股海一粟的博客
投资是一门艺术，投资是一所永远的学校。股海一粟第一次接触到股票还是在1988年，那时候上海只有老八股，没有正规的交易所。。。那一年股海一粟只有10岁。
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(2008-06-20 15:02:10)
Yesterday’sreboundturnedouttobeasshort-lived.Allthreemajorindicesfinishedthisoptionexpirydatelowerbyatleast1.8%.Fortheweek,theDowwasoffbymorethan450pointsandclosedatlevelsnotseensinceearlyMarch.TheS&P500andtheNasdaqwerefaringrelativelybettercomparedtotheDowandweredown3.1%and2.0%respectivelyfortheweek.ItshouldbenotedthattheS&Pnowisinnegativeterritoryforthequarterandisdownbymorethan10%fortheyear.Th...[阅读全文]
(2008-06-19 14:33:37)
ThemarkethadamodestreboundthisThursday.TheNasdaq,ledbysomebigtechnames,advancedmorethan1.3%whileincomparison,boththeDowandtheS&P500wereuparound0.3%.Thenewsontheeconomicfrontwasmixedthismorning.InitialclaimsfortheweekendingJune14thcameat381K,adecreasedof5Kfromthepreviousweek’srevisedfigureof386K.Itwashigherthaneconomistshadcalledforbutstillstayedwithintherangeofestimation.Thecontinuingclaims,onthe...[阅读全文]
(2008-06-18 14:16:41)
Themarketdroppedfortheseconddayinarow.TheDowisnowbarelyabovethepsychologicallyimportant12000levelandclosedatthelowestlevelinthreemonths.Unlikeyesterday,thereislittleeconomicnews.Severaldisappointingearningsreportsalongwithariseincrudepricewerecitedasthemainreasonsbehindtoday’sdrop.Ontopofthat,RBStolditsclientstoprepareforacrashinglobalstockandcreditmarketsoverthenextthreemonths.Thebankwarnsthatth...[阅读全文]
(2008-06-17 15:49:36)
Themarketcouldn’tholdontoitsearlygainsamidcontinuousworriesinthefinancialsector.Allthreemajorindiceswerelowerbyaround0.7%bytheclose.Itwasabusydayintermofeconomicnewsbutunfortunately,mostcameshortofexpectation.Startwiththecloselywatchedhousingdata.TheHousingStartsforMaydroppedtoanannualrateof975Kfromarevised1008Kinthepreviousmonth.Thatwaslowestreadingin17yearsandbeloweconomists’forecasts.Tobefair...[阅读全文]
(2008-06-16 14:29:55)
Themarketstartedthenewweekinalacklusterfashion.TheS&P500,whichwashoveringaroundtheunchangedlevelmostoftheday,endedhigherfractionally.TheNasdaq,ledbysomebigtechsincludingRimmandApple,outperformedtheboardmarketandadvanced20points.Thenewsontheeconomicfrontwasmostlynegative.TheNYEmpireStateindexdroppedtominus8.7fromminus3.2whileeconomistsexpectedasmallincrease.Inaseparatereport,theNationalAssociationo...[阅读全文]
(2008-06-13 14:49:06)
Fridaythe13thturnsouttobealuckydayforinvestors.Afterasell-offearlyintheweek,themarketessentiallyendedtheweekattheunchangedlevelmainlyduetoasharpreboundintoday’strading.TheDowadvanced165pointsor1.4%whiletheNasdaqgained50points.Wegotsomemixednewsontheeconomicfront.TheheadlineCPIincreased0.6%aftera0.2%gaininthepreviousmonth.Economistswerelookingforanincreaseof0.5%.Excludingfoodandenergy,coreCPIincre...[阅读全文]
(2008-06-12 15:49:06)
Headingintotoday’strading,therewereamplesignsofover-soldconditionaroundandarallyseemedtobeasensibleconclusion.Indeed,wegotonethismorning.However,therallywassoshort-livedandbytheendoftheclosing,stocksgavebackmostoftheearlygains.Infact,noneofthethreemajorindicesmanagedtoadvancemorethan0.5%.ItwascertainlydisappointingtobullsconsideringtheDowwasupasmuchas180pointsearlier.Wehadsomemixedeconomicnewsthi...[阅读全文]
(2008-06-11 15:02:58)
Bearsarebackinthedriver’sseataftertworelativelyquietsessions.Allthreemajorindicesendedthedaylowerbyatleast1.5%.Surgingoilprice,whichadvancedmorethan$5abarrel,againbecamethesuspectbehindtoday’ssharpsell-off.Continuousweaknessinthekeyfinancialsectoronlymadethingsworse.TheFed’slatestBeigeBookofferedlittlesurprise.Threeofthe12regionalFedbanksreported“softer,weakerorlower”growthandfourhad“slower,...[阅读全文]
(2008-06-10 15:17:36)
Fortheseconddayinarow,themarketendedthedayinamixedfashion.TheDow,buoyedbystrongperformanceinCoca-Cola,wasupfractionallywhiletheothertwomajorindiceswerelowermodestly.Thenewsontheeconomicfrontwasmoreorlessinlinewithexpectation.TradeBalanceforAprilcameatadeficitof$60.9billion,upfrom$56.5billioninthepreviousmonth.However,afteradjustingthenumbersforinflation,thetradedeficitshrankto$46.9billion,thelowes...[阅读全文]
(2008-06-09 14:18:52)
Themarketendedthefirsttradingsessionofthenewweekinamixedfashion.TheDowadded70pointsafterlosingnearly400pointslastFridayandtheNasdaq,draggedbyseveralbigtechnames,postedalossof0.6%.Interestingly,justwhenalmosteveryonewaspessimisticontheoutlookofhousing,wegotsomegoodnewsonthattroubledsector.ThependinghomesalesforAprilrose6.3%whileeconomistswerelookingforadropof1.0%.Althoughonemonthdatadoesn’tconstit...[阅读全文]
