Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Cliff hanger no longer

Posted on December 2, 2012 by John S. Hopkins, Jr.

The market had been held hostage to fiscal cliff negotiations the past few weeks but that shouldn’t be the case going forward. Instead, late last week President Obama came out with the terms of a “deal” that he laid on … Continue reading →

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The Beauty of Technical Analysis

Posted on November 9, 2012 by John S. Hopkins, Jr.

The market’s initial response to the reelection of president Obama has been negative. In just the two day period following the election, the S&P fell 3.5%. Importantly, all of the major indexes lost key technical support as they closed below … Continue reading →

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The REAL reason the Fed is Holding Off

Posted on June 20, 2012 by John S. Hopkins, Jr.

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met yesterday and today, culminating in their interest rate announcement where they stated they would leave their Operation Twist program in place and hold off on any other type of economic stimulus package. In … Continue reading →

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Misery Loves Company

Posted on October 20, 2011 by John S. Hopkins, Jr.

The U.S. Misery Index recently hit a 28 year high, going back to 1983. The misery index is the sum of inflation and the unemployment rates and it hit 13 last month. So, it got me to thinking, where did … Continue reading →

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GE’s Immelt – An opportunity to actually make a difference

Posted on October 17, 2011 by John S. Hopkins, Jr.

I read a story today where GE’s Jeff Immelt was quoted as saying about the nation, “We’re not trying that hard; We haven’t really tried as hard as we can to compete, educate, and sell our products around the world … Continue reading →

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Stuck in neutral

Posted on September 15, 2011 by John S. Hopkins, Jr.

President Obama laid out his jobs plan last week and now the Republicans are coming back with some thoughts of their own. Right now it looks like the parties agree on extending and reducing the payroll tax component of the … Continue reading →

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Warren Buffet’s Big Bet on BAC

Posted on August 25, 2011 by John S. Hopkins, Jr.

Warren Buffet is one of the greatest investors in the history of the world. So, far be it for me to question anything he does on the investment front. Still, I’m puzzled by his recent $5 billion investment (loan) to … Continue reading →

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Obama’s State of the Union Address

Posted on January 25, 2011 by John S. Hopkins, Jr.

President Obama will be in the spotlight tonight as he delivers his State of the Union Address to the nation. This particular speech is important, as it provides an opportunity for Obama to build on recent momentum by combining his … Continue reading →

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