July 12, 2011 by CC • Commentary

WSJ Economics: When we’re not freaking out about Europe, we’ll glance momentarily at: 7:30 a.m. ET all times: We get the NFIB small-business optimism index. Small businesses create approximately 147% of all the jobs in …

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June 27, 2011 by Dan • Commentary

Friday was more of the same, all day selling with barely an uptick.  Our equity markets have plenty of things to be worried about, but it now appears that investors are being a bit more …

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June 22, 2011 by Dan • Commentary

Well, we got the big rally day. And the real question wasn’t whether it was going to come or not, but when, and for how long……the Nasdaq outperformed the SPX by almost 80 bps, which …

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June 17, 2011 by CC • Commentary

Seeking Alpha Friday’s Economic Calendar 9:55 Reuters/UofM Consumer Sentiment 10:00 Leading Indicators 10:30 ECRI Leading Index DShort The S&P 500 dropped from its mid-day highs to a low within a few basis points of its …

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May 23, 2011 by CC • Commentary

Futures: S&P 500 1,316.70 -11.10 NASDAQ 100 2,321.75 -21.75 DJIA INDEX 12,359.00 -107.00   Business Insider Good morning! Happy Monday! Everything’s getting clobbered right now following a week of turmoil on Wall Street and more …

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May 17, 2011 by CC • Commentary

S&P Futures 1323.2 – 2.40 (Last Updated 09:04:07 AM) Business Insider Along with all of the weak macro data (spending, consumer confidence, you name it), inflation just keeps getting worse in the UK. Even core …

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