We love how the media describes the gargantuan printing of money, the gargantuan monetizing, the gargantuan creation of debt out of thin air. They describe it as assets. Let’s be clear. It is not an asset. It is a big, gargantuan ass that is causing major bubbles, major distortions and who knows what else. These…
“THE FLIM FLAM ADMINISTRATION!” By Gary Kaltbaum -10/16/2016 President, Kaltbaum Capital Management Fox News Business Contributor While everyone is talking about the election…whether it is the sleaze coming out of one side or the corrupt, influence peddling, criminal enterprise coming from the other side, we have news for you. There is something much more important that is…
Market Update: Stock futures are lower ahead of Monday’s open as investors digest wait a slew of earnings to be announced this week. Gary’s Thoughts: Will have our weekend report tonight as we were traveling. Futures basically flat but after reversing up Thursday, we reversed down Friday with more deterioration. But indices have not broken support yet….
Stocks opened higher but closed mixed on Friday after JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC) and Citigroup (C) all reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results. Sellers showed up shortly after the open and the market spent the rest of the day drifting lower. Janet Yellen gave a speech and said easy money is prudent whenever the economy gets…
Stocks opened sharply lower on Thursday after China said exports plunged 10% overnight. China is a major exporter so the fact that exports are down 10% reflects poorly on the health of the already fragile global economy. Right after the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average & the S&P 500 briefly undercut important support (September’s low that…
Market Update: Stock futures are higher ahead of Friday’s as investors digest a volatile week and wait for three Fed heads, including Janet Yellen, to speak later today. Gary’s Thoughts: Failed breakout to upside and possibly a failed breakdown to the downside yesterday…which means major indices remain in range. We will know a lot more after…
Stocks were relatively quiet on Wednesday as investors digested Tuesday’s large sell-off and the minutes of the Fed’s latest meeting. The minutes showed the Fed remains split and wants to wait for more data but is ready to raise rates ‘relatively soon.’ In economic news, mortgage applications slid -6% last week as mortgage rates continued…
Market Update: Stock futures are lower ahead of Thursday’s open after China said exports plunged by 10% which bodes poorly for the global economy. Gary’s Thoughts: Futures smacked. Watch those support levels we gave out to you. Internals deteriorating. Not kidding. Fedheads again saying they are ready to hike…and I will dunk a basketball today. Economic…
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Stocks rallied on Monday as investors wait for earnings season to begin in earnest. Oil prices surged more than 3% after Russia said it was open to curbing production to support oil prices. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is open to join a proposed cap on oil output by OPEC members. Investors also digested…
