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The Most Important Economic Indicator to Watch

Moby Waller — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I reviewed quite a few different economic and valuation charts today, looking for correlations with market performance and big picture trends. The following chart was striking to me, source here.

You can see that the Weekly Initial Jobless Claims (seasonally adjusted) showed a clear strong uptrend through the late-February/early-March area. At this point they [...]

Sentiment vs. Jobs Data : Bullish vs. Bearish

Andrew Hart — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0100

The much anticipated jobs data was released Friday and pre-market action is pointing to a decisive sell-off. Of course, this is based on initial reaction to the number of jobs lost, but you can read the direct release below and make your own assertions.

You don't normally see economic data and technical data used in tandem, generally, economic indicators are longer-term compared to short-term analysis with technical indicators. In my view, this morning's negative [...]

Upcoming Week

Bob Lang — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Following expiration, this next week is filled with landmines, regardless of your bullish/bearish bias. The Fed has a meeting this week and will arguably be discussing the economy, green shoots and the potential inflation on the horizon. There are a smattering of earnings reports too, and let's not forget we are entering the 'confessional period', where companies who may miss their earnings step up and make it known. I doubt there will be much action there as earnings estima [...]

New Month, Same Action

Bob Lang — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

We mentioned late last week that the late buying surge was a clue into the next move, which would be higher. Monday certainly showed us that much! The breadth was tremendous, nearly 5-1 to the positive but turnover could have been better. What's striking is the collapse of the greenback, which is not getting any support whatsoever. Bond yields have been rising to elevated levels, too. Meanwhile the rest of the week is all about jobs....the ADP report Wed, jobless cl [...]