Courtesy of The Pragmatic Capitalist “I think global growth is going to be anemic and I’d put a 40 percent chance on a double dip at some point in the next couple of years,” Stephen Roach, chairman, Asia of Morgan Stanley, told CNBC Friday. Marc Faber, author of the “Gloom, Doom and Boom Report” joined the discussion.

It was a heart pounding week on Wall Street as traders and investors locked in profits during 2010’s first round of earnings season. While it is normal to see selling of shares after good news hits the market, last weeks melt down was over exaggerated and for good reasons. In short, we expected good earnings and that is why the markets have been crawling...

Courtesy of The Pragmatic Capitalist Good read here from Globe Asia: The Great 18-Year Real Estate Cycle_ February 2010 –

BIG Volume showed up Friday which seemed to be buying ahead of Sunday’s News.  A break above the $2.80 area we could be off to the races. Chart Courtesy of TraderMarket247 Is PARD a Buy Sell or Hold

Sirius News Blog Apple getting serious – Sirius XM Radio Skydock Doing research on Apple, Inc. was really interesting, as I learned so much about the changes that took place since the birth of the company on April 1st, 1976 in Steve Jobs family garage in Cupertino, California. Steve Wozniak hand built the Apple 1 computer with his engineering skills...

Bloomberg The Securities and Exchange Commission may approve a rule next month that aims to keep short sellers from accelerating stock sell-offs, said Brian Hyndman, the senior vice president in transaction services at Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. The regulation would take effect when shares fall 10 percent in a day and require bearish trades be executed...

Is SPY a Buy Sell or Hold

Fallond Stock Picks Break of rising support for the S&P dating back to March 2009 but volume was not excessive given the significance of the break. A MACD trigger ‘sell’ accompanied S&P’s weakness.

CalculatedRisk From the Jackie Calmes and Sewell Chan at the NY Times: 2 Senators Predict Bernanke to Be Confirmed And from David Wessel at the WSJ: Dodd, Gregg Predict Bernanke Will Win Confirmation Vote Here is the statement: Today, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Banking Committee Member Judd Gregg (R-NH) issued a joint...

The Mess That Greenspan Made Skip directly to about the five minute mark to hear Dr. Marc Faber talk about how it is “unimaginable” that the problems of the United States can be solved. After that he uses the “D” word, but, since he had a smile on his face at the time, it’s hard to really know how much conviction was...

In today’s short video Adam Hewison takes a fresh look the S&P 500 and what he thinks it is going to do in 2010. He will also be looking at an important “Trade Triangle” that has just flashed an important signal for this index. Click The Chart Below To View The Video

by Tyler Durden While many pundits will obsess over the markets’ gyration in this past week, and make it into a major headline in the quest for eyeballs, the truth is that the S&P turning negative for the year was merely a sideshow (the next real market crash will be much more memorable). No – the real story was the advent of Paul Volcker...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has gone from being Time magazine’s Man of the Year in 2009 to … what? A Fed chairman who may not be reappointed for a second four-year term. Why the sudden turnaround in his fortunes? Like a spy who gets a burn notice (as depicted in USA Network’s hit series, Burn Notice), suddenly he lost his support....

Join us for cocktails and come meet T3Live’s top traders, including Scott Redler and the rest of the T3Live radio crew at our Wall Street office on Friday, January 29th from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30. Are you currently an active trader or interested in starting a career as an active trader? If so, come join us at T3 Live’s New York City headquarters...

It’s been a crazy week for stock and futures traders as the market moved up and down like a yo-yo, finally closing down sharply on the week. Earlier this week I posted a report showing the Volatility Index (VIX) and how it was then trading at an extreme low level which triggered the sharp market corrections. Since that post the VIX has now risen over...