Archive for October 15th, 2009

Banking Analyst Interview

Nice introduction to bank stock analysis. Street Capitalist link: My Interview with the Bank Analyst.

U.S. Retail Sales

Just to touch briefly yesterdays retail sales. The figure was -1.5%; 0.5% ex autos vs. -2.1% and 0.3% consensus. Prior readings were 2.7% and 1.1%. Nothing to cheer here, most important aspect for me is the consequences of government stimulus withdrawal. The additional demand just evaporates.

Charts

Interesting action with the VIX yesterday, break out to the 52 weeks low and then rebound to the upside. Looks someone was buying insurance after the run yesterday.

 

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