Financial Market Commentary

Financial Market Commentary http://financial-market-commentary.com Market Analysis and Insight Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:51:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/76c6f1b16cfcc58fec0467b07377fec8?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png Financial Market Commentary http://financial-market-commentary.com Expect Slow Economic Growth in the US to Continue Through Early 2012 http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/28/economic-outlook-2012-the-conference-boards-lagging-coincident-and-leading-indicators/ http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/28/economic-outlook-2012-the-conference-boards-lagging-coincident-and-leading-indicators/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:49:01 +0000 Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D. http://financial-market-commentary.com/?p=1786 ]]> http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/28/economic-outlook-2012-the-conference-boards-lagging-coincident-and-leading-indicators/feed/ 0 marketblog Econ-Indicators-Graph-Unweighted Econ-Indicators-Graph-Weighted Prime-Rate CPI-Cons-Services Cons-Credit-to-Pers-Inc Inv-to-Sales-Ratio Comm-and-Ind-Loans Unit-Labor-Costs Median-Duration-of-Unemployment Lagging-Indicators-Diffusion-Index Total-Nonfarm-Payrolls-and-Hiring Real-Pers-Inc-Less-Real-Transfer-Payments Pers-Inc-PCE-Transfer-Payments Ind-Prod-and-Real-Ind-Prod Real-Total-Sales-Ex-Food Coincident Indicators Diffusion Index Real-M2-Cons-and-Bus-Loans Real-M2-and-Velocity Avg-Man-Workweek Total-Employment-Manufacturing-and-Construction 10-Yr-Yield-Minus-Fed-Funds Yield-Curve-Dec-19-2011 Real-Durable-Goods-and-Consumer-Sentiment Suppliers-Delivery-Index Real-and-Nominal-SP-500 Dollar-Adjusted -SP-500 Initial-Unemployment-Claims Cons-Sentiment New-Private-Housing-Permits Manufacturers-New-Orders-Real-Nondefense-Cap-Goods Leading Indicators Diffusion Index Corp-Profits-Percent-of-GDP Total-Debt-and-Debt-to-GDP U6-Underemployment-and-Unemployment Case-Shiller-Las-Vegas-Phoenix Core-CPI-PPI Real-Oil-and-Gas-Prices Defensive Stock Sectors Led the Market in 2011 http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/26/defensive-stock-sectors-led-the-market-in-2011/ http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/26/defensive-stock-sectors-led-the-market-in-2011/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:44:30 +0000 Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D. http://financial-market-commentary.com/?p=1760 ]]> http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/26/defensive-stock-sectors-led-the-market-in-2011/feed/ 0 marketblog Best-Performing-Sectors Middle-4-Performing-Sectors Worst-Performing-Sectors Oracle is Fairly-Valued Following Its Price Correction on 12.21.11 http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/21/oracle-is-now-fairly-valued-following-its-recent-price-correction/ http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/21/oracle-is-now-fairly-valued-following-its-recent-price-correction/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:12:32 +0000 Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D. http://financial-market-commentary.com/?p=1685 ]]> http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/21/oracle-is-now-fairly-valued-following-its-recent-price-correction/feed/ 0 marketblog ORCL-Desc-Stats-1 ORCL-Desc-Stats-2 ORCL-Desc-Stats-3 ORCL-NDX-Stock-Returns ORCL-MSFT-GOOG-Stock-Returns ORCL-MSFT-Rev-Share ORCL-EBITDA-EBIT ORCL-MSFT-EBITDA-Share ORCL-MSFT-EPS ORCL-MSFT-DPS ORCL-MSFT-Div-Yield ORCL-MSFT-Gross-Margin ORCL-MSFT-Oper-Margin ORCL-MSFT-Net-Margin ORCL-MSFT-NOPAT-Per-Share ORCL-MSFT-FCF-Per-Share ORCL-MSFT-ROIC ORCL-MSFT-EVA-Per-Share ORCL-MSFT-MVA-Per-Share ORCL-Inc-Statement-Forecasting-Assumptions ORCL-WACC ORCL-DCF-Valuation ORCL-Actual-vs-DCF-Value ORCL-Technical-Analysis Which S&P 500 Sectors Have the Highest Margins? http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/20/which-sp-500-sectors-have-the-highest-margins/ http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/20/which-sp-500-sectors-have-the-highest-margins/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:23:03 +0000 Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D. http://financial-market-commentary.com/?p=1654 ]]> http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/20/which-sp-500-sectors-have-the-highest-margins/feed/ 0 marketblog SP500-Mean-and-Cap-Weighted-Gross-Margin SP500-Gross-Margins SP500-Mean-and-Cap-Weighted-Net-Margin SP500-Net-Margins SP500-Mean-and-Cap-Weighted-FCF-Margin SP500-FCF-Margins Kinder-Morgan Energy (KMP) Represents Better Value for Dividend-Focused Investors Compared With Williams Companies (WMB) http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/14/kmp-better-value-than-wmb/ http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/14/kmp-better-value-than-wmb/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:09:07 +0000 Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D. http://marketblog.wordpress.com/?p=1586 ]]> http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/14/kmp-better-value-than-wmb/feed/ 1 marketblog WMB-KMP-APC WMB-SP500 WMB-Rev-Net-Inc WMB-EBITDA-EBIT KMP-WMB-Rev-Share KMP-WMB-EBITDA-Share KMP-WMB-EPS KMP-WMB-Div-Share KMP-WMB-Oper-Margin KMP-WMB-Net-Margin Nat-Gas-Prices KMP-WMB-Div-Yield KMP-WMB-ROIC KMP-WMB-FCF-Share KMP-WMB-EVA-Share KMP-WMB-MVA-Share WMB-Over-Under-Valued KMP-Over-Under-Valued Profits Are At Record Levels And Stocks Are Cheap, But Boards’ Reluctance To Raise Dividends is a Concern http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/08/us-stocks-are-cheap-but-dividends-should-b-higher/ http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/08/us-stocks-are-cheap-but-dividends-should-b-higher/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:43:22 +0000 Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D. http://marketblog.wordpress.com/?p=1547 ]]> http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/12/08/us-stocks-are-cheap-but-dividends-should-b-higher/feed/ 1 marketblog SP-Mkt-Cap-Rev-Profits SP-Profits-Divs-Repurch SP-Relative-Valuation SP-EP-DP-RP SP-Earnings-Yield-minus-Dividend-Yield Why You Should Ignore the Leading Indicators http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/11/23/ignore-the-leading-indicator/ http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/11/23/ignore-the-leading-indicator/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:34:44 +0000 Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D. http://marketblog.wordpress.com/?p=1469 ]]> http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/11/23/ignore-the-leading-indicator/feed/ 1 marketblog Real-M2-Cons-Bus-Loans M2-Velocity Avg-Weekly-Hours-Man-Const Employment-Man-Const Int-Rate-Spread Man-New-Orders-Nominal DG-New-Orders-Real US GDP Growth Has Been Slowing for 30 Years http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/08/04/us-gdp-growth-has-been-slowing-for-40-years/ http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/08/04/us-gdp-growth-has-been-slowing-for-40-years/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:52:55 +0000 Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D. http://marketblog.wordpress.com/?p=1398 ]]> http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/08/04/us-gdp-growth-has-been-slowing-for-40-years/feed/ 1 marketblog Year-over-Year-GDP-Growth The Black Hole of Financialization http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/07/08/the-black-hole-of-financialization/ http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/07/08/the-black-hole-of-financialization/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:47:02 +0000 Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D. http://marketblog.wordpress.com/?p=1378 ]]> http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/07/08/the-black-hole-of-financialization/feed/ 2 marketblog The Secular Bear Market Roars On http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/03/25/the-secular-bear-market-roars-on/ http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/03/25/the-secular-bear-market-roars-on/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:12:52 +0000 Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D. http://marketblog.wordpress.com/?p=1338 ]]> http://financial-market-commentary.com/2011/03/25/the-secular-bear-market-roars-on/feed/ 0 marketblog Inflation-Adjusted-SP500-1991-2011