Have you noticed that news is becoming Info-Porn? With multitudes of titles, it comes in many shapes and sizes — but you know it when you see it.
Follow the formula and the content doesn't seem to matter. It starts with a lackluster establishing shot, followed by a walking and talking preamble. Next various facts will pop on the screen as if you're watching a bad PowerPoint presentation … We are exposed to a seemingly endless variety of sameness.
Have you noticed that news is becoming Info-Porn? With multitudes of titles, it comes in many shapes and sizes — but you know it when you see it.
Follow the formula and the content doesn't seem to matter. It starts with a lackluster establishing shot, followed by a walking and talking preamble. Next various facts will pop on the screen as if you're watching a bad PowerPoint presentation … We are exposed to a seemingly endless variety of sameness.
We are in the dog-days of summer. Perhaps it is a good time to travel, just so you are not tempted to watch the news.
Biggest Negative Fund Flow Out of U.S. Stocks Since During the Crisis.
Money is flowing out of equity markets into the bond market. According to the NYTimes, investors withdrew a staggering $33.12 billion from domestic stock market mutual funds so far this year.
In the chart, below, the red bars represent fund flows for U.S. equity mutual funds, and the gray bars represent fund flows for bond mutual fund. The data for this chart is based on the fund flow data of long term mutual funds tracked by the Investment Company Institute.
Likewise, according to Rasmussen research, consumer & investor confidence has fallen to a 2010 low.
The Consumer Metrics Institute's Growth Index.
It's easy to get distracted by other data, but (for the most part) price is the primary indicator to use when analyzing a stock chart. Of course, it's still useful to try and get an early indicator of how a well-followed metric may perform.
The chart below shows three different data points. The S&P 500 index, GDP, and the Consumer Metrics Institute's Growth Index. Historically, the Growth Index has given an early indication of what GDP and the stock market are likely to do soon after. So, its recent decline might be an early indicator of continued weakness.
This is something that bears watching. If you're interested, here's a link from dshort.com that covers this topic in more detail.
As more people worry that our economy is not changing as hoped; some things are changing … technology and legislation.
How Does Technology Change the Investment Landscape?
My guess is that we are going to see a whole new round of cries for regulation of financial technology.
Here is an Explanation of How Laws Are Made.
For the past two years, Financial Reform has been in the news. Here is is a link to a discussion of what it can accomplish. Now that the Dodd-Frank Bill has become law, I thought it might be helpful to show the path it had to take? Here is an informative infographic put together by Mike Wirth that lays out how a Bill becomes a Law. Click the image to see a larger version.
We are in the dog-days of summer. Perhaps it is a good time to travel, just so you are not tempted to watch the news.
Biggest Negative Fund Flow Out of U.S. Stocks Since During the Crisis.
Money is flowing out of equity markets into the bond market. According to the NYTimes, investors withdrew a staggering $33.12 billion from domestic stock market mutual funds so far this year.
In the chart, below, the red bars represent fund flows for U.S. equity mutual funds, and the gray bars represent fund flows for bond mutual fund. The data for this chart is based on the fund flow data of long term mutual funds tracked by the Investment Company Institute.
Likewise, according to Rasmussen research, consumer & investor confidence has fallen to a 2010 low.
The Consumer Metrics Institute's Growth Index.
It's easy to get distracted by other data, but (for the most part) price is the primary indicator to use when analyzing a stock chart. Of course, it's still useful to try and get an early indicator of how a well-followed metric may perform.
The chart below shows three different data points. The S&P 500 index, GDP, and the Consumer Metrics Institute's Growth Index. Historically, the Growth Index has given an early indication of what GDP and the stock market are likely to do soon after. So, its recent decline might be an early indicator of continued weakness.
This is something that bears watching. If you're interested, here's a link from dshort.com that covers this topic in more detail.
As more people worry that our economy is not changing as hoped; some things are changing … technology and legislation.
How Does Technology Change the Investment Landscape?
My guess is that we are going to see a whole new round of cries for regulation of financial technology.
Here is an Explanation of How Laws Are Made.
For the past two years, Financial Reform has been in the news. Here is is a link to a discussion of what it can accomplish. Now that the Dodd-Frank Bill has become law, I thought it might be helpful to show the path it had to take? Here is an informative infographic put together by Mike Wirth that lays out how a Bill becomes a Law. Click the image to see a larger version.
As kids gear-up to go back to school, here is photo showing that some people need it more than others.
According to this story, a road contractor hired to paint the word "school" on a freshly paved stretch of road near Southern Guilford High School in North Carolina rendered the traffic area in question a "shcool" zone.
As kids gear-up to go back to school, here is photo showing that some people need it more than others.
According to this story, a road contractor hired to paint the word "school" on a freshly paved stretch of road near Southern Guilford High School in North Carolina rendered the traffic area in question a "shcool" zone.
There are times in life when it is hard to imagine finding a path to victory.
So often the answer is as simple as committing to the outcome desired, showing-up, playing full-out, and giving your best until there is absolutely nothing left.
There are times in life when it is hard to imagine finding a path to victory.
So often the answer is as simple as committing to the outcome desired, showing-up, playing full-out, and giving your best until there is absolutely nothing left.
