMatters on 01/31/2013 08:58 -0500If Peter Schiff is selling gold, then maybe you should too!
The Market Rally Tells Us Nothing about the Economy
Submitted by EconMatters on 01/30/2013 14:56 -0500All this talk about some Super Cycle turn in the economy is putting the proverbial cart ahead of the horse.
Higher Gas Prices & Lower Take Home Pay will Kill Rally
Submitted by EconMatters on 01/30/2013 09:56 -0500The benefits of higher stock prices are soon negated by higher gasoline prices leading to a market sell-off.....
Blatant Price Manipulation Takes Place Every Day in Oil Markets
Submitted by EconMatters on 01/29/2013 07:49 -0500Every single day the oil market is manipulated, it is easy to see, right out in the open, and nobody does anything about it.
Yen, Apple, Netflix and VIX
Submitted by EconMatters on 01/24/2013 20:08 -0500All in all, the market took apple`s takedown rather well, which is probably bullish!
Microsoft, HP & Amazon: Next Tech Firms to be Taken to Woodshed!
Submitted by EconMatters on 01/23/2013 20:25 -0500The run to 1500 for the S&P 500 is over, and these three tech companies are either complete no growth dogs, or over-priced retailers!
