The Elephant in the Room is Spain, Not Italy
Another day and the markets remain fixated on whether Greece comes to a “voluntary” arrangement with its creditors. The key word is “voluntary” because the... Read »
App Economy is ‘Job Leader’ Into the Future
Last spring Technet asked me to examine the size of the ‘App Economy’, focusing on the number of jobs being created. The official job statistics from the BLS... Read »
Large Amounts of Funds Still Going to Foreign Institutions
There seem to be three major stories in commercial banking these days: first, the cash going to foreign-related institutions; second, the pickup in non-real estate... Read »
Trade Ideas: ANR, DRYS, FSLR, NVTL, SOL, TSL
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) – As I mentioned on Twitter, I keep holding my long position in FSLR waiting for something BIG. Special points of interest... Read »
Greek Anxiety Grows, Futures Take Small Dip
US stock futures are slightly lower this morning with all eyes firmly trained on Greece. European finance ministers are pushing for another round of deep austerity... Read »
U.S. Debt Will Explode Without Changes – John Taylor
John Taylor, economics professor at Stanford University, spoke to Bloomberg Television’s Trish Regan today and said that the U.S. “could get into a situation... Read »
Why Did Russia and China Veto?
Last weekend Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that sought to address the violence in Syria. The vote was 13-2. The resolution did not authorize... Read »
Three Key Products That Will Drive Apple (AAPL) in 2012
The recent report on corporate profits from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) blew away analysts and investors with how strongly the company’s products are selling to the... Read »
Trade Ideas: AIG, FSLR, NVTL, PWER, BIDU
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) – The stock price has been moving in a small consolidation range and is now close to the $47 resistance level. ADX is beginning... Read »
Another Financial Market Experiment?
In the fall of 2008, US authorities conducted a financial market experiment. They allowed a large and heavily interconnected firm, Lehman Brothers, to file for... Read »






