http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=rssfeed Daily Updates from The Forum at SCCI.com en The Forum at SCCInvestments.com 30 http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=82&p=5350#p5350 [center][size=4]U.S. nonfarm payrolls fall by 54,000 in August[/size] [size=3]Private job gains total 67,000; unemployment rate hits 9.6%[/size][/center] By Greg Robb for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-economy-sheds-54000-nonfarm-jobs-in-aug-2010-09-03][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. economy shed 54,000 nonfarm jobs in August, the Labor Department reported Friday, a much slower decline than economists a http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=82&p=5350#p5350 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 09:51:22 GMT The Currency Market nobody@example.com (raniel) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=82&p=5349#p5349 [size=5]US Employment Situation 2010 no. 9 of 12[/size] [font=tahoma][size=3]Reporting Period: August 2010 Announcement Date: 3 September 2010 Announcement Time: 08:30 ET[/size] [size=3]Concensus Analyst Estimates/Actual Prior Reading (current | previous):[/size][/font] Non-Farm Payrolls: -105,000 | -131,000 Unemployment Rate: 9.6% | 9.5% Manufacturing Payrolls: 7,000 | 36,000 Hourly Earnings: +0.1% | -0.1% Avg. Weekly Work Hours: 34.2 | 34.2 [size=3]Other Information: http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=82&p=5349#p5349 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:33:31 GMT The Currency Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=155&p=5348#p5348 [center][size=4]Shut Down Banks if They Threaten System: Bernanke[/size] [img]http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/Sections/News_And_Analysis/__Story_Inserts/graphics/__PEOPLE/B/bernanke_ben_2.jpg[/img][/center] By: AP for [url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/38971396][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/cnbc.png[/img][/url] Published: Thursday, 2 Sep 2010 | 10:55 AM ET Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter th http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=155&p=5348#p5348 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:58:37 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=35&p=5347#p5347 [center][size=4]Saks may get a $1.7 billion bid: report [/size][/center] By Andria Cheng, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saks-may-get-a-17-billion-bid-report-2010-08-31][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 31, 2010, 9:15 a.m. EDT NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Luxury retailer Saks Inc. may soon be on the receiving end of a $1.7 billion cash bid from a group of U.S. and U.K. private-equity firms, according to a media report. Shares of [b]Sa http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=35&p=5347#p5347 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:55:48 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=261&p=5346#p5346 [center][size=3]market pulse[/size] [size=4]Heinz sees first quarter net of 75 cents a share[/size][/center] [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/heinz-sees-first-quarter-net-of-75-cents-a-share-2010-08-31][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/cnbc.png[/img][/url] Aug. 31, 2010, 9:16 a.m. EDT NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- [b]H.J. Heinz Co. (HNZ )[/b] said Tuesday it expects to report first-quarter earnings of 75 cents a share, with higher sales. Wall Street analysts expect the Pittsbu http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=261&p=5346#p5346 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:57:57 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=46&p=5345#p5345 [center][size=4]Dell Cedes Data Storage Maker 3Par to HP[/size][/center] By: [img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/reuters.jpg[/img] for [url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/38971034][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/cnbc.png[/img][/url] Published: Thursday, 2 Sep 2010 | 10:39 AM ET Dell is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard for data-storage maker 3Par. [b]Dell [DELL ][/b] says it will not match [b]Hewlett-Packard's [HPQ ][/b] offer to pay $33 per http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=46&p=5345#p5345 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:06:24 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=33&p=5344#p5344 Speaking of cosmic jokes...take a look at this. Hmmm...maybe I should take a shot a public office... _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [center][size=4]It's NOT the Economy, Stupid: It's the Mess in Washington[/size] [img]http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/Sections/News_And_Analysis/__Story_Inserts/graphics/__WALL_STREET/WALL_STREET_CONCEPTS/capitol_building_wallstreet_2_200.jpg[/img][/center] http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=33&p=5344#p5344 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:04:28 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=33&p=5343#p5343 [center][i][size=3][font=times]Bish's Take[/font][/size][/i] on [size=5]Over-Stimulus[/size][/center] Ladies and gentlemen, you should know my stance by now on politics: There's hardly anything better at getting in the way of a real discussion on real issues than bipartisan politics...except maybe the people who actually [i]believe[/i] in such nonsense (and that pretty much sums us up, doesn't it). Because with a few spin doctors, a few oppositely polarized news channels, and a bunch of p http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=33&p=5343#p5343 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:53:16 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=530&p=5342#p5342 [center][size=3]Lisa Twaronite's This Week in Japan[/size] [size=4]'Ozawa shock' roils Japan's debt market[/size] [img]http://s.marketwatch.com/public/resources/MWimages/MW-AG075_ozawa__MD_20100825225850.jpg[/img] [size=3]Commentary: It's telling that JGB yields are rising and the curve is steepening[/size][/center] By Lisa Twaronite, for [url= http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ozawa-shock-roils-japanese-government-bonds-2010-09-02][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[ http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=530&p=5342#p5342 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:07:11 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=261&p=5341#p5341 [center][size=4][b][color=red]Stock Watch[/color][/b][/size] [size=3]September 2, 2010 [color=royalblue][i]Technical Analysis[/i][/color][/size][/center] Raniel, I'll have to commend you for being the first to actually put a [i]meaningful[/i] post in the Food & Beverage thread. However--I could be wrong--but I don't that quote can be attributed to whomever Georgi is. And if it is by some chance attributed to him, it [i]shouldn't be[/i]. But then again, we shouldn't be trendless with just http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=261&p=5341#p5341 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 02:33:04 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=504&p=5340#p5340 [center][size=3]Extra[/size] [size=4]Fund manager touts the good side of vice[/size] [size=3]So much for righteousness in tough economic times. Overall, stocks of companies peddling products that many of us associate with bad habits are beating the market.[/size][/center] By The Associated Press for [url=http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/MutualFunds/fund-manager-touts-the-good-side-of-vice.aspx][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/msnmoney.jpg[/img][/url] 8/27/2010 7:0 http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=504&p=5340#p5340 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:26:14 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=33&p=5339#p5339 [center][size=3]Rex Nutting[/size] [size=4]Two dangerous myths about the stimulus[/size] [size=3]Commentary: We'd be in a much deeper hole without government's help[/size][/center] By Rex Nutting, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/two-dangerous-myths-about-the-stimulus-2010-08-25][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 25, 2010, 12:01 a.m. EDT WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- We are in danger of making a dangerous U-turn on economic policy because http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=33&p=5339#p5339 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:18:16 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=520&p=5338#p5338 [center][size=3]Mark Hulbert[/size] [size=4]Golden slope of hope[/size] [size=3]Commentary: Excitement builds in the gold pits -- a worrisome sign[/size][/center] By Mark Hulbert, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/contrarian-take-on-gold-market-2010-09-01][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] WASHINGTON, DC (MarketWatch) -- The odds are poor that gold will soon rise significantly above its previous all-time high around $1,270 per ounce. Sept. 1, http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=520&p=5338#p5338 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:12:53 GMT Commodities nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=473&p=5337#p5337 [center][size=4]JPMorgan To Close Its Prop. Desks[/size][/center] [url=http://www.finalternatives.com/node/13695][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/finalternatives.png[/img][/url] Sep 1 2010 | 11:06am ET JPMorgan Chase will shutter its proprietary-trading desk and has notified those desks’ employees that their jobs are being cut. JPMorgan is the latest U.S. bank to decide the fate of its prop. trading operations; others, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, are continuin http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=473&p=5337#p5337 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 23:20:27 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=46&p=5336#p5336 [center][size=4]Hewlett-Packard outbids Dell for data-storage provider 3Par[/size] [size=3]Analysts see more bids as tech giants compete to build up data-center business[/size][/center] By Dan Gallagher and Christopher Hinton, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hp-outbids-dell-for-data-storage-provider-3par-2010-08-23-82700?link=MW_related_stories][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 23, 2010, 2:42 p.m. EDT SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hew http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=46&p=5336#p5336 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:21:32 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=38&p=5335#p5335 [center][size=4]Sanofi makes $18.5 billion all-cash offer for Genzyme[/size][/center] By Claudia Assis, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sanofi-makes-bid-for-genzyme-2010-08-29][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 29, 2010, 3:37 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Sanofi-Aventis SA has offered to buy U.S. biotechnology company Genzyme Corp. for $18.5 billion, or $69 per share, the French drug maker said Sunday. [b]Sanofi /quotes/comsto http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=38&p=5335#p5335 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:04:46 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=504&p=5334#p5334 [center][size=3]Robert Powell's Your Portfolio[/size] [size=4]What to buy instead of bond funds[/size] [size=3]Commentary: Less-risky alternatives for a high-risk market[/size][/center] By Robert Powell, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-to-buy-instead-of-bond-funds-2010-08-26?siteid=nwhpf][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 26, 2010, 12:29 a.m. EDT BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Don't lose money. That's frequently the main investment obje http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=504&p=5334#p5334 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:47:07 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=527&p=5333#p5333 As a trader in this rather "ranged" market, it's easy to get lulled to sleep; thinking that there's not much action going on. But oh contrare! It appears that one of the easiest plays of the year was actually MISSED (by me anyway) despite the fact that I put up the precursory analysis about a week ahead of the market top for 2010 and more than 3 months before the "avalanche" point in Capella. Let's take a look, no matter how painful it might be. [center][img]http://theforum.sccinvestment http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=527&p=5333#p5333 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:27:13 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=261&p=5332#p5332 [center][size=3]Stock Advisory[/size] [size=4]Hansen Natrual Corp.(HANS)[/size][/center] It has been a while since I've thought of [url=http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/stock_quote?Symbol=hans]HANS[/url]. It is the company of legend from the 2K decade. For those skilled (read: lucky) enough to put some money in this one and ride it to the top, the returns are something like 500x. Yes, that's roughly $500 for every $1 invested (and that is after the 2:1 and 4:1 stock splits on the way http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=261&p=5332#p5332 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:09:06 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (raniel) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=550&p=5331#p5331 [center][size=3]Interest Rates[/size] [size=4]Debt Man’s Curve, It's No Place to Play[/size] [size=3]Bond issuers flirt with disaster[/size][/center] By Jason Farkas for [url=http://www.elliottwave.com/freeupdates/archives/2010/08/19/Debt-Man%E2%80%99s-Curve-It-s-No-Place-to-Play.aspx][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/ewi.png[/img][/url] Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:15:00 ET Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the August 2010 Global Market Perspective. The 1964 top 1 http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=550&p=5331#p5331 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:29:24 GMT The Currency Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=494&p=5330#p5330 [center][size=3]The Short Answer[/size] [size=4]Is It OK to Tap an IRA in a Financial Pinch?[/size] [size=3]You'll pay taxes and a penalty unless you meet certain criteria.[/size][/center] By Christine Benz for [url=http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=343682][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/morningstar.jpg[/img][/url] | 07-13-10 | 06:00 AM | [b]Question[/b]: I've read that people can tap their Roth IRA contributions free of penalty at any time and for any r http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=494&p=5330#p5330 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:59:50 GMT Retirement Center nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=528&p=5329#p5329 [center][size=3]Europe Markets[/size] [size=4]Stocks dive across Europe, led lower by Ireland, Greece[/size] [size=3]Markets extend losses after release of weak U.S. home-sales data[/size][/center] By Simon Kennedy, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/stocks-drop-sharply-across-europe-2010-08-24?siteid=bnbh][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 24, 2010, 12:10 p.m. EDT LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Stock markets across Europe fell sharply on Tuesda http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=528&p=5329#p5329 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:55:13 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=507&p=5328#p5328 I've been vaguely listening to the talk about bubbles in the bond market for what seems a year now. And I've offered my own 2-cents on inflation vs. deflation earlier this year to only turn around and reverse my judgment completely as time progressed. But as it pertains to the bond market...I'm not even sure that anyone would recognize a bubble in the bond market if they saw it. We (myself [i]very[/i] much included) often use these overly-linear approximations and assumptions that really http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=507&p=5328#p5328 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:43:22 GMT The Bond Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=530&p=5327#p5327 [center][size=3]MarketWatch First Take[/size] [size=4]World won't care but too much on yen's shoulder[/size] [size=3]Commentary: Japan is taking on disproportionate burden [/size][/center] By MarketWatch for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/world-wont-care-but-too-much-on-yens-shoulders-2010-08-24][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 24, 2010, 11:00 a.m. EDT WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The world's central bankers and finance ministers won't http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=530&p=5327#p5327 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:17:48 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=33&p=5326#p5326 [center][size=3]Mark Hulbert[/size] [size=4]Crash and burn[/size] [img]http://s.marketwatch.com/public/resources/MWimages/MW-AG040_hinden_MD_20100823224125.jpg[/img] [size=3]Commentary: How bearish is the Hindenburg Omen?[/size] [/center] By Mark Hulbert, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-statistical-take-on-the-hindenburg-omen-2010-08-24][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) -- The market is falling, the market i http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=33&p=5326#p5326 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:11:55 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=33&p=5325#p5325 [center][size=3]Mark Hulbert[/size] [size=4]Crash and burn[/size] [img]http://s.marketwatch.com/public/resources/MWimages/MW-AG040_hinden_MD_20100823224125.jpg[/img] [size=3]Commentary: How bearish is the Hindenburg Omen?[/size] [/center] By Mark Hulbert, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-statistical-take-on-the-hindenburg-omen-2010-08-24][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) -- The market is falling, the market i http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=33&p=5325#p5325 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:11:11 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=509&p=5324#p5324 [center][size=3]Economic Report[/size] [size=4]Existing-home sales plunge 27.2%[/size] [size=3]Inventory of unsold homes jumps to 11-year high[/size][/center] By Jeffry Bartash, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/Story/newsviewer?siteid=bnbh][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 24, 2010, 10:14 a.m. EDT WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The sale of existing U.S. homes sank 27.2% in July -- the biggest one-month drop ever -- largely because of the phase-o http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=509&p=5324#p5324 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:54:16 GMT Real Estate nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=507&p=5323#p5323 [quote=Nick Godt] Bond bubble believers don't believe deflation is possible[/quote] Well, I certainly do believe that deflation is possible. It spawns things like shifts in Fed regulatory policy to accelerate, or floor, inflationary pressures to keep demand on services and goods up. Just sayin' Actually, I'm not one of those who thinks there is a bubble in bonds, not exactly. Bonds are a two component animal that has a coupon price and a yield (or return) price which are inverse to each http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=507&p=5323#p5323 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:51:29 GMT The Bond Market nobody@example.com (raniel) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=507&p=5322#p5322 [center][size=4]Bonds aren't the new tech stocks[/size] [size=3]Commentary: Bond bubble believers don't believe deflation is possible[/size][/center] By Nick Godt for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bonds-arent-the-new-tech-bubble-2010-08-20?link=kiosk][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Can you feel that rush of excitement towards bonds? Pundits excitedly talk of ever rising bond prices on TV, cab drivers now offer tip http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=507&p=5322#p5322 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:29:43 GMT The Bond Market nobody@example.com (raniel) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=504&p=5321#p5321 [center][size=4]Raniel's Ramblings[/size] on [size=3][s]Nuclear[/s] Financial Fallout[/size][/center] [quote=I] In short, I don't believe there is sufficient technical justification for the markets to go a blazin' down to zero. [/quote] And I still believe this. But I don’t think that was what Farrell meant then, and I have a somewhat different perspective on the inner workings of the market from the study of various financial topics since that time. The real question(s) to ask are 1 http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=504&p=5321#p5321 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:56:59 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (raniel) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=523&p=5320#p5320 [center][size=4]401(k) withdrawals hit 10 year high, says Fidelity[/size][/center] By Aaron Smith for [url=http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news/economy/fidelity_401k_withdrawal/index.htm?hpt=T2][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/cnn.png[/img][/url] August 20, 2010: 12:53 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Withdrawals from 401(k) retirement saving plans saw their biggest spike in over ten years, Fidelity Investments said on Friday, in the latest sign of a dismal economy. Fidelity http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=523&p=5320#p5320 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:25:47 GMT The Daily Balance nobody@example.com (raniel) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=46&p=5319#p5319 [center][size=3]market pulse[/size] [size=4]H-P posts 6% profit gain[/size][/center] By Benjamin Pimentel for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/h-p-posts-6-profit-gain-2010-08-19?siteid=bnbh][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 19, 2010, 4:35 p.m. EDT SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - [b]Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ )[/b] on Thursday reported a fiscal third-quarter profit of $1.8 billion, or 75 cents a share, compared with a profit of $1.7 billion, or http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=46&p=5319#p5319 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:48:03 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=46&p=5318#p5318 [center][size=3]market pulse[/size] [size=4]Dell's earnings rise 15.5%[/size][/center] By Rex Crum for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dells-earnings-rise-155-2010-08-19?siteid=bnbh][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 19, 2010, 4:08 p.m. EDT SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- [b]Dell Inc. (DELL )[/b] on Thursday reported a second-quarter profit of $545 million, or 28 cents a share, on $15.5 billion in sales, compared with earnings of $472 millio http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=46&p=5318#p5318 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:45:41 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=46&p=5317#p5317 [center][size=4]Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 billion[/size][/center] By Benjamin Pimentel and Steve Goldstein, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/intel-to-buy-mcafee-for-77-billion-2010-08-19][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 19, 2010, 4:26 p.m. EDT SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Intel Corp. said Thursday that it will pay about $7.7 billion in cash to buy McAfee Inc., a surprising deal that some analysts see as a bold move focused on the g http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=46&p=5317#p5317 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:43:23 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=547&p=5316#p5316 [center][size=3]Futures Movers[/size] [size=4]Oil settles at fresh six-week low as equities slide, dollar rises[/size] [size=3]Oil closes down 2.6% for the week; natural gas also at multi-week lows[/size][/center] By Claudia Assis, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-hovers-at-fresh-six-week-low-2010-08-20][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 20, 2010, 3:50 p.m. EDT SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures declined to a six-week http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=547&p=5316#p5316 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:28:06 GMT Commodities nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=548&p=5315#p5315 [center][size=4]Paulson Protégé Pellegrini To Return Outside Money[/size] [img]http://www.finalternatives.com/files/images/pellegrini3.img_assist_custom.jpg[/img][/center] [url=http://www.finalternatives.com/node/13592][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/finalternatives.png[/img][/url] Aug 20 2010 | 12:39pm ET Paolo Pellegrini, the former Paulson & Co. portfolio manager credited with the hugely successful subprime mortgage investment strategy that put that firm on the map, plans t http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=548&p=5315#p5315 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:59:43 GMT Funds nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=520&p=5313#p5313 [center][size=3]Commentary: Gold bugs see a renewed risew[/size] [size=4]Gold gearing up?[/size][/center] By Peter Brimelow for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/rapturous-gold-bugs-see-new-highs-ahead-2010-08-19][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 19, 2010, 9:58 a.m. EDT NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Is gold gearing up for new highs? Rapturous radical bugs say yes. Wednesday may prove to have been a very important day in gold. Gold broke earl http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=520&p=5313#p5313 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:01:54 GMT Commodities nobody@example.com (raniel) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=504&p=5312#p5312 [center][size=3]Paul B. Farrell[/size] [size=4]Warning, bear market 2010: 11 'sells.' Only 6 'buys'[/size] [size=3]New Normal: Bankrupt nation. Deflation. Zeros. Junk. No jobs. Depression[/size][/center] By Paul B. Farrell, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-going-to-get-worse-a-whole-lot-worse-2010-08-17][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 17, 2010, 12:01 a.m. EDT ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Yes, it's going to get worse, a http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=504&p=5312#p5312 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:12:53 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=520&p=5311#p5311 [center][size=3]MarketWatch First Take[/size] [size=4]Gold, headlines, and hot money in inflation mode[/size] [size=3]Commentary: Short-term investors shed deflation views, bonds differ[/size][/center] By [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-headlines-and-hot-money-in-inflation-mode-2010-08-17][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 17, 2010, 3:50 p.m. EDT NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- It only took producer prices rising for the first time in four m http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=520&p=5311#p5311 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:08:07 GMT Commodities nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=502&p=5310#p5310 [quote]As for tonight, I'm looking to get long around 0.8945 with stops at 0.8910. Nothing big here at all, but there is a great deal of ambiguity to the topside. [/quote] I absolutely [i]hate[/i] having to use orders. The overnight low has been 0.8948...so close, but not close enough. I did put a trade in on the EUR though...but that's a topic literally for another post. http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=502&p=5310#p5310 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:55:46 GMT The Currency Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=70&p=5308#p5308 [center][size=3]market pulse[/size] [size=4]Druckenmiller to shut hedge fund, Bloomberg says[/size][/center] By Alistair Barr for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/druckenmiller-to-shut-hedge-fund-bloomberg-says-2010-08-18-115460][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 18, 2010, 11:05 a.m. EDT SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hedge fund veteran Stanley Druckenmiller is shutting his firm, Duquesne Capital Management LLC, because of lackluster perform http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=70&p=5308#p5308 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:34:39 GMT Funds nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=549&p=5307#p5307 [center][size=3]Outside the Box[/size] [size=4]House rich[/size] [size=3]Commentary: Why your best investment is a foreclosed home[/size][/center] By Michael Murphy for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/your-best-investment-is-a-foreclosed-home-2010-08-19][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 19, 2010, 12:01 a.m. EDT BOULDER, Colo. (MarketWatch) -- The recession is "officially" over according to GDP figures. Stocks are up 50% from the March 200 http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=549&p=5307#p5307 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:20:00 GMT Real Estate nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=57&p=5306#p5306 [center][size=3]MarketWatch First Take[/size] [size=4]GM prospectus has plenty of scary material[/size] [size=3]Commentary: Lots of speed bumps to the auto giant's prospects[/size][/center] By [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gm-prospectus-has-plenty-of-scary-material-2010-08-18][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 18, 2010, 5:23 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- For those who are interested in buying General Motors once it goes public aga http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=57&p=5306#p5306 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:15:57 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=104&p=5305#p5305 [center][size=4]GM files paperwork for massive IPO[/size] [img]http://s.marketwatch.com/public/resources/MWimages/MW-AF916_akerso_MD_20100812120505.jpg[/img] [size=3]Daniel Akerson will take over as chief executive at General Motors on Sept. 1.[/size][/center] By Shawn Langlois, [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gm-seen-filing-ipo-paperwork-wednesday-2010-08-18?link=MW_related_stories][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 18, 2010, 4:26 p.m. EDT http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=104&p=5305#p5305 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:13:23 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=502&p=5304#p5304 [size=4]Reverb[/size] [size=3]18 August 2010[/size] Currency: AUD/USD Trading Bias: Slightly Bearish (but trading counter) Fundamental Outlook: U.S. Philadelphia Fed Survey for August (8/18) Glad to see someone else warm up these currency posts for a change. I personally feel like currencies are still in a bit of limbo, despite last week's action at the onset of the midweek Bradley date. But with the EUR off more than 650 pips in a week and the AUD pressed into a 200-pip downswing, http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=502&p=5304#p5304 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:00:46 GMT The Currency Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=547&p=5303#p5303 [center][i][size=3][font=times]Bish's Take[/font][/size][/i] on [size=5]Texas Technicals[/size][/center] The one thing in life that's guaranteed--other than death and taxes--is change. We've been slow to really update the crude oil markets in 2010 since, well, 2009 wasn't all that great of a year. I mean, sure, it was great if you went long in January 2009 and kept the the ball rolling until it dropped...but by March 2009, equities and everything else was rolling up as well. So crude http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=547&p=5303#p5303 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:05:51 GMT Commodities nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=545&p=5302#p5302 It's always nice to find an answer just laying around from a viable source. I am not saying that I blindly trust their charts (I follow full E.W.A. charts and still do the work myself before placing a trade). I am saying that I like it when the answer to at least one question in my tired mind drops into sight. The above post is from the "Don't Ignore This Chart" blog over at Stockcharts. (which, btw, landed on my facebook wall of all places). One thing that stood out to me is that t http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=545&p=5302#p5302 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:22:48 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (raniel) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=545&p=5301#p5301 [center][size=4]China and XLB moving together [/size][/center] by Author Hill for [url=http://blogs.stockcharts.com/dont_ignore_this_chart/2010/08/china-and-xlb-moving-together-xlb.html][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/Raniel/charts/stockcharts.PNG[/img][/url] The Shanghai Composite ($SSEC) and the Materials SPDR (XLB) have been moving together in 2010. The moves in XLB are a little more exaggerated, but the positive correlation is clear. Most recently, both bottomed in early July a http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=545&p=5301#p5301 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:09:58 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (raniel) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=545&p=5300#p5300 [center][size=4]Potash Corp. soars as BHP Billiton's $38.6 billion bid rejected[/size] [size=3]Stock hits highest in two years; shareholder rights plan adopted[/size][/center] By Aude Lagorce and Christopher Hinton, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/potash-soars-as-board-rejects-386-bln-bhp-bid-2010-08-17?siteid=bnbh][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 17, 2010, 12:05 p.m. EDT NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. sha http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=545&p=5300#p5300 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:56:36 GMT The Stock Market nobody@example.com (Bishamon) http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=520&p=5299#p5299 [center][size=3]Hedge Funds[/size] [size=4]Eton Park discloses big gold ETF stake[/size][/center] By Alistair Barr, for [url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/eton-park-discloses-big-gold-etf-stake-2010-08-16][img]http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/news/marketwatch.jpg[/img][/url] Aug. 16, 2010, 7:27 p.m. EDT SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Eton Park Capital Management LP, a hedge fund run by former Goldman Sachs trader Eric Mindich, disclosed a big new stake in a gold exchange-traded fund http://theforum.sccinvestments.com/index.php?a=topic&t=520&p=5299#p5299 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:20:25 GMT Commodities nobody@example.com (Bishamon)