Stock World Weekly Newsletter

The Relentless Pursuit of Meaningless Metrics

Ilene — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:33:48 -0800

Here's the latest Stock World Weekly, called "The Relentless Pursuit of Meaningless Metrics." Excerpts We ended last week’s newsletter, “Entering the Debt Dimension,” generally bearish and skeptical of the current rally due to a preponderance of bad news in the global economy, including the continuing European debt crisis and growing...

Entering the Debt Dimension

Ilene — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:16:12 -0800

Entering the Debt Dimension Excerpt from Stock World Weekly We ended last week’s newsletter explaining why we were not betting on an announcement for more quantitative easing by the Fed, although “consensus” economists claimed to be. We argued that additional QE was unlikely, citing our friends (Bruce Krasting, Lee Adler...

QE-Cating

Ilene — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:25:12 -0800

Excerpts from this week's Stock World Weekly: QE-Cating This was a good week for the bulls. The major indexes were all up between 2.0% and 2.8%, capping the third consecutive week of gains. Investors saw some powerful signs of positive activity in the economy. For example, initial unemployment claims dropped...

Cracks in the Facade

Ilene — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:12:03 -0800

Cracks in the Facade (Excerpts from Stock World Weekly) The S&P downgraded nine eurozone countries on Friday, announcing the following actions: the lowering of long-term ratings on Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain by two notches, and the lowering of long-term ratings on Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia by one...

Rocks and Hard Places

Ilene — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:07:57 -0800

Excerpt from Stock World Weekly: Rocks and Hard Places Week Ahead Section The European “Black Debt” crisis seems to be dragging on and on. And while we worry about that, Bruce Krasting expressed the flip-side of our fears. The end could be near. He wrote, “We could see the whole...

Stock World Weekly: Sound and Fury

Ilene — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:25:58 -0800

Sound and Fury (Excerpts from this week's Stock World Weekly) “Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale, Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.” (Macbeth, Act...

Money for Nothing and Your Debt for Free

Ilene — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:38:51 -0800

Money for Nothing and Your Debt For Free Here are some excerpts from the latest edition of Stock World Weekly: Money for Nothing and Your Debt for Free We tried to make sense out of the ECB's Long Term Refinance Operation. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL! ***** Last week, we noted...

Stock World Weekly Samples

Ilene — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:12:58 -0800

Stock World Weekly is a fun newsletter that began a little over a year ago and focuses on Phil's Stock World's trading of stocks and options. For a free trial, click here > We Love Feedback. Please let us know what you like, don't like and would wish to see...

Stock World Weekly: No Virginia, There is No Santa Claus Rally

Ilene — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Note: Pharmboy fans, this is a must read! Pharmboy wrote a year end review of his biotech and pharma virtual trade ideas that have been presented in Stock World Weekly over the last year. He included a couple tables of his closed and still open virtual trades, and his thoughts...

Stock World Weekly: The Anti-Crisis Bazooka & Other Bedtime Stories

Ilene — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Here's the newest Stock World Weekly - The Anti-Crisis Bazooka & Other Bedtime Stories. Enjoy. Please give us feedback, and visit us at Facebook.