Biiwii.com http://biiwii.com/wordpress No b/s Financial Commentary Since 2004 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 21:11:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 Pointing to a Cycle End… http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/pointing-to-a-cycle-end/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/pointing-to-a-cycle-end/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2015 21:10:33 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=30731 By Alhambra Investment Partners Yet Another Account Pointing to a Cycle End The continued release of increasingly bad data serves to further isolate the payroll report as something residing only of its own accord. There are far more relevant pieces of evidence that are clearly free of overly-dependent assumptions about factors that are less and … Continue reading Pointing to a Cycle End… →

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/pivotal-events-42/feed/ 0 2yr Yield to Ms. Yellen… http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/2yr-yield-to-ms-yellen/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/2yr-yield-to-ms-yellen/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:28:36 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=30714 By Biiwii 2 Year Yield:  “Janet, what are you waiting for?  Various members are piling out of their little clown car jawboning the markets left, right and center ring.  Juggling acts, somersaults… the whole bit.  I have popped in response to the latest jobs data.” “My friend Uncle Buck is at new recovery highs…” “…and … Continue reading 2yr Yield to Ms. Yellen… →

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/2yr-yield-to-ms-yellen/feed/ 0 Price Manipulation is Not Inherently Wrong http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/price-manipulation-is-not-inherently-wrong-2/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/price-manipulation-is-not-inherently-wrong-2/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2015 13:43:27 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=30710 By Steve Saville The Wall Street Journal recently broke the story that there is evidence of banks attempting to manipulate the prices of gold and other precious metals. In other breaking news, evidence has emerged that the Earth revolves around the sun, that the Pope is Catholic, and that bears sometimes defecate in the woods. … Continue reading Price Manipulation is Not Inherently Wrong →

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/price-manipulation-is-not-inherently-wrong-2/feed/ 0 ‘Jobs’ +295,000, Unemployment 5.5% http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/jobs-295000-unemployment-sub-5-5/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/jobs-295000-unemployment-sub-5-5/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2015 13:37:52 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=30706 By Biiwii February Employment Summary @ BLS Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 295,000 in February, and the unemployment rate edged down to 5.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in food services and drinking places, professional and business services, construction, health care, and in transportation and warehousing. Employment … Continue reading ‘Jobs’ +295,000, Unemployment 5.5% →

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/jobs-295000-unemployment-sub-5-5/feed/ 0 And Now, Williams… http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/and-now-williams/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/and-now-williams/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:04:23 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=30686 By Biiwii Bullard:  Super hawk gets in blab mode the moment the market begins to crater in October… we can always bring on QE 4! Fisher:  We need to raise interest rates! Bullard (back in hawk costume, feathers, talons, sharp beak and all):  We need a rate hike sooner rather than later! Evans:  No hurry … Continue reading And Now, Williams… →

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/06/and-now-williams/feed/ 0 Europe Rising vs. US, but India’s the Thing http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/05/europe-rising-vs-us-but-indias-the-thing/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/05/europe-rising-vs-us-but-indias-the-thing/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:41:35 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=30676 By Biiwii The Hedged Europe ETF (HEDJ) found support vs. (SPY) and the Europe vs. US trade remains a good one.  I took my HEDJ profit because there is resistance congestion coming up by longer-term charts of the Euro STOXX 50, DAX, etc., which are at interim upside targets. With respect to the previous post … Continue reading Europe Rising vs. US, but India’s the Thing →

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/05/europe-rising-vs-us-but-indias-the-thing/feed/ 0 USD and Euro http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/05/usd-and-euro/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/05/usd-and-euro/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2015 19:40:31 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=30666 By Biiwii I’ll be the first to admit I’d have expected a correction in the US dollar by now.  Don’t get me wrong, NFTRH was on the fledgling USD rally last summer when it was still considered by many to be just another beaten up combatant in the currency wars.  But in thinking it had … Continue reading USD and Euro →

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/05/usd-and-euro/feed/ 0 Construction is Dragging http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/05/construction-is-dragging/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/05/construction-is-dragging/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:14:23 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=30658 By Alhambra Investment Partners Lost amid last week’s stock euphoria was the collapse in both the ISM’s Chicago Business Barometer (which I covered here) and construction spending. While sentiment surveys are hard to judge, it wasn’t a huge intuitive leap to suggest that both data points may be related to the energy sector. While that … Continue reading Construction is Dragging →

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/05/construction-is-dragging/feed/ 0 Around the Web http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/04/around-the-web-9/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2015/03/04/around-the-web-9/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2015 19:20:46 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=30654 By Biiwii A more annoying ‘around the web’ than usual… Adjusting Barry Ritholtz for inflation and hypocrisy  –IKN  [biiwii comment: a short, sweet and perfect little post exposing b/s in a corner of the internet i don’t normally expect to find it. but then again, it’s everywhere isn’t it?  i am sure in all my … Continue reading Around the Web →

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