Monday, October 15, 2007

Investing Cheat Sheet

From a memo passed around on Wall Street. Made me laugh because it seems to have been what the market has been acting on. From Sep 10th to Oct 10th the NASDAQ created an 11% rally. That is moving.

Weak data = Fed ease, stocks rally

Consensus data = lower volatility, stocks rally

Strong data = economy strengthening, stocks rally

Bank loses $4 billion = bad news out of the way, stocks rally

Oil spikes = great for energy companies, stocks rally

Oil drops = great for consumers, stocks rally

Dollar plunges = great for multinational companies, stocks rally

Dollar spikes = lower inflation, stocks rally

Inflation drops = improves earnings quality, stocks rally

Inflation spikes = improves earnings quality, stocks rally

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