Archive for June 2008
Revisiting Last Week’s Selloff – It’s All About Oil, The Dollar And Inflation
Every weekend I write a client note in which I attempt to summarize the week's action and highlight significant events. As I was writing it last night I was struggling to make sense of the ...
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Same Story At KB Homes
June 27, 2008 · Category: Real Estate, Stocks
The new home market continues to be brutal as we saw yesterday with Lennar and today with KB Homes (KBH Earnings Release).
I created the same chart for KB Homes of new home deliveries and backlog ...
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House Of Pain At Lennar
June 26, 2008 · Category: Real Estate, Stocks
Homebuilder Lennar (LEN) reported 2nd quarter earnings today and they were not pretty (LEN Earnings Release).
I put together a chart of Lennar's new homes delivered and backlog going back 5 years which pretty much tells the ...
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Fed On Pause – For Now
June 25, 2008 · Category: Federal Reserve, Market Commentary
Although downside risks to growth remain, they appear to have diminished somewhat, and the upside risks to inflation and inflation expectations have increased.
- Fed Statement, June 25
After 7 consecutive cuts in the Fed Funds rate ...
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Fed Ex And UPS Show Economy Is Weak
Slow U.S. economic growth and an unprecedented increase in the cost of fuel have resulted in lower-than-expected U.S. package volume and an accelerating contraction in the use of premium air products. In addition, the anemic ...
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Dow Chemical Raises Prices Again
Less than a month after announcing across the board price increases to combat rising energy and raw materials costs (May 28 Press Release), Dow Chemical (DOW) is at it again announcing additional across the board ...
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Excellent 3 Part Washington Post Feature On The Boom and Bust
June 23, 2008 · Category: Market Commentary
I'm back from my week off in Las Vegas where I played in two bracelet events (#s 32 and 36 - both $1500 buy in, No Limit events) at The World Series of Poker.
The Washington Post ...
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Is Lehman Brothers The Next Bear Stearns?
June 13, 2008 · Category: Market Commentary, Stocks
The action in Lehman Brothers (LEH) this week reminds me of the Bear Stearns debacle that evolved from Friday March 14 through Monday March 17.
It started with Lehman's preliminary announcement of 2nd quarter results on ...
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One Of The Biggest Oil Winners Of The Last Decade Decides To Get Out
June 12, 2008 · Category: Commodities
I sold my Chevron. I sold my Conoco Phillips. I sold my Statoil. I sold my ENSCO. I sold my Pioneer Natural Resources. I sold everything.
- Richard Rainwater, who made about $2 billion investing in energy ...
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Will Pfizer Cut Its 7% Dividend?
June 11, 2008 · Category: Stocks
The dividend is really important to me. The company feels they can keep it up through the patent expirations, but it seems like it's going to be difficult.
- Kent Croft (subscription required), President, Croft Leominster
There's been ...
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