While they’ve spent much of the past several month moving in opposite directions from each other, the dollar and the stock market now may well move upward together, according to…
Ritholtz Sees Weak Economy, Possible Gold Pullback in 2010
Barry Ritholtz of FusionIQ and The Big Picture blog offered his predictions for 2010 in this recent interview on Yahoo! TechTicker. Among the surprises Ritholtz expects: He sees a potential…
New Normal? Don't Count on It, Says Farrell
Since the financial crisis hit last fall, one of the most-used terms popping up in stock market and economic parlance has been “the new normal”. Often attributed to PIMCO’s Bill…
Paulson Betting on Treasury Yield Increases
Hedge fund guru John Paulson thinks Treasury yields are going to rise, and he and other hedge fund managers are positioning their portfolios to benefit. Paulson recently told the Financial…
Birinyi: History Shows Rally Doesn't Have to Stop
Laszlo Birinyi, who called the current market rally, sees stocks’ bullish run continuing into 2010. Birinyi tells Bloomberg that the economy will surprise to the upside, and that there will…
Guru Strategy Rating Changes: Stocks on the Move
Each week, I take a look at which stocks my Validea.com Guru Strategy computer models have newfound interest in, and which they have soured on. Here’s a look at some…
Top Timing Newsletters Bullish Heading into 2010
As the new year approaches, the investment newsletters with the best track records of success in both up and down markets are on the whole bullish, MarketWatch’s Mark Hulbert notes.…
Top Strategists See Moderate Gains in '10
The strategists that Barron’s surveyed for its 2009 investment outlook have ended up faring pretty well as a group, with their average S&P 500 forecast of 1045 coming in about…
Trahan, Hyman on What to Expect in 2010
In a new interview with WealthTrack’s Consuelo Mack, ISI Group’s Francois Trahan and Ed Hyman — two of the top-rated strategists in their fields — offer their takes on where…
Metrics to Watch in 2010: Confidence, Unemployment
As part of its 2010 preview, PBS NewsHour asked some top economists what they think will be the key economic metric to watch in 2010. Robert Shiller, the Yale economist…