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Market Valuation

The market is cheap on normalized earnings.

Morgan Stanley's Full House Buy

One factor that pushed the market higher on Tuesday was Morgan Stanley's "Full House Buy" call.  It has a strong track record.

Quote of the Day

It is impossible to be a successful equity investor without the willingness to accept some amount of market risk when conditions appear frightening. If anything should be clear from the bubbles of recent years, the greatest risks are not when prices are depressed, the economy is weak, and investors are frightened, but rather when prices are elevated and an unendingly positive outlook for technology, or housing, or global growth, or private equity, or emerging markets, or commodities seems all but certain.

The Loonie and Oil

From Worthwhile Canadian Initiative.  The movement in the Canadian dollar was highly correlated to the movement in the price of oil.

Lebanon, Beacon of Stability

It says something when Lebanon of all places is seen as a beacon of stability in the global credit crisis.

Venezuela Can't Keep the Lights On

Who does Venezuela they think they are, California?

The Market as Told by a Cartoonist

I think the bottom is in, at least for the year. 

But Tom Toles satirizes the market pretty much bang on.

Now THAT'S German Engineering!

I am more than a little amused at the saga of Porsche sticking it to the hedge funds through their stealth purchase of Volkswagen shares.

Volatility Update

Well, today was a more "normal" day, with the Dow having "only" one nutty move, rising 100 points from 3:51 to 3:57.

Since all the relevant movement in the market seems to happen in the last 15 or 30 minutes of the trading day, maybe the market should shut down for all but one hour each session.  Open at 3pm and close at 4pm.  Since all the other hours don't seem to matter, why not?