Wow, how time flies!
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The 1st Quarter of the year is almost in the books. How are things going?
Spring is an excellent reminder that I was supposed to get in shape before spring.
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Here Are Links for Your Weekend Reading
Energy Policy and Green Energy have been in the news recently. Here is a cartoon poking fun at the situation. It's called "Feeding the Federal Furnace."
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- The Five Stages of Strategic Grief. (HBR)
- Reid Hoffman's 10 Rules for Entrepreneurial Success. (Entrepreneur)
- 6 Surprising Things Social Media Can Predict. Why to mine social media. (TheWeek)
- Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France. (WashingtonPost)
- DataViz Tool Shows You Gaping Holes In Your Password Security. Scary Cool. (FastCo)
- Everything That's Wrong With the Economy in 1 PowerPoint Slide. (TheStreet)
- Central Banks' $9 Trillion Is Global Economic Lifeline. (USAToday)
- Bye-Bye American Pie: The Challenge of the Productivity Revolution. (RobertReich)
- School for Quants: Learning to Calculate Our Future. (FT)
- Amazon Faces Taxing Times. After losing the battle to avoid collecting sales taxes, investors may learn why it fought so hard for so long. (WSJ)
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Here Are Links for Your Weekend Reading
Energy Policy and Green Energy have been in the news recently. Here is a cartoon poking fun at the situation. It's called "Feeding the Federal Furnace."
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- The Five Stages of Strategic Grief. (HBR)
- Reid Hoffman's 10 Rules for Entrepreneurial Success. (Entrepreneur)
- 6 Surprising Things Social Media Can Predict. Why to mine social media. (TheWeek)
- Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France. (WashingtonPost)
- DataViz Tool Shows You Gaping Holes In Your Password Security. Scary Cool. (FastCo)
- Everything That's Wrong With the Economy in 1 PowerPoint Slide. (TheStreet)
- Central Banks' $9 Trillion Is Global Economic Lifeline. (USAToday)
- Bye-Bye American Pie: The Challenge of the Productivity Revolution. (RobertReich)
- School for Quants: Learning to Calculate Our Future. (FT)
- Amazon Faces Taxing Times. After losing the battle to avoid collecting sales taxes, investors may learn why it fought so hard for so long. (WSJ)
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A Quick Look at S&P 500 and It’s Likely Next Move
The S&P 500 Index had its biggest weekly drop of the year last week, with a less-than-whopping fall of 0.50%.
Yep, half a percent. Moreover, it was only the second week of the year out of twelve in which the index posted a decline. Results like that make traders fat, dumb and happy.
With a year to date gain of more than 11%, the S&P 500 is on pace for its second consecutive quarter of 10%+ gains. According to Bespoke, if this holds, it will be just the 12th time in the index's history that it has posted double digit percentage gains in back to back quarters.
Here is a chart showing the daily performance of the Index.
Note the area circled in red. That marks where price came back inside the upper Bollinger Band. Technical analysts might expect that the first likely target would be the mid-line (marked by the dotted blue line). In this case, it also corresponds with likely support at the short-term up-trend line (marked by the green arrow). Add the weak volume of the recent decline … and you might have the recipe for a new rally?
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A Quick Look at S&P 500 and It’s Likely Next Move
The S&P 500 Index had its biggest weekly drop of the year last week, with a less-than-whopping fall of 0.50%.
Yep, half a percent. Moreover, it was only the second week of the year out of twelve in which the index posted a decline. Results like that make traders fat, dumb and happy.
With a year to date gain of more than 11%, the S&P 500 is on pace for its second consecutive quarter of 10%+ gains. According to Bespoke, if this holds, it will be just the 12th time in the index's history that it has posted double digit percentage gains in back to back quarters.
Here is a chart showing the daily performance of the Index.
Note the area circled in red. That marks where price came back inside the upper Bollinger Band. Technical analysts might expect that the first likely target would be the mid-line (marked by the dotted blue line). In this case, it also corresponds with likely support at the short-term up-trend line (marked by the green arrow). Add the weak volume of the recent decline … and you might have the recipe for a new rally? -
Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- Information Avalanche. More Info Doesn’t Always Lead to Better Understanding. (HBR)
- 'Personal Cloud' to Replace PC by 2014, Says Gartner. (Wired)
- The Social Credit Card. AmEx Syncs With Twitter To Turn #Hashtags Into Savings (FC)
- Partners in ‘Slime’: Feds Keep Buying Ammonia-Treated Ground Beef. (TheDaily)
- A Gut-Check for Many Ailments. What's going on in your head may be caused partly by what's happening in your gut. (WSJ)
- Apple Woulda-Coulda Had the Dow at 15,290. (Businessweek)
- Banks and Consumers Are Adopting Tablets Faster Than Expected. (HuffingtonPost)
- How America’s Richest Companies Invest Their Cash. (247WallSt)
- Finance Isn’t as Amoral as It Seems. By Robert Shiller. (Bloomberg)
- Top Secret: The Chinese Envoy’s Briefing Paper on Australia’s Economy. (NakedCapitalism)
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Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- Information Avalanche. More Info Doesn’t Always Lead to Better Understanding. (HBR)
- 'Personal Cloud' to Replace PC by 2014, Says Gartner. (Wired)
- The Social Credit Card. AmEx Syncs With Twitter To Turn #Hashtags Into Savings (FC)
- Partners in ‘Slime’: Feds Keep Buying Ammonia-Treated Ground Beef. (TheDaily)
- A Gut-Check for Many Ailments. What's going on in your head may be caused partly by what's happening in your gut. (WSJ)
- Apple Woulda-Coulda Had the Dow at 15,290. (Businessweek)
- Banks and Consumers Are Adopting Tablets Faster Than Expected. (HuffingtonPost)
- How America’s Richest Companies Invest Their Cash. (247WallSt)
- Finance Isn’t as Amoral as It Seems. By Robert Shiller. (Bloomberg)
- Top Secret: The Chinese Envoy’s Briefing Paper on Australia’s Economy. (NakedCapitalism)
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Something Is Always Working – The Trick is Finding It While It’s Working.
The S&P 500 Index is entering a seasonally bullish period. The chart below shows the predicted turning points based on the past five years of historical data.
Something potentially different this year is that the S&P 500 Index has performed pretty well year-to-date. In fact, it is up 12.17% so far … and things look pretty strong until May.
However,the chart below should serve as a reminder that there a lot other markets worth trading too. For starters, the DAX is up 21.18% so far this year.
The chart shows the top-ten performing markets for the past few years. Click the chart to see an expanded version of this data.
Note how much diversification there has been in the top-ten throughout the years.That is the funny thing about markets … something is always working. The trick is finding it while it's working.
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Something Is Always Working – The Trick is Finding It While It’s Working.
The S&P 500 Index is entering a seasonally bullish period. The chart below shows the predicted turning points based on the past five years of historical data.
Something potentially different this year is that the S&P 500 Index has performed pretty well year-to-date. In fact, it is up 12.17% so far … and things look pretty strong until May.
However,the chart below should serve as a reminder that there a lot other markets worth trading too. For starters, the DAX is up 21.18% so far this year.
The chart shows the top-ten performing markets for the past few years. Click the chart to see an expanded version of this data.
Note how much diversification there has been in the top-ten throughout the years.That is the funny thing about markets … something is always working. The trick is finding it while it's working.
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At the End of Pain, You’ll Often Find Success
Do you know why you find your keys in the last place you look? It is because it doesn't make sense to keep looking for them after you find them.Ultimately, the key is to focus on the goal (not how you got to where you are), and to keep moving forward.
hat tip to Cliff MichaelsHere is a video from Eric Thomas, otherwise known as the HipHop Preacher … It is called "Pain Is Temporary", and has a great message worth hearing.For more of Eric Thomas, here is a link to his YouTube page & here is a link to his website.Finally, here is a small reminder:“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” ~Zig Ziglar
