tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post7565631389985305733..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: "Equities are grinding lower"??Scott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-21894875326450839222013-10-16T07:16:56.992-07:002013-10-16T07:16:56.992-07:00"Looks like a technical default later this we..."Looks like a technical default later this week is possible -- is anyone shorting stocks...?"<br /><br />Sounds like Congress can play the stock market like a fiddle.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365403570563730880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-7873331546440185102013-10-14T08:01:42.760-07:002013-10-14T08:01:42.760-07:00Dr McKibbin, we are putting the following; JNK, E...Dr McKibbin, we are putting the following; JNK, EWJ, GDXJ, DJX...<br /><br />Any advice?Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183141792723754273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-40044347742899158782013-10-12T18:19:46.587-07:002013-10-12T18:19:46.587-07:00Looks like a technical default later this week is ...Looks like a technical default later this week is possible -- is anyone shorting stocks...?McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-41562212736069463682013-10-12T10:43:44.996-07:002013-10-12T10:43:44.996-07:00On Friday, October 11, 2013, Wall Street Ends High...On Friday, October 11, 2013, Wall Street Ends Higher on Hopes of Weekend Resolution in Washington. U.S. stocks extended gains on Friday, a day after their biggest rally in more than nine months, as investors were hopeful for a solution to end the partial government shutdown that would stave off a possible U.S. default, Reuters reported. <br /><br /><br />The chart of the EUR/JPY shows a close theyenguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08515095308836729043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-1303335574715536472013-10-12T04:43:15.262-07:002013-10-12T04:43:15.262-07:00economics is the only profession where a group of ...economics is the only profession where a group of "experts" can look at the exact same data and come up with completely different conclusions as to what it means. with all due respect,economics is largely voodoo.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07387986994469835875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-27224184534938068252013-10-12T03:44:29.617-07:002013-10-12T03:44:29.617-07:00@Benjamin, I concur with your post -- especially y...@Benjamin, I concur with your post -- especially your observation that "winning the war on inflation during the worst recession since the Great Depression is not good monetary policy..." -- spot on (!) -- nevertheless, the war on inflation is and will remain the Fed's number one priority and vector forever -- the reality is that bondholders rule America, and the only way to beat McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-64669675280398014422013-10-12T00:20:13.270-07:002013-10-12T00:20:13.270-07:00As an armchair economist, I find reading what &quo...As an armchair economist, I find reading what "real" economists say and print to be...confusing.<br /><br />That said, I wish Congress would put the deficit ceiling debacle behind them, and concentrate on beating Obamacare in a straight up vote of some sort. <br /><br />If you cannot beat Obamacare in a straight up vote (or get the Supreme Court to kill it), then it becomes law. A bad Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-73577642385928388062013-10-11T09:56:45.684-07:002013-10-11T09:56:45.684-07:00Dividend and rent-earning equities are a bargain i...Dividend and rent-earning equities are a bargain in today's market -- buy now before it is too late -- the best time to buy equities is during times of maximum pessimism -- and folks, we are there -- buy!McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com