Inevitably even the grizzlies have been watching economic indicators gaging the housing market “recovery”, as talk of a 2009 rebound in the United States has now been confirmed by 3.5% growth in the third quarter. Existing home sales bottoming, construction spending pulsing and extreme incentives for new buyers have sweetened the potential for a repeat of the 2004 housing recovery we all loved so well. Yet there remains the issue of magnitude, regarding a potential housing recovery, which may contrast that of 2004 a great deal, and could kill the lasting effects of a bottomed housing market on the broader economy. We will attempt to review and assess the American economy by result of the Housing Market from a historical and quantitative standpoint.

While we all first learned that bonds and stocks perform "inversely" of each other, because bonds are relatively safe while equity shares are more risky, it should be understood that this is firstly and finally a ridiculous adage to waste a moment recalling. The oversimplified credence should, and soon will be, destroyed once and for all as long term
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Quiet frustration looms just beyond the facade of bulls who called for a market extension near the S&P 500 high of 945, while those heralding to invest in stocks upon a 10% pullback are beginning to feel the heat. Meanwhile, the substantial chatter concerning a "toppy" head and shoulders pattern of late in equities has
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On the Monday leading into a busy week of economic data and Wednesday's FOMC Federal Reserve meeting risk takers absconded from the market. The World Bank worsened it's outlook for the global economy from the March prediction for -1.7% to -2.9% growth over the course of 2009. Citing prolonged weakness among impoverished economies the bank
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Bill Gross of PIMCO began his June outlook statement with the fitting quote from Abraham Lincoln stating, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time". Perhaps there are a few more fools than
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The genre of investing known as "fixed income" has been written off by most investors over the past decade as uninteresting, largely due to the seemingly dry nature of the bond market. Returns on bonds are more stable compared to stocks but generally lag profits made by the basket of S&P 500 equity shares amidst
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A modest trader is a sharp trader and we at Diamond Slice maintain our short strategy, despite the rally extension in U.S. equities . Fundamental economic data continues to show that the broad economy continues to decline despite government stimulus efforts to increase consumers' ability to purchase goods. The home purchase program is extremely attractive
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No one seemed to questioning the vicious buying of Bank of America (BAC) and Citi Group (C) on a Wednesday where stress test leaks suggested the two banks will need an additional $35 billion and $50 billion of common equity. Does the transparency of major U.S. banks' financial needs warrant the KBW Banking Index's gain
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U.S. equity markets ended only slightly lower on Tuesday as early morning economic data started off the day with a spurt of confidence. The ISM Non-Manufacturing report gauged Chicago area service related industries deteriorating at a lower rate than previous months in April. The report clocked in at 43.7, above the markets estimate of 42.2
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Taking note of the information at hand Monday yields little new information for the economy on a day that had been scheduled as the release of TARP stress test results by regulators. Instead the S&P 500 and equity markets are trading higher on lower than average volume due to an unexpected jolt in pending home
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