Archive for the 'China' Category

Protect First, Grow Second

 Stocks were up BIG this morning, but spent the entire day going down – and ending down 74 points.  Why was it up BIG?  The Chinese have announced a $586B stimulus package for their economy.  The Chinese are scared to death that it won’t be creating as many jobs in the future as it has […]

Deeper In The Muck

Most markets were sideways today – awaiting the election.  Stocks were no exception ending down 5 points.  Bonds made a slight gain in price – with lowering interest rates.  Gold and the Dollar were both slightly up.
Oil, on the other hand, made a large dip in price – and gasoline made a near term LOW […]

Europe, China & The FED

Issue: 12/18/07 Tuesday
The market consolidated today mostly.  Thank goodness stocks didn’t go down again – so it’s like dodging a bullet.  We continue to be firmly in a sideways trend in the market, technically speaking.
The big news was that the European Central Bank (ECB) will drop $500B into the European system over the next […]