Stock Capitalist

It has become a national pastime to try to figure out where in the stock market cycle we are. This blog post tries a new approach, relying on readers’ collective wisdom by asking them to express their opinion on the direction of the ….. It’s been six straight days of selling in gold based on the fear that a Fed pause next week will mark the low in the dollar, collapse inflation, heal the economy and supercharge the financial markets (and apparently in that order too). …

The latest victims of the subprime meltdown … your kids. Highlights of the Fed’s latest Beige Book… why a rate cut is all but certain. Gas, oil , food… fresh all-time highs. Byron King gets behind the real reason for $115 crude …. The U.S. stock market enjoyed some big gains yesterday. J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo, Coca-Cola and Intel all announced better-than-expected first-quarter earnings. Advancing stocks outnumbered those in decline more than 5-to-1. …

The dollar has crossed a threshold many financial advisors say takes it into uncharted and dangerous waters. A flood of bad news — from the subprime mortgage meltdown and credit crisis, to record oil prices of $100 a barrel and a current ….. India’s economy is growing 8 percent a year — the second-fastest growth rate in the world. The Indian stock market has tripled in three years, creating a record number of billionaires. One reason: Foreign investors have poured $30 …