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Visit us at www.leeb.com en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Yourminis.comSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/Hr8fIbfCsUo/mid-week-update-03-10-10 <p><div class="rteleft">Jobs continue to be front and center of economists’ and Americans’ minds alike as the Labor Department released a highly anticipated February employment report last week. The report was mixed. On the positive side, the 36,000 job losses during the month were less than the expected 68,000, helping the unemployment rate stay steady at 9.7 percent, rather than rise to an expected 9.8 percent. A 48,000 increase in temp jobs (including 15,000 for the 2010 Census) was a major reason for the better-than-expected reading; some of the luster was taken off January’s numbers as job losses were revised from 20,000 to 26,000.</div> <div class="rteleft"> </div> <div class="rteleft">While the headline numbers seem to be better than expected, delving deeper into the underlying situation, things are so “rosy.” Today, the Labor Department released some underlying data showing the unevenness of the recovery. In January, only nine states saw unemployment decrease, including Michigan, whose 14.3 percent rate (down from 14.5 percent in December) is still the worst in the country. New York and New Jersey were among the other eight states, all of which saw unemployment fall by a tenth of a percentage point.</div> <div class="rteleft"> </div> <div class="rteleft">And while unemployment held steady, the number of underemployed workers unfortunately rose during the month of February.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/mid-week-update-03-10-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Hr8fIbfCsUo:GAUzs-WQ97o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Hr8fIbfCsUo:GAUzs-WQ97o:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Hr8fIbfCsUo:GAUzs-WQ97o:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=Hr8fIbfCsUo:GAUzs-WQ97o:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Hr8fIbfCsUo:GAUzs-WQ97o:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Hr8fIbfCsUo:GAUzs-WQ97o:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=Hr8fIbfCsUo:GAUzs-WQ97o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Hr8fIbfCsUo:GAUzs-WQ97o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Hr8fIbfCsUo:GAUzs-WQ97o:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=Hr8fIbfCsUo:GAUzs-WQ97o:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Hr8fIbfCsUo:GAUzs-WQ97o:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/Hr8fIbfCsUo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-03-10-10#comments Business Department of Labor Labor Michigan New Jersey New York oil Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:09:36 +0000 admin 6698 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-03-10-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/Yy0aiPiKmlM/market-update-03-09-10 <p id="p19">The major stock market averages have been climbing back toward their 52-week highs. For the S&amp;P 500, for instance, we’re only about 1 percent below the January highs around the 1050 area. Depending on how the S&amp;P (and Dow Industrials) act in the near term it should set the tone of the market for the next several months.</p> <p id="p20">For instance, we’re coming up on the S&amp;P’s 200-week exponential moving average. If the powerful rally we’ve experienced in the last year is nothing more than bull trap in the context of an on-going secular bear market, and there’s still a strong argument to be made that it is, then that level is a logical place for the market to stall again.</p> <p id="p21">Failure to close above the 1050 market for several days running will likely shake investors’ confidence and lead to at least a modest pullback in share prices, probably resulting in another retreat back to around 1050.</p> <p id="p22">If, on the other hand, the S&amp;P does hold above 1050 for several days, the technical breakout will bring in more buyers who are likely to drive share prices even higher. Looking at the index’s long-term chart, the next leg up would probably carry us to around 1220, last seen back in September 2008. That area represents formidable overhead resistance that stretches all the way back to 1999.<span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-03-09-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Yy0aiPiKmlM:sGmwknYnkX0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Yy0aiPiKmlM:sGmwknYnkX0:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Yy0aiPiKmlM:sGmwknYnkX0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=Yy0aiPiKmlM:sGmwknYnkX0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Yy0aiPiKmlM:sGmwknYnkX0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Yy0aiPiKmlM:sGmwknYnkX0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=Yy0aiPiKmlM:sGmwknYnkX0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Yy0aiPiKmlM:sGmwknYnkX0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Yy0aiPiKmlM:sGmwknYnkX0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=Yy0aiPiKmlM:sGmwknYnkX0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Yy0aiPiKmlM:sGmwknYnkX0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/Yy0aiPiKmlM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-03-09-10#comments banking Chicago Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Investment Company Institute oil S&P S&P 500 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:29:52 +0000 admin 6697 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-03-09-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/pD-dRnsyiYM/market-update-03-08-10 <p class="rteleft"> <div>Market Update</div> <div>March 8, 2010</div> <div> </div> <div>Short-Term Key: Negative</div> <div>Long-Term Key: -86 (Neutral to Negative)</div> <div> </div> <div>-------------------------------------</div> <div>Inside this week's update...</div> <div> </div> <div>***** Don't listen, watch.</div> <div>***** Heavyweights lining up for Nova.</div> <div>***** Oil stocks: opportunities and a pitfall.</div> <div>------------------------------------</div> <div> </div> <div>With so much spin these days, it's important to pay closer attention to what people do rather than what they say. Case in point: George Soros' recent behavior regarding gold.</div> <div> </div> <div>A couple of weeks back, the hedge fund manager made headlines by suggesting gold was in a bubble – implying that investors should lighten up on their gold holdings.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-03-08-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=pD-dRnsyiYM:BxmC1jxnbmI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=pD-dRnsyiYM:BxmC1jxnbmI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=pD-dRnsyiYM:BxmC1jxnbmI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=pD-dRnsyiYM:BxmC1jxnbmI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=pD-dRnsyiYM:BxmC1jxnbmI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=pD-dRnsyiYM:BxmC1jxnbmI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=pD-dRnsyiYM:BxmC1jxnbmI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=pD-dRnsyiYM:BxmC1jxnbmI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=pD-dRnsyiYM:BxmC1jxnbmI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=pD-dRnsyiYM:BxmC1jxnbmI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=pD-dRnsyiYM:BxmC1jxnbmI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/pD-dRnsyiYM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-03-08-10#comments Acquisition Barrick Gold energy George Soros Goldcorp John Paulson mining North America Nova Gold NovaGold Resources oil Schlumberger Thomas Kaplan Transocean US Federal Reserve Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:24:22 +0000 admin 6696 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-03-08-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/L8J39uLbYaE/mid-week-update-03-03-10 <p class="rteleft"> <div><b>Qualcomm (QCOM)</b><i>,</i> the newest addition to the Growth Portfolio and a part of our FundFinds Portfolio, is a tech franchise whose business revolves around wireless technology, in particular, CDMA, the heart of the new generation of cell phones. After posting disappointing earnings guidance in January, the company had some goods news this week.</div> <div> </div> <div>The semiconductor company announced that its board authorized the new buyback worth $3 billion. This replaces the $2-billion buyback plan, $1.7 billion worth of shares from which have already been repurchased by the company. In addition, Qualcomm will increase its quarterly dividend by 12 percent to $0.19. Investors, as a result, will be receiving $134.4 million more per year from the company.</div> <div> </div> <div>Moreover, the company provided a more optimistic business outlook. While back in January, Qualcomm’s CEO, Paul Jacobs, offered a fairly pessimistic view of the company’s prospects for the year, it seems conditions may be improving. Now, the company expects both the revenues and profit for the second quarter to approach the higher end of the earlier forecasts.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/mid-week-update-03-03-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=L8J39uLbYaE:GVHoLm0IFiA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=L8J39uLbYaE:GVHoLm0IFiA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=L8J39uLbYaE:GVHoLm0IFiA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=L8J39uLbYaE:GVHoLm0IFiA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=L8J39uLbYaE:GVHoLm0IFiA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=L8J39uLbYaE:GVHoLm0IFiA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=L8J39uLbYaE:GVHoLm0IFiA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=L8J39uLbYaE:GVHoLm0IFiA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=L8J39uLbYaE:GVHoLm0IFiA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=L8J39uLbYaE:GVHoLm0IFiA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=L8J39uLbYaE:GVHoLm0IFiA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/L8J39uLbYaE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-03-03-10#comments Alliance Business Buybacks cell phones Company Technology Dividend Health Labor manufacturing Ohio Paul Jacobs Person Career Qualcomm semiconductor Social Issues Standard & Poor Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:25:47 +0000 admin 6695 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-03-03-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/ZNChE57hooU/market-update-03-02-10 <p>The bifurcated economy continues to plod along. The manufacturing segment is doing fairly well thanks in large part to strong export demand, which has risen for seven consecutive months. The service sector, however, continues to struggle.<span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-03-02-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=ZNChE57hooU:6B2-b70mypM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=ZNChE57hooU:6B2-b70mypM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=ZNChE57hooU:6B2-b70mypM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=ZNChE57hooU:6B2-b70mypM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=ZNChE57hooU:6B2-b70mypM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" 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http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-03-02-10#comments bank Business energy Europe European Union food George Soros Germany Greek government manufacturing metal Person Career Quotation US Federal Reserve Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:49:39 +0000 admin 6694 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-03-02-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/gLbknepOAYg/market-update-03-01-10 <p class="rteleft">Short-Term Key: Negative Long-Term Key: -93 (Neutral to Negative)<span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-03-01-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=gLbknepOAYg:Ag5YqmLX_68:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=gLbknepOAYg:Ag5YqmLX_68:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img 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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/AysSbyj2Kwg/mid-week-update-02-24-10 <p class="rteleft"> <div>Despite some positive economic news that has come out in recent weeks, one area of the economy that has yet to show real signs of improvement is retail spending. American consumers are still reeling from the near collapse of the U.S. economy, and nearly 10 percent of them don’t have a job (many more if you count partially employed). This raises doubts about the sustainability of the recovery, given that personal consumption accounts for roughly 70 percent of U.S. GDP.</div> <div> </div> <div>Consumer sentiment is still not back to normal. Yesterday the Conference Board announced that its consumer confidence index had fallen from an upward-revised 56.5 to 46.0. The historic average of the index is 95.6, which means that the recovery, from the consumer’s perspective, has a long way to go. When consumers were asked to assess the current-day conditions, the relevant index fell 5.8 points to 19.4 – its lowest level since 1983. Perhaps even more worrisome, the Expectations Index, which measures the six-month outlook, also declined, dropping 13.5 points to 63.8.</div> <div> </div> <div>The main factor contributing to these declines was, not surprisingly, the dismal job climate.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/mid-week-update-02-24-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=AysSbyj2Kwg:QIkgHiANWXc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=AysSbyj2Kwg:QIkgHiANWXc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=AysSbyj2Kwg:QIkgHiANWXc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=AysSbyj2Kwg:QIkgHiANWXc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=AysSbyj2Kwg:QIkgHiANWXc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=AysSbyj2Kwg:QIkgHiANWXc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=AysSbyj2Kwg:QIkgHiANWXc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=AysSbyj2Kwg:QIkgHiANWXc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=AysSbyj2Kwg:QIkgHiANWXc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=AysSbyj2Kwg:QIkgHiANWXc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=AysSbyj2Kwg:QIkgHiANWXc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/AysSbyj2Kwg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-02-24-10#comments American Express Business Congress electronics food Labor Law Mike Duke Person Career retail Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Stores Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:28:26 +0000 admin 6692 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-02-24-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/OPEY4HFX3qs/market-update-02-23-10 <p>After managing strong gains last week the action in stocks this week promised to be relatively quiet. Yesterday was true to form, kicking things off with one of the second-slowest trading days of the year so far—and one of the lightest non-holiday related days in quite some time.<span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-02-23-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OPEY4HFX3qs:ughSjLqBKZo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OPEY4HFX3qs:ughSjLqBKZo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OPEY4HFX3qs:ughSjLqBKZo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=OPEY4HFX3qs:ughSjLqBKZo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OPEY4HFX3qs:ughSjLqBKZo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OPEY4HFX3qs:ughSjLqBKZo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=OPEY4HFX3qs:ughSjLqBKZo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OPEY4HFX3qs:ughSjLqBKZo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OPEY4HFX3qs:ughSjLqBKZo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=OPEY4HFX3qs:ughSjLqBKZo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OPEY4HFX3qs:ughSjLqBKZo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/OPEY4HFX3qs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-23-10#comments Case Europe European Union Greece International Monetary Fund Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:49:27 +0000 admin 6691 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-23-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/2_ZFYOoilcU/market-update-02-22-10 <p class="rteleft">Short-Term Key: Negative Long-Term Key: -93 (Neutral to Negative)</p> <p>The two most important developments that came to light this past weekend both occurred within the energy sector, a sector which is also a key indicator of economic health.</p> <p>On the global level, we had a report that oil consumption in the U.S. fell in January to its lowest level since 1998. We can interpret this drop in several ways. </p> <p>Most of the recent decline came in the demand for distillates, including diesel fuel. Diesel fuel, which is used in trucking, railways, and other forms of mass transit, is particularly sensitive to economic activity. The more goods we produce, the more transportation fuel gets consumed and vice versa. In fact, UCLA has recently created a Pulse of Commerce Index based on real-time diesel consumption by the American trucking industry. </p> <p>Diesel consumption has a very good record as an indicator of industrial production. Unfortunately, this means the drop in January's consumption figures suggests that industrial output is slowing as well.</p> <p>To be fair, the 3-month moving average for this index is considered more reliable than the monthly data, and the 3-month MA is up. December saw a big increase in consumption, so perhaps January's dip is really just a brief correction. Nonetheless, another drop in February would call the U.S. economic recovery into question.<span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-02-22-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2_ZFYOoilcU:_qVbv_NNP8E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2_ZFYOoilcU:_qVbv_NNP8E:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2_ZFYOoilcU:_qVbv_NNP8E:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=2_ZFYOoilcU:_qVbv_NNP8E:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2_ZFYOoilcU:_qVbv_NNP8E:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img 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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/2_ZFYOoilcU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-22-10#comments America China energy Iraq oil Saudi Arabia Saudis Schlumberger SLB Smith International transportation UCLA United States War Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:13:49 +0000 admin 6690 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-22-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/aL8y5RfLvFs/market-update-02-16-10-0 <p class="rteleft"> <div>Short-Term Key: Negative    Long-Term Key: -85.5 (Neutral to Bearish)</div> <span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-02-16-10-0"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=aL8y5RfLvFs:zoRnmDNVFWI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a 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http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-16-10-0 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/LgjlQ2Vnxa8/market-update-02-16-10 <p>The European Union’s plans for aiding the ailing Greek economy continue to dominate the financial headlines this week. Last Thursday, EU member states pledged to come to Greece’s rescue—should they ask for it—without offering solid details on an aid package. That news settled equity markets while simultaneously hurting rather than helping the euro. The news also buoyed precious metals.<span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-02-16-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=LgjlQ2Vnxa8:qZ56sduCuPQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=LgjlQ2Vnxa8:qZ56sduCuPQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=LgjlQ2Vnxa8:qZ56sduCuPQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=LgjlQ2Vnxa8:qZ56sduCuPQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=LgjlQ2Vnxa8:qZ56sduCuPQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=LgjlQ2Vnxa8:qZ56sduCuPQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=LgjlQ2Vnxa8:qZ56sduCuPQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=LgjlQ2Vnxa8:qZ56sduCuPQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=LgjlQ2Vnxa8:qZ56sduCuPQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=LgjlQ2Vnxa8:qZ56sduCuPQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=LgjlQ2Vnxa8:qZ56sduCuPQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/LgjlQ2Vnxa8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-16-10#comments Abercrombie & Fitch bank Business cent China CNY Company Earnings Announcement European Union finance Gabriel Resources George Papaconstantinou Greece Greek government New Year's Day Person Career Politics Qualcomm Transocean Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:59:04 +0000 admin 6688 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-16-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/9mVfhhtDrbs/mid-week-update-02-10-10 <p><div class="rteleft">Earnings season is well underway with two thirds of S&amp;P 500 companies already having reported. It appears that fourth quarter numbers are even better than what most analysts had anticipated, with roughly three quarters of those reporting having exceeded analysts’ expectations.</div> <div class="rteleft"> </div> <div class="rteleft">However, even with estimate-beating numbers, the market has not cheered results like we saw during 2009’s historic rally. This is likely due to the continued stagnant sales in developed countries where consumers are still in a state of shock following the recession (and continued high unemployment). However, those companies that have a strong presence outside of the developed world, or aren’t exposed to the consumer market, are now in the best position to take advantage of the continued global recovery.</div> <div class="rteleft"> </div> <div class="rteleft">Take Coca Cola (KO), for example, which is part of our Growth Portfolio. Yesterday the company announced that its net income had risen 55 percent to $1.54 billion, or 66 cents a share, from $995 million a year earlier. We see signs of the recovery, not so much in the increased net income, but in improvements in its top-line sales. Coke’s net revenues were up 5.4 percent year-over-year to $7.51 billion.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/mid-week-update-02-10-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=9mVfhhtDrbs:QzEZ95-sU08:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=9mVfhhtDrbs:QzEZ95-sU08:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=9mVfhhtDrbs:QzEZ95-sU08:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=9mVfhhtDrbs:QzEZ95-sU08:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=9mVfhhtDrbs:QzEZ95-sU08:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=9mVfhhtDrbs:QzEZ95-sU08:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=9mVfhhtDrbs:QzEZ95-sU08:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=9mVfhhtDrbs:QzEZ95-sU08:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=9mVfhhtDrbs:QzEZ95-sU08:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=9mVfhhtDrbs:QzEZ95-sU08:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=9mVfhhtDrbs:QzEZ95-sU08:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/9mVfhhtDrbs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-02-10-10#comments Africa Australia cent China India Korea Latin America MasterCard North America S&P 500 Thailand the Philippines United States Vietnam Visa Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:10:47 +0000 admin 6687 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-02-10-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/XYoNatpZCqE/market-update-02-08-10 <p>We’re watching the problems in the European Union unfold and can only speculate how far the contagion can spread. The credit market is increasingly betting on turmoil in the E.U. as the spreads between the countries running high budget deficits, such as Greece, Portugal and Spain, have widened dramatically in recent weeks against those of the more fiscally responsible nations like Germany and France.</p> <p>The architects behind the E.U.’s monetary union failed to institute a mechanism for enforcing compliance with debt ceiling targets. So while the Greek delegation to Brussels promises the rest of the E.U. the country will behave itself, its track record, coupled with vocal political opposition at home raises serious doubts that any real progress will be made with its belt tightening. </p> <p>The E.U. has relative few options at its disposal. On one hand, while Greece represents only 3 percent of the E.U.’s GDP, the country is on the hook to many banks across the continent. So simply booting it from euro-land, which would force Greece to bring back the drachma and precipitate a default on its debt, isn’t a palatable option.<span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-02-08-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=XYoNatpZCqE:-2-DABrR4rA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=XYoNatpZCqE:-2-DABrR4rA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=XYoNatpZCqE:-2-DABrR4rA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=XYoNatpZCqE:-2-DABrR4rA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=XYoNatpZCqE:-2-DABrR4rA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=XYoNatpZCqE:-2-DABrR4rA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=XYoNatpZCqE:-2-DABrR4rA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=XYoNatpZCqE:-2-DABrR4rA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=XYoNatpZCqE:-2-DABrR4rA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=XYoNatpZCqE:-2-DABrR4rA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=XYoNatpZCqE:-2-DABrR4rA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/XYoNatpZCqE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-08-10#comments Brussels Europe European Central Bank European Union France International Monetary Fund Portugal Spain Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:32:12 +0000 admin 6686 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-08-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/2ILB6MxypT8/market-update-02-07-10 <p class="rteleft"> <div>Short-Term Key: Negative</div> <div>Long-Term Key: -70 (Neutral-to-Negative)</div> <div>-------------------------------------</div> <div>Inside this week's update...</div> <div>***** Can't read China's poker face?</div> <div>***** China tells its people to “buy gold.”</div> <div>***** The two greatest investment opportunities for the next decade.</div> <div>------------------------------------</div> <div>China is a hot topic these days, and rightly so. It's the storm cloud gathering over our backyard. And as much as we try to reassure ourselves it will blow over, it's time to move the party indoors - or perhaps start planting seeds.</div> <div> </div> <div>Of course, there are always deniers. Recently, we heard a short seller suggest that China's real estate market was in a bubble on the grounds that the nation was building commercial space equal to 25 square feet for every citizen – as if that was excessive.</div> <div> </div> <div>Of course, that building program won't be completed for another couple of years. More to the point, in the U.S. we have more than 400 square feet of commercial real estate per person. So 25 sq. feet doesn't seem that ambitious for a nation that's fast becoming the world's factory floor.</div> <div> </div> <div>Sure, a few cities in China that could accidentally find themselves with too much space for rent. It happens. But don't think that means the nation as a whole is becoming overbuilt.</div> <div> </div> <div>One thing we know for certain is that China maintains an inscrutable poker face. It's a tough read.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-02-07-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2ILB6MxypT8:sxAKRsI5Lbs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2ILB6MxypT8:sxAKRsI5Lbs:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2ILB6MxypT8:sxAKRsI5Lbs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=2ILB6MxypT8:sxAKRsI5Lbs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2ILB6MxypT8:sxAKRsI5Lbs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2ILB6MxypT8:sxAKRsI5Lbs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=2ILB6MxypT8:sxAKRsI5Lbs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2ILB6MxypT8:sxAKRsI5Lbs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2ILB6MxypT8:sxAKRsI5Lbs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=2ILB6MxypT8:sxAKRsI5Lbs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2ILB6MxypT8:sxAKRsI5Lbs:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/2ILB6MxypT8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-07-10#comments America bank Business China Chinese government metal United States Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:59:26 +0000 admin 6685 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-07-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/-cg-8Ix-D_k/mid-week-update-02-03-10 <p> <div class="rteleft">In Monday’s Market Update, we highlighted the few information technology companies that we feel qualify as franchises. With one exception, all of those companies are represented in our Growth Portfolio. Today, we add <b>Qualcomm (QCOM)</b> to the portfolio – completing our technology franchise portfolio.</div> <div class="rteleft"> </div> <div class="rteleft">As we noted, Qualcomm’s business centers around patents regarding wireless technology, with many related to the CDMA mobile communication platform. In fact, over 25 years of research and development have translated into a portfolio of approximately 11,600 U.S. and 54,100 international patents and patent applications. Qualcomm has become a technology supplier to myriad companies, providing either the semiconductor chips or licensing its technology for a fee, with the company’s business model being to provide wireless companies big and small with the know-how needed to bring their innovations to the market. We think they’ve succeeded in that quest, and are reaping the benefits of decades of hard work.</div> <div class="rteleft"> </div> <div class="rteleft">The CDMA platform is front and center of the shift to third generation or 3G wireless communications, a platform supporting faster speeds for larger packets of data.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/mid-week-update-02-03-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=-cg-8Ix-D_k:BYyXR73k2u4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=-cg-8Ix-D_k:BYyXR73k2u4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=-cg-8Ix-D_k:BYyXR73k2u4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=-cg-8Ix-D_k:BYyXR73k2u4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=-cg-8Ix-D_k:BYyXR73k2u4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=-cg-8Ix-D_k:BYyXR73k2u4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=-cg-8Ix-D_k:BYyXR73k2u4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=-cg-8Ix-D_k:BYyXR73k2u4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=-cg-8Ix-D_k:BYyXR73k2u4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=-cg-8Ix-D_k:BYyXR73k2u4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=-cg-8Ix-D_k:BYyXR73k2u4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/-cg-8Ix-D_k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-02-03-10#comments 3G Business CDMA cellular telephone headquarters of Qualcomm’s Information Technology iPhone mobile devices Qualcomm Research in Motion Samsung semiconductor smartphones Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:43:08 +0000 admin 6684 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-02-03-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/2-Lyp9hH8zI/market-update-02-02-10 <p class="rteleft"> Stocks are rallying this week after several weeks of selling. But we wouldn’t be in any hurry to pronounce the correction over. Our work suggests that equities are likely to remain under pressure in the weeks ahead. <span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-02-02-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2-Lyp9hH8zI:W2ne-ujqpZs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2-Lyp9hH8zI:W2ne-ujqpZs:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2-Lyp9hH8zI:W2ne-ujqpZs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=2-Lyp9hH8zI:W2ne-ujqpZs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2-Lyp9hH8zI:W2ne-ujqpZs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img 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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/2-Lyp9hH8zI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-02-10#comments bank Edwin Sedgewick Coppock manufacturing New York Stock Exchange S&P the Coppock Guide US Federal Reserve Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:15:50 +0000 admin 6683 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-02-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/Xseg7ozdmYI/market-update-02-01-10 <p class="rteleft">Short-Term Key: Negative  Long-Term Key: -81 (Neutral-to-Negative)<span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-02-01-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Xseg7ozdmYI:ZzN16wBWq8k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Xseg7ozdmYI:ZzN16wBWq8k:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Xseg7ozdmYI:ZzN16wBWq8k:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=Xseg7ozdmYI:ZzN16wBWq8k:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=Xseg7ozdmYI:ZzN16wBWq8k:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/Xseg7ozdmYI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-01-10#comments Bill Gates Business CDMA Coca Cola Company Competitor Company Founded Company Technology DOS electronics Fairchild Enterprises food Gordon Moore GUI Harvard Intel Johnson & Johnson Labor Law Linux Linux Microsoft operating system operating systems Procter & Gamble Qualcomm Robert Noyce Shockley Semiconductor Steve Ballmer Wal-Mart Warren Buffett William Shockley Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:44:28 +0000 admin 6682 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-02-01-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/QK2u0EEcT-U/market-update-01-26-10 <p class="rteleft">Last week stocks put in one their worst showing in a year, with blue chips dropping nearly 4 percent. Market breadth was lousy and volume remains on the light side. This week share prices are staging a half-hearted rally, but we suspect stocks will continue to have a downward bias in the near-term. <span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-01-26-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=QK2u0EEcT-U:UwxRnM7x74s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=QK2u0EEcT-U:UwxRnM7x74s:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=QK2u0EEcT-U:UwxRnM7x74s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=QK2u0EEcT-U:UwxRnM7x74s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=QK2u0EEcT-U:UwxRnM7x74s:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=QK2u0EEcT-U:UwxRnM7x74s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=QK2u0EEcT-U:UwxRnM7x74s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=QK2u0EEcT-U:UwxRnM7x74s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=QK2u0EEcT-U:UwxRnM7x74s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=QK2u0EEcT-U:UwxRnM7x74s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=QK2u0EEcT-U:UwxRnM7x74s:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/QK2u0EEcT-U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-26-10#comments bank Ben Bernanke energy oil Senate US Federal Reserve Washington Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:49:28 +0000 admin 6681 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-26-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/0vE0EL3EKyE/market-update-01-25-10 <p class="rteleft"> <div> </div> <div>Short-Term Key: Negative</div> <div>Long-Term Key -90 (Negative to Neutral)</div> <div> </div> <div>-------------------------------------</div> <div>Inside this week's update...</div> <div> </div> <div>***** 4 high-potential Chinese stocks.</div> <div>***** Real estate bubble or joint venture financing?</div> <div>***** Top funds geared to China's growth.</div> <div>***** Move over Wal-Mart, make room for Wumart.</div> <div>------------------------------------</div> <div> </div> <div>Speculation continues to run high on the issue of whether China is experiencing a bubble that threatens investors. Chinese real estate looks hugely overpriced and manufacturing capacity (according to some) has run far in excess of potential demand.</div> <div>On the political front, an argument has erupted between the Chinese government and Google. Google claims China hacked the email accounts of some of its customers, who coincidentally were human rights crusaders.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-01-25-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0vE0EL3EKyE:RJVTmBoMNwk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0vE0EL3EKyE:RJVTmBoMNwk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0vE0EL3EKyE:RJVTmBoMNwk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=0vE0EL3EKyE:RJVTmBoMNwk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0vE0EL3EKyE:RJVTmBoMNwk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0vE0EL3EKyE:RJVTmBoMNwk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=0vE0EL3EKyE:RJVTmBoMNwk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0vE0EL3EKyE:RJVTmBoMNwk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0vE0EL3EKyE:RJVTmBoMNwk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=0vE0EL3EKyE:RJVTmBoMNwk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0vE0EL3EKyE:RJVTmBoMNwk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/0vE0EL3EKyE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-25-10#comments America Business China Chinese government electricity energy FTSE/Xinhua 25 Google Johnson & Johnson manufacturing search engine semiconductor Shanghai the Shanghai Daily Wal-Mart Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:18:10 +0000 admin 6680 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-25-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/3F-xKwlJElQ/market-update-01-19-10-0 <p class="rteleft"> <div>Short-Term Key: Negative Long-Term Key: -94 (Negative-to-Neutral)</div> <div>The latest news from Europe confirms our long-term pessimistic view of the continent. Greece, the birthplace of democracy, has become a financial basket case on the verge of defaulting on its $360 billion worth of debt.</div> <div> </div> <div>That's doesn't mean everyone who bought Greek bonds will be stiffed, but a default will have big consequences.</div> <div> </div> <div>These days, there are those who try to put a positive spin on everything. One of the funniest comments on the situation we read this weekend came from a European Union official who stated that Greece's problems are not about to cause the break up of the EU since, after all, the EU has been around for 50 years.</div> <div> </div> <div>Maybe he was trying to reassure people. However, 50 years is not a long time for any political union. It's less time than the Soviet Union held together.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-01-19-10-0"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=3F-xKwlJElQ:d52Tcq9SPZ8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=3F-xKwlJElQ:d52Tcq9SPZ8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=3F-xKwlJElQ:d52Tcq9SPZ8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=3F-xKwlJElQ:d52Tcq9SPZ8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=3F-xKwlJElQ:d52Tcq9SPZ8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=3F-xKwlJElQ:d52Tcq9SPZ8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=3F-xKwlJElQ:d52Tcq9SPZ8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=3F-xKwlJElQ:d52Tcq9SPZ8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=3F-xKwlJElQ:d52Tcq9SPZ8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=3F-xKwlJElQ:d52Tcq9SPZ8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=3F-xKwlJElQ:d52Tcq9SPZ8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/3F-xKwlJElQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-19-10-0#comments Afghanistan Europe European Union Greece Ireland Napoleon Shanghai Soviet Union Spain the Shanghai Daily Turkey Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:24:01 +0000 admin 6679 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-19-10-0 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/d7CCiZCd7qk/market-update-01-19-10 <p class="rteleft">Heightened concerns about the economy caused both stocks and commodities to retreat somewhat last week. Investors are looking at fourth-quarter earnings reports and even good news is being shrugged off. There have been plenty of disappointments in the quarterly reports coming in which haven’t helped either. But so far the setbacks have had a limited adverse influence on the major averages lasting just a day or two, before buyers come back into the market.</p> <p class="rteleft">The economic data, meanwhile, also continues to offer conflicting indications of where we’re headed. Manufacturing is recovering, although the recession wasn’t brought on by excessive capacity in industrial production, so we’re not inclined to read too much into this. Consumers, on the other hand, still have their hands full with a weak housing sector, high unemployment and relatively few job openings. As long as consumer confidence remains soft, it’s hard to see any rebound occurring in this important segment of the economy.</p> <p class="rteleft">We’ve been concerned with the strong impact rising commodity prices could have on the economy. So the recent retreat in oil prices from $83 a barrel to around $78 might seem comforting, but there’s a chance the damage is already down. Traders are pushing crude prices lower in anticipation of a weaker economy to come. Keep in mind that even after this modest pullback, crude oil prices are still more than double what they were a year ago. Such increases have historically been bad for both the economy and the stock market.<span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-01-19-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=d7CCiZCd7qk:1r84ky9vRTU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=d7CCiZCd7qk:1r84ky9vRTU:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=d7CCiZCd7qk:1r84ky9vRTU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=d7CCiZCd7qk:1r84ky9vRTU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=d7CCiZCd7qk:1r84ky9vRTU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=d7CCiZCd7qk:1r84ky9vRTU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=d7CCiZCd7qk:1r84ky9vRTU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=d7CCiZCd7qk:1r84ky9vRTU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=d7CCiZCd7qk:1r84ky9vRTU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=d7CCiZCd7qk:1r84ky9vRTU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=d7CCiZCd7qk:1r84ky9vRTU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/d7CCiZCd7qk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-19-10#comments oil Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:39:17 +0000 admin 6678 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-19-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/2dMjPmTEIzA/mid-week-update-01-13-09 <p class="rteleft"> <div>It’s obviously still very early, but earnings season has not gotten off to a good start. Aluminum giant <font color="#000000"><i>Alcoa</i></font><font color="#000000"> kicked off the fourth quarter reporting period on Monday after the market close and got it off on the wrong foot. Revenues were up together with higher metals prices, but profits failed to meet expectations. The Street had expected a profit of six cents per share, but Alcoa earned just one cent per share, excluding one-time charges, thanks to higher energy costs that cut into margins. Including the charges, Alcoa lost twenty-seven cents per share. Alcoa shares dropped sharply on the news, but we’re more concerned for what the report will mean for other companies. </font></div> <div> </div> <div>As we noted on Monday, energy costs have climbed rapidly and have put our long-term key in the negative-to-neutral range, and edging closer to a sell signal. Copper and other major materials are well off their lows too, and as we’ve written extensively rising energy and commodity costs act as a brake on any economy, let alone one that just may be starting to recover.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/mid-week-update-01-13-09"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2dMjPmTEIzA:uqX9zMRDAGQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2dMjPmTEIzA:uqX9zMRDAGQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2dMjPmTEIzA:uqX9zMRDAGQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=2dMjPmTEIzA:uqX9zMRDAGQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2dMjPmTEIzA:uqX9zMRDAGQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2dMjPmTEIzA:uqX9zMRDAGQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=2dMjPmTEIzA:uqX9zMRDAGQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2dMjPmTEIzA:uqX9zMRDAGQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2dMjPmTEIzA:uqX9zMRDAGQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=2dMjPmTEIzA:uqX9zMRDAGQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=2dMjPmTEIzA:uqX9zMRDAGQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/2dMjPmTEIzA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-01-13-09#comments Alcoa cent Chevron energy Intel Lehman Brothers oil Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:44:38 +0000 admin 6677 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-01-13-09 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/8HW4eel9iJE/market-update-01-12-10 <div>Earnings season began with Alcoa reporting its results yesterday. Traditionally, it’s the report from this aluminum giant and the Dow Industrials member that marks the start of the season – and this time, the season certainly did not start with a high note.</div> <div> </div> <div>Alcoa earnings disappointed – the largest U.S. aluminum producer’s profit trailed estimates, despite strong metal prices. High energy prices were one of the main culprits.</div> <div> </div> <div>Higher energy prices were also behind the widened U.S. trade deficit reported for the month of November. The lower dollar helped U.S. companies to sell abroad; the overall increase in exports was achieved for the seventh month in a row. The size of the increase, 0.9 percent, to $138.2 billion, reflected increasing overseas demand for food and American-made automobiles and semiconductors.</div> <div> </div> <div>Signs of recovery, however, are still few and far apart. </div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-01-12-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=8HW4eel9iJE:4o8IBRpIAwM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=8HW4eel9iJE:4o8IBRpIAwM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=8HW4eel9iJE:4o8IBRpIAwM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=8HW4eel9iJE:4o8IBRpIAwM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=8HW4eel9iJE:4o8IBRpIAwM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=8HW4eel9iJE:4o8IBRpIAwM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=8HW4eel9iJE:4o8IBRpIAwM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=8HW4eel9iJE:4o8IBRpIAwM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=8HW4eel9iJE:4o8IBRpIAwM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=8HW4eel9iJE:4o8IBRpIAwM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=8HW4eel9iJE:4o8IBRpIAwM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/8HW4eel9iJE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-12-10#comments Alcoa China energy food metal semiconductors US Federal Reserve Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:20:40 +0000 admin 6676 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-12-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/TQwzyLamDjA/market-update-01-11-10 <p><div class="rteleft">Short-Term Key: Negative</div> <div class="rteleft">Long-Term Key: -95 (Negative-to-Neutral)</div> <div class="rteleft"> </div> <div class="rteleft">-------------------------------------</div> <div class="rteleft">Inside this week's update...</div> <div class="rteleft"> </div> <div class="rteleft">***** China's new solar initiative.</div> <div class="rteleft">***** 3 ways to profit from silver's bright future.</div> <div class="rteleft">***** Keeping an eye on our Master Key.</div> <div class="rteleft">------------------------------------</div> <div class="rteleft"> </div> <div class="rteleft">If you read the <i>New York Times</i> last weekend, you may have noticed an article on China's new foray into the business of solar collectors.</div> <div class="rteleft">Solar collection is a form of solar energy. However, rather than use photovoltaic panels to convert light directly into electricity, solar collection uses hundreds of thousands of mirrors (called heliostats) spread over a wide area to concentrate the sun's rays on tanks of water.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-01-11-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=TQwzyLamDjA:_NEp5bKvdxo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=TQwzyLamDjA:_NEp5bKvdxo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=TQwzyLamDjA:_NEp5bKvdxo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=TQwzyLamDjA:_NEp5bKvdxo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=TQwzyLamDjA:_NEp5bKvdxo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=TQwzyLamDjA:_NEp5bKvdxo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=TQwzyLamDjA:_NEp5bKvdxo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=TQwzyLamDjA:_NEp5bKvdxo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=TQwzyLamDjA:_NEp5bKvdxo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=TQwzyLamDjA:_NEp5bKvdxo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=TQwzyLamDjA:_NEp5bKvdxo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/TQwzyLamDjA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-11-10#comments Barrick Gold chemical China electricity electronics energy metal mining Newcrest Mining Silver Wheaton SLW The New York Times The New York Times Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:49:19 +0000 admin 6675 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-11-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/UQT6M9HeVA4/mid-week-update-01-06-10 <p class="rteleft"> <div>The much ballyhooed healthcare legislation continues to meander its way through Washington, seemingly getting watered down at every turn. As the House and Senate versions are reconciled, investors are getting a better idea of what kind of changes to expect in the final package. We will try to steer clear of political arguments in this column, and focus more on investment implications.</div> <div> </div> <div>Clearly there will be some changes throughout the industry, including coverage for many of those currently uninsured and no more insurance exclusions based on pre-existing conditions. However, it looks like the reforms in the final bill will be a far cry from the hard-hitting measures that many expected at the outset.</div> <div> </div> <div>For investment purposes, we’ll continue to avoid those companies that could be negatively impacted (even if by only a small measure), while advocating what we see as surefire winners – specifically those companies that benefit from longer-term demographic trends.</div> <div> </div> <span class="read-more"><a href="/content/mid-week-update-01-06-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=UQT6M9HeVA4:29a9QdSzLp4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=UQT6M9HeVA4:29a9QdSzLp4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=UQT6M9HeVA4:29a9QdSzLp4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=UQT6M9HeVA4:29a9QdSzLp4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=UQT6M9HeVA4:29a9QdSzLp4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=UQT6M9HeVA4:29a9QdSzLp4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=UQT6M9HeVA4:29a9QdSzLp4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=UQT6M9HeVA4:29a9QdSzLp4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=UQT6M9HeVA4:29a9QdSzLp4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=UQT6M9HeVA4:29a9QdSzLp4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=UQT6M9HeVA4:29a9QdSzLp4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/UQT6M9HeVA4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-01-06-10#comments Business Company Location Growth Portfolio’s Teva Pharmaceuticals Health healthcare Labor Nestle Novartis pharmaceuticals Senate Social Issues Switzerland Washington Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:10:10 +0000 admin 6674 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-01-06-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/E3lqC8iQGH8/market-update-01-05-10 <div class="content"> <p class="rteleft">People are by nature optimistic. This point is underlined with each reset of the calendar. The can-do spirit, best exemplified in personal resolutions, mostly of the diet and exercise variety, is fresh in everyone’s mind. Likewise, the feeling that better times are on the way is reflexive. This psychology is at least partially behind stocks’ tendency to rise in the early part of the year. Strong stock market returns in year just ended certainly don’t hurt either.</p> <p class="rteleft">So it’s not surprising that we started the trading year off with a bang yesterday. Further signs of strong economic growth in emerging economies, namely China, plus an improvement here in the U.S. in the Institute of Supply Management’s Manufacturing Index and with factory orders have helped to bolster investor confidence.</p> <p class="rteleft">Less than bullish readings yesterday on construction spending and today’s surprisingly large decline in November pending home sales, which dropped 16 percent in contrast to expectations for only a 0.2 percent decline, have largely been ignored.</p> <p>Stocks should continue to have an upward bias for the near term, although positive returns are by no means a slam dunk. There’s plenty more economic data due out this week, but the real bellwether for the U.S. economy will be the employment numbers to be released on Friday. A surprise reading either way could set the tone for the market for weeks to come.<span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-01-05-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p> </div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E3lqC8iQGH8:tkjisTn68u8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E3lqC8iQGH8:tkjisTn68u8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E3lqC8iQGH8:tkjisTn68u8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=E3lqC8iQGH8:tkjisTn68u8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E3lqC8iQGH8:tkjisTn68u8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E3lqC8iQGH8:tkjisTn68u8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=E3lqC8iQGH8:tkjisTn68u8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E3lqC8iQGH8:tkjisTn68u8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E3lqC8iQGH8:tkjisTn68u8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=E3lqC8iQGH8:tkjisTn68u8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E3lqC8iQGH8:tkjisTn68u8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/E3lqC8iQGH8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-05-10#comments Business energy Institute of Supply Management’s Manufacturing Index oil United States Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:22:48 +0000 admin 6673 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-05-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/E269eSc0Gsw/market-update-01-04-10 <p class="rteleft"> <div>Short-Term Key: Positive</div> <div>Long-Term Key: - 95 (Negative-to-Neutral)</div> <div> </div> <div>-------------------------------------</div> <div>Inside this New Year's update...</div> <div> </div> <div>***** America loses control of its fate.</div> <div>***** A rundown of key commodities for this year.</div> <div>***** Currencies that will outperform the dollar.</div> <div>------------------------------------</div> <div> </div> <div>Typically at this time of year, investors try to step back a little and look at the big picture. Of course, as one of our readers, the big picture should be familiar ground to you. Nonetheless, some pretty important stuff is emerging from over the horizon that warrants another look.</div> <div>The big story of 2009 and indeed the entire 2000s has been the rise of the developing world over the United States. A number of trends evidence this shift. You can see this has occurred by looking at changing figures on the supply, demand, and price of oil.</div> <div>Today, U.S. oil consumption remains close to what it was ten years ago. Yet oil prices are four times higher.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-01-04-10"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E269eSc0Gsw:5lv6p7e29OU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E269eSc0Gsw:5lv6p7e29OU:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E269eSc0Gsw:5lv6p7e29OU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=E269eSc0Gsw:5lv6p7e29OU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E269eSc0Gsw:5lv6p7e29OU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E269eSc0Gsw:5lv6p7e29OU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=E269eSc0Gsw:5lv6p7e29OU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E269eSc0Gsw:5lv6p7e29OU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E269eSc0Gsw:5lv6p7e29OU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=E269eSc0Gsw:5lv6p7e29OU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=E269eSc0Gsw:5lv6p7e29OU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/E269eSc0Gsw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-04-10#comments America Business China Environment New Year's Day oil United States US Federal Reserve Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:25:32 +0000 admin 6672 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-01-04-10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/0ua0tddE-KQ/market-update-12-29-09 <div class="content"> <p class="rteleft">Another difficult year is drawing to a close. While the stock market had rebounded very strongly from its March lows, the health of the U.S. economy is still very much in question.</p> <p>Of course, we will be very happy to see the worst of the recession behind us. A year ago, we were at about its worst point. For example, let’s take one metric, holiday sales. Last year, they fell 3.4 percent. Altogether, the 2008 shopping season was the worst since International Council of Shopping Centers ICSC started collecting sales data four decades ago. This year, consumer sentiment has been gradually improving and, in the contrast with last year, for the holiday season of 2009 the U.S. retail sales rose about 3.6 percent.</p> <p>A year ago, oil was near its lowest point in five years (the low of $32.40 per barrel was set on December 19th of last year). Today, prices are closing on $79 again. While that is good news for most energy companies, especially in the short run, it could spell trouble for the still-weak recovery.</p> <p>Gold, a year ago, was at $880 per ounce. Today, after hitting an all-time high of $1,226, it retreated, we think temporarily, to about $1,100 per ounce. Why temporarily? Because its fundamentals are still intact, and we view the correction as a normal part of a longer term uptrend.<span class="read-more"><a href="/content/market-update-12-29-09"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p> </div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0ua0tddE-KQ:6NYG-jZ3wso:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0ua0tddE-KQ:6NYG-jZ3wso:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0ua0tddE-KQ:6NYG-jZ3wso:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=0ua0tddE-KQ:6NYG-jZ3wso:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0ua0tddE-KQ:6NYG-jZ3wso:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0ua0tddE-KQ:6NYG-jZ3wso:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=0ua0tddE-KQ:6NYG-jZ3wso:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0ua0tddE-KQ:6NYG-jZ3wso:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0ua0tddE-KQ:6NYG-jZ3wso:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=0ua0tddE-KQ:6NYG-jZ3wso:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=0ua0tddE-KQ:6NYG-jZ3wso:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/0ua0tddE-KQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-12-29-09#comments energy oil retail US Federal Reserve Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:30:43 +0000 admin 6671 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/market-update-12-29-09 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/GPAG4ge4T_M/weekly-update-12-28-09 <p class="rteleft"> <div>Short-Term Key: Negative-to-Neutral</div> <div>Long-Term Key: -85 (Negative-to-Neutral)</div> <div> </div> <div>-------------------------------------</div> <div>Inside this Holiday update...</div> <div> </div> <div>***** Thank goodness for government spending.</div> <div>***** Why small caps outperform during inflation.</div> <div>***** 3 ways to play next year's small cap bonanza.</div> <div>------------------------------------</div> <div> </div> <div>One lesson proven by events of the past 12 months is that money can still solve most economic problems. Thanks to a flood of cash from government stimulus and loose monetary policy, the market averages began a near-record explosion starting in March 2009.</div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/weekly-update-12-28-09"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=GPAG4ge4T_M:U_RFdZI_Ntk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=GPAG4ge4T_M:U_RFdZI_Ntk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=GPAG4ge4T_M:U_RFdZI_Ntk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=GPAG4ge4T_M:U_RFdZI_Ntk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=GPAG4ge4T_M:U_RFdZI_Ntk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=GPAG4ge4T_M:U_RFdZI_Ntk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=GPAG4ge4T_M:U_RFdZI_Ntk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=GPAG4ge4T_M:U_RFdZI_Ntk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=GPAG4ge4T_M:U_RFdZI_Ntk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=GPAG4ge4T_M:U_RFdZI_Ntk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=GPAG4ge4T_M:U_RFdZI_Ntk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/GPAG4ge4T_M" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/weekly-update-12-28-09#comments Business Johnson & Johnson Man Made Disaster New Year's Day oil Royce Low-Priced Royce Micro-Cap US Federal Reserve Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:50:23 +0000 admin 6670 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/weekly-update-12-28-09 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~3/OzsYdwvrV-0/mid-week-update-12-23-09 <p class="rteleft"> <div>Gold is up today, and the correction in the yellow metal appears to nearing its final stages. We wouldn’t be surprised to see a further 5 percent decline to the $1,040/oz level (close to the 100-day moving average), but given our expectations for where prices could go – we wouldn’t wait for another dip, either. We’re also seeing some divergence in the way gold and both the U.S. dollar and gold miners’ stock act – an encouraging sign for gold on both accounts.</div> <div> </div> <div>Even as gold has pulled back, some miners have been advancing. One in particular, Small-Cap Value’s <b>NovaGold Resources (NG)</b>, has moved higher by more than 20 percent in the last two days. The reason was company-specific: The junior miner announced that it’s acquiring the remaining 49 percent interest in the Ambler property in northern Alaska. The company will pay $29 million in stock and cash to a subsidiary of mining mammoth <i>Rio Tinto</i> for the undeveloped 90,000 plus acres of property. <font color="#000000"></font></div><span class="read-more"><a href="/content/mid-week-update-12-23-09"><strong>Read more...</strong></a></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OzsYdwvrV-0:WGyOX0A-hd0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OzsYdwvrV-0:WGyOX0A-hd0:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OzsYdwvrV-0:WGyOX0A-hd0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=OzsYdwvrV-0:WGyOX0A-hd0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OzsYdwvrV-0:WGyOX0A-hd0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OzsYdwvrV-0:WGyOX0A-hd0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=OzsYdwvrV-0:WGyOX0A-hd0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OzsYdwvrV-0:WGyOX0A-hd0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OzsYdwvrV-0:WGyOX0A-hd0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?i=OzsYdwvrV-0:WGyOX0A-hd0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?a=OzsYdwvrV-0:WGyOX0A-hd0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LeebsMarketForecast?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeebsMarketForecast/~4/OzsYdwvrV-0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-12-23-09#comments Alaska Business iShares Silver Trust metal mining Rio Tinto Small-Cap Value’s NovaGold Resources SPDR Gold Trust Total Contained Metal VMS Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:25:11 +0000 admin 6666 at http://www.leeb.com http://www.leeb.com/content/mid-week-update-12-23-09