Laif Meidell
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Meidell: Trump’s shifts shake investors
It seemed easier for investors when they could just focus on big ideas like health care and tax reform, and the benefits they would bring to the U.S. economy. Since the start of the year, Wall Street has been taking its cues from Washington, D.C., but the tempo of Washington has changed since the health care bill failed to gather enough support in the house of representatives a few weeks ago,… → Read More
Meidell: Week’s news keeps market on edge
The U.S. stock market was a bundle of nerves this past week as prices chopped up and down, day after day, driven by headlines that included the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve, and geopolitical events. Though the news was generally positive on the direction of the U.S. economy, investors displayed their nervousness as they bought high quality Treasury bonds early in the week, driving interest… → Read More
Meidell: Markets seem optimistic despite disappointments
Meidell: Markets seem optimistic despite disappointments → Read More
Meidell: Market upbeat after Fed rate hike
Investors began the past week in a general malaise, with high expectations that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates following its Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Wednesday, but with uncertainty about how both bond and stock markets would react to the news. In hindsight, the Fed pulled off something that would have made Houdini proud, not only raising the benchmark… → Read More
Laif Meidell: Stocks need only one day to undo last four
Monday’s rally extends across the globe, including indexes in China and Europe. → Read More
Laif Meidell: Earnings reports disappoint investors
Private sector may not be in a hiring mood, report indicates. → Read More
Laif Meidell: Stocks strong following China comments
Dow, S&P rise following comments from governor of People’s Bank of China. → Read More
Laif Meidell: Investors show plenty of enthusiasm
Laif Meidell: Slower manufacturing doesn’t slow investors’ enthusiasm → Read More
Excess supply has U.S. oil companies in a bind
Game theory is the science of strategy that attempts to logically and mathematically determine what actions the “players” should choose to get the best possible outcomes for themselves. The game theory that best describes today’s oil glut is known as the “prisoners’ dilemma” and was developed by RAND Corporation scientists Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher in 1950. Albert W. Tucker later… → Read More
Commodities: Investors ‘frightful’ of wheat situation
The song “Let It Snow” was written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945, and topped the Billboard music chart for five weeks in January and February of 1946. As the story goes, the song was written during a heat wave in Hollywood as the two hoped for cooler weather. It has become one of the beloved holiday classics and been recorded over the years by a long list of music… → Read More
Laif Meidell: Major storm signals natural gas movement
Laif Meidell: Major storm signals natural gas movement → Read More
Laif Meidell: Indonesia’s strategy pushes nickel higher
Laif Meidell: Indonesia’s strategy pushes nickel higher → Read More
Laif Meidell: Payroll report delivers the goods
Nonfarm payroll below expectations, but good news also seen. → Read More
Laif Meidell: Higher-quality bonds back in demand
As tensions between Russia and Ukraine rise, higher-quality bonds are back in demand this week. → Read More
Laif Meidell: Vietnam stocks way up; Russia, China take hits
To paraphrase Newton's First Law of Motion, a body in motion will stay in motion until acted upon by and outside force. → Read More
Laif Meidell: Dow transportation indexes up over past trading week
Charles H. Dow (1851-1902), founder and first editor of the Wall Street Journal, is credited with creating Dow Theory, a form of technical analysis of stock price movements. → Read More
Why small-cap stock gains are good sign for the markets
The stock market briefly celebrated the better-than-expected jobs numbers on Friday morning with 175,000 jobs being created in February versus the consensus expectation for only 150,000 jobs. → Read More
Laif Meidell: Why you should look at U.S. Treasury data instead of jobs report
Before covering the bond market's performance over the past week, let me make a couple of comments about the employment situation report or 'jobs report,' as it's often called, that comes out Friday. → Read More
Laif Meidell: How investors reacted to Ukraine-Russia situation
Russia's deployment of troops to Ukraine over Crimea this past weekend sent a geopolitical shock wave around the world, with stock markets gapping lower at the open on Monday and finishing lower on the day. → Read More
Laif Meidell: Popular films reflect what market mood country is in
With the media focusing its attention this weekend on the Academy Awards, it's a great opportunity to reflect on what the top movies at the box office in 2013 can tell us about the social mood of our country. → Read More