Archive for September 19th, 2011

Video Of The Day: Bridgewater’s Dalio on Europe, Economy, Strategy

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, discusses the European debt crisis, investment strategy and the global economy. He speaks with Erik Schatzker at the Bloomberg Markets 50 Summit in New York.

Daily Reading – Monday, September 19, 2011

*** FT Alphaville: Breaking on FedWire… ***
*** FT Alphaville: Chinese decoupling, meet Chinese stagflation ***
*** Jesse’s Café Américain: A Closer Look at the Gold Continuation Triangle, and the Coming Breakout to 2100 ***
*** npr: U.S. Skating On Thin Ice ***
*** The Slope Of Hope: Very Interesting NASDAQ 100 Analog ***

September NAHB Housing Market Index At 14

Housing Market Index for September was reported at 14, down from 15 in August. Consensus was at 15.

I haven’t take a look at this for half a year. Still looking extremely weak.

Dry Bulk Weekly – September 19, 2011

Baltic dry index fell 3.3% last week; Capesize Index was down 8.0%; Panamax Index rose 3.0%; Supramax Index was up 2.7%; Handysize Index fell 1.2%.

Tanker Weekly – September 19, 2011

Baltic Dirty Tanker Index rose 0.4%; Baltic Clean Tanker Index fell -1.7%.

 

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