Monday, October 7, 2013
Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis
On Friday, October 4, the S&P 500 closed @ 1691, and that was...
+6.4% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1589.
+5.4% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1604.
+0.7% ABOVE its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1679.
Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.
Friday, October 4, 2013
ObamaCare Promises Broken Already...
The average employer-provided family health insurance premiums have climbed +$2,976 since 2009, according to an annual Kaiser Family Foundation survey.
They're up +$3,671 compared with the year before President Obama took office.
That's despite President Obama's repeated promises that the health care reform law he championed would CUT premiums by -$2,500 in his first term.
The President's plan has failed miserably to merely stabilize health care costs, let alone reduce them!
Dishonest or Incompetent?
Read More At Investor's Business Daily: Premiums Climbed $2,976 Since '09, Despite Obama's Vow Of $2,500 Cut
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
From 1970 to 2010, Federal Spending Grew Nearly 12 Times Faster than Median Income...
When federal spending grows faster than Americans' paychecks, the burden of government on taxpayers becomes greater.
Over the past four decades, median-income Americans' earnings have risen only +24%, while spending has increased +288%!
PERCENT CHANGE IN INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS (2012)
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and Office of Management and Budget.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis
On Friday, September 27, the S&P 500 closed @ 1692, and that was...
+7.6% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1572.
+5.9% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1597.
+0.8% ABOVE its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1679.
Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis
On Friday, September 20, the S&P 500 closed @ 1710, and that was...
+8.7% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1573.
+7.0% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1598.
+1.8% ABOVE its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1680.
Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis
On Friday, September 13, the S&P 500 closed @ 1688, and that was...
+7.4% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1536.
+6.6% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1530.
+0.7% ABOVE its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1642.
Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Welfare Spending Continues To Soar Despite Attempts at Reform...
Total means-tested welfare spending (cash, food, housing, medical care, and social services to the poor) has increased more than 17-fold since the beginning of Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty in 1964.
INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS (2011)
Source: Heritage Foundation calculations based on data from current and previous White House Office of Management and Budget documents and other official government sources.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Monday, September 9, 2013
Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis
On Friday, September 6, the S&P 500 closed @ 1655, and that was...
+5.7% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1566.
+5.0% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1577.
-0.9% BELOW its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1670.
Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Federal Spending Grew Nearly 12 Times Faster than Median Income...
PERCENT CHANGE IN INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS (2012)
Monday, September 2, 2013
Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis
On Friday, August 30, the S&P 500 closed @ 1663, and that was...
+5.4% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1550.
+3.9% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1571.
-2.0% BELOW its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1666.
Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.
Friday, August 30, 2013
There's An Incredibly High Correlation Between Stock Market Performance & A Decreasing Trend in Jobless Claims...
“As go Jobless Claims, so shall go the Stock Market.”
“As goes the Stock Market, so shall go Jobless Claims.”
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis
On Friday, August 23, the S&P 500 closed @ 1664, and that was...
+7.0% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1555.
+6.3% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1565.
+0.2% ABOVE its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1661.
Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis
On Friday, August 16, the S&P 500 closed @ 1656, and that was...
+6.6% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1554.
+6.3% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1557.
-0.1% BELOW its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1658.
Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
What if Families Handled Finances Like the Federal Government Does?
INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS (2012)
Sources: Congressional Budget Office and U.S. Census Bureau.
In 2010, median family income was $51,360. If a typical family followed the federal government's lead, it would spend $73,319 and put 30 cents of every dollar spent on a credit card.
This family would have racked up $325,781 in credit card debt—like a mortgage, only without the house.
What credit card company would continue lending money to this family?
Monday, August 12, 2013
Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis
On Friday, August 9, the S&P 500 closed @ 1691, and that was...
+8.5% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1559.
+9.1% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1551.
+2.1% ABOVE its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1657.
Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS BULLISH
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.
Friday, August 9, 2013
This Disconnect Can't Be Good for Stocks: GDP Tumbles While Stocks Soar?
The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high on Friday, August 2nd.
Meanwhile, estimates for U.S. GDP Growth in 2013 have been FALLING for two and a half years!
How can this disconnect be good for stocks?
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/gdp-growth-expectations-vs-the-sp-500-2013-8#ixzz2b8b4GYOb
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis
On Friday, August 2, the S&P 500 closed @ 1710, and that was...
+9.5% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1562.
+10.7% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1544.
+3.6% ABOVE its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1651.
Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS BULLISH
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Unemployment is Much Higher Than It Looks...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) puts out several "alternative" measures of unemployment.
One of them, the so-called U6 Gauge, adds to ordinary unemployment those who are discouraged, part-time workers who want full-time jobs and those who are "marginally-attached" to the workforce.
One of them, the so-called U6 Gauge, adds to ordinary unemployment those who are discouraged, part-time workers who want full-time jobs and those who are "marginally-attached" to the workforce.
As the chart above shows, The Real Rate of Unemployment is about 14.3% — nearly two-thirds higher than when the recession began in December 2007.
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