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S&P 500 Moving Averages
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 3/11/2009
S&P 500 Moving Averages
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Even after today's rally of over 4%, the S&P; 500 remains more than 13% below its 50-day moving average (DMA) and over 30% below its 200-DMA. In order to reach the 50-DMA, the S&P; would have to rally an additional 15.1%. While a rally of 15% seems within the realm of possibility, the market ...
S&P 500 5% Days
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 3/11/2009
S&P 500 5% Days
— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — Even though the prevailing view over the last few days has been that stocks simply won't go up ever again, today's 5%+ rally (as of 2:00 PM) has investors once again asking if this is the bottom. Before getting too far ahead of ourselves though, we ... (more) S&P 500 5% Days

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Checking Up On The BRICs
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 3/15/2009
Checking Up On The BRICs
— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — It's been awhile since we checked up on the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China), so below we highlight two performance charts comparing them to the S&P; 500. Over the last year, the US has performed better than Russia and China, inline with ... (more) Checking Up On The BRICs

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thefloat.typepad.com - 3/11/2009
David Rosenberg on Corporate Earnings
— thefloat.typepad.com — Whatever the squiggly lines look like in the short run--and they're plenty squiggly today, now up sharply on some sort of financials-driven rally--the medium-term prospects for equities are driven by two things: corporate earnings and market multiples ... (more) David Rosenberg on Corporate Earnings

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