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Market Outlook: It's Still All About Housing

The S&P500 is down 17% since October, but it's up 7% in the last month. There is always the temptation to think we have entered a new long-term bull market run, and it's time to get long before it's too late. However, over the next 12 to 18 months, I ...

From MARK HINES, Seeking Alpha,  12 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Fannie Mae,  Freddie Mac

Low ''Bernanke-Beta'' Investing: Procter & Gamble and Raytheon

After ratcheting the Fed Funds rate down from 5.25% to 2.00% in less than a year, it seems abrupt to me how quickly the Fed's tone has changed. Bernanke now wants to fight inflation, and Fed Funds futures are actually predicting a 30% chance of an ...

From MARK HINES, Seeking Alpha,  11 Jun 2008

The Relationship between Oil, Drillers and Refiners

Considering this Memorial Day weekend officially kicked off the "driving season" I decided to do some research on the sky high oil prices that are behind the sky high prices at the pump. In particular, I did some tests on the relationship between the ...

From MARK HINES, ETF Investor,  27 May 2008
Related Topics: Transocean Inc.,  Tesoro,  Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

Does the Nikkei Predict Moves in the S&P500?

It's Sunday night as I type this, but the Monday trading day is already half over in Japan. I can see the Nikkei is down about 3% for the day, and I'm wondering if this will have any impact in the US, once the US markets open tomorrow morning. Like ...

From MARK HINES, ETF Investor,  14 Apr 2008

Stocks Are the Place to Be - Google and Apple in Particular

It was a wild first quarter marked by strong downward market pressure and huge volatility. The media talking heads seem to gradually be coming to the general consensus that the market has bottomed. Obviously, there are no guarantees, but I tend to ...

From MARK HINES, ETF Investor,  10 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Goldman Sachs

Stocks Are the Place to Be

It was a wild first quarter marked by strong downward market pressure and huge volatility. The media talking heads seem to gradually be coming to the general consensus that the market has bottomed. Obviously, there are no guarantees, but I tend to ...

From MARK HINES, ETF Investor,  10 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Goldman Sachs,  Google Inc.

Unfairly Punished Apple Still Fresh

Apple's recent decline is largely due to lower-than-expected earnings guidance from management at their last conference call, and the general fear that a slowing economy will reduce spending on luxury items such as iPods and iPhones. Also interesting ...

From MARK HINES, ETF Investor,  29 Mar 2008

Future at Abercrombie and American Eagle Not So Grim

A closer look at clothing retailers American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) suggests the future may be less grim than expected, especially for ANF. On Wednesday, American Eagle Outfitters announced fourth quarter earnings of 66 ...

From MARK HINES, ETF Investor,  14 Mar 2008
Related Topics: American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

Get Long SP500 When VIX Hits 30?

Check out the graph above of the VIX versus the S&P500. The last three times the VIX hit 30, it was almost immediately followed by a short-term bull run in the S&P500. Interestingly, the way things are heading, we may hit 30 again this week. If you're ...

From MARK HINES, ETF Investor,  11 Mar 2008

A Beautiful Mind: Microsoft over Google

Bill Gates (founder and Chairman of Microsoft) recently spoke at the University of Chicago, and I was most interested in two of the themes in his presentation. One, Mr. Gates emphasized the huge opportunities in the poorest two thirds of the World ...

From MARK HINES, ETF Investor,  25 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Bill Gates,  John Nash,  University of Chicago

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