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MondayJan 28, 2008 4:53 am

The Wide Angle – January 28, 2008

Tags: Diamonds (DIA), Spiders (SPY), NYSE Euronext (NYX), NASDAQ (NDAQ) 9 am ET…January 24…2008 --- The Big Picture, in Sharper Focus The January Effect… for GARP Investors A number of investment theories proliferate at this time of year…though after this month’s volatile market and steady decline, the January Effect provides a reasonably reliable barometer. The prevailing theory is “How goes January, so goes the year”. A corollary states that it is really the first five trading days that serves as a harbinger of the year. Either way, one or both of these measures have applied for each of the past…

TuesdayJan 22, 2008 9:35 am

The Wide Angle – January 22, 2008

Last month, in the Corporate Americana series, the performance of the Dow Jones Average was mapped out in relation to the Presidents of the USA on the basis that this served as a reasonable proxy to measure the country’s collective confidence and economic outlook under each Administration. Each President was then ranked from the best stock market performance as measured by the Dow (Calvin Coolidge was #1, up 247%) to the worst (Hoover, down 80%). At the time this table was prepared (December 7th), George Bush ranked # 11 with the Dow up 29% since his inauguration on January 20,…

WednesdayJan 09, 2008 9:48 am

The Wide Angle – January 9, 2008

Sea Change With results in from both Iowa and New Hampshire, it isn’t too early to begin forming conclusions about the 2008 General Election. This looks like a Sea Change Election Year. There haven’t been many. The last was 1980 when Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter. The Sea Change Election before that, 1968 when Nixon defeated Humphrey and prior to that 1952 when Eisenhower replaced the FDR administration. There is only one characteristic that distinguishes between a Sea Change Election Year from the ordinary General Election: The Electorate is signaling a Change of Direction. Both Primaries point to such an…

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