OIL..is it over? Yet? Let’s have a quick look at USO ( United States oil Fund, ETF) and spot Oil price. I am not sure if people start talking about the bull run is over. Well, not yet. Uhm…I am not convinced, yet. This implies, the recent strength of Dollar ... Go to Full Article

Trend vs. No Trend by Brian Dolan I uploaded a new ebook to the Advanced Trading Books part of the site today. It’s actually a rather small article than a real book — Trend vs. No Trend by Brian Dolan. It was originally published in TRADERS’ Magazine in 2005. ... Go to Full Article

Want A World Full Of Reckless Idiots? A Culture Of Bailouts Will ... The Federal Reserve and government regulators are largely propping up the lifestyles not of the middle class in general, but of various individuals who made choices that turned out badly and prefer not to live with the...

Stock Picks And Trade Ideas For The Week Ahead - BIDU, TRN, JNPR, RMBS Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge ). Juniper (jnpr) shares surged 17% after the maker of networking equipment reported strong earnings. The stock had slumped about 40% since peaking at a six-year high last...

Lots More Downside For US House Prices? Anyone who has been around the financial world for a while knows that when prices swing too far away from where they should be based on fundamentals, they eventually revert back towards equilibrium. However, they usually don’t stop ... Go to...

Van Eck Dives Into The Gulf With New ETF Van Eck is trekking out into frontier markets with the launch of their exchange traded fund (ETF). Market Vector Gulf States (mes) gives easy access to the gulf states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Katar and United Arab Emirates. ... Go to Full Article

Detroit: Cheaper To Buy A House Than A New Car The good news is that home sales in the city of Detroit through June are up by a whopping +46.56% (YTD) compared to last year (5389 homes sold in 2008 YTD vs. 3677 last year), but the bad news is that the average price for a home sold ... Go...

Renewable Energy Politics In Germany BERLIN, GERMANY: There’s still Russian graffiti from 1945 on the walls of the German parliament. In a room listing Germany’s past lawmakers, a black space marks where Hitler’s name would be. But in a building filled with such history, ... Go to...

Two More Banks Have Failed This evening the FDIC has announced two additional banks have closed and the FDIC was forced to step in. The following is the official press release from the FDIC:. Mutual of Omaha Bank Acquires All Deposits of First National Bank of ... Go to Full Article

Homeownership Rate In 2Q 2008 Rebounds By Largest Increase In Four ... The chart above is based on the Census Bureau’s latest release on home ownership rates, and shows the following:. 1. The howeownership rate fell below 68% in the … ... Go to Full Article

Foreclosure Picture Worsens…Up 121% I’ll admit I am beating a bit of dead horse here but when data points like these come in they need to be noted.The foreclosure picture is getting much worse. From CNNMoney by Les Christie entitled: More foreclosure gloom ... Go to Full Article

Foreclosures Triple, But Real Estate ETFs Don’t Seem Wounded Foreclosures shot up a whopping 121% in one year, a percentage that could hold back exchange traded funds (ETFs) that focus on the real estate market. About 220000 homes were repossessed in the second quarter, triple the number...

Water Infrastructure - Could It Keep ETFs Afloat? As water systems across the country and throughout the world become more of an issue every day, many exchange traded tunds (ETFs) could potentially take advantage of this growing problem. Updates for water systems are estimated to ... Go...

FDIC Seizes Two More Banks In what may become an unfortunate sign of the times, the FDIC seized two more banks yesterday:. From Reuters via the NY Times:. “WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US regulators took over two banks on Friday and sold them to Mutual of Omaha Bank, ... Go to Full Article

Weekend Market Re-cap US equity markets started strong with the DJIA up about +100 points by 10am ET, then tumbled through the day Friday into a late session loss of about -25 points before closing with a brief flourish. It was a quiet day, supported by a ... Go to Full Article