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Trends, Patterns, Indicators

Identifying consistent patterns and trends in business and in the financial markets. Useful key indicators for market timing, warning signals, bullish investing signals, and trading/investing opportunities.

Hedge funds offered weak returns in 2010

By Emily Chasan & Laurence Fletcher NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds often claim to offer strong returns that are […]

China buys a better image in Europe – on sale!

China buys a better image in Europe – on sale! Posted by Nin-Hai Tseng, writer-reporter January 7, 2011 10:50 am   […]

A New Microlending Fund for Women Entrepreneurs

A New Microlending Fund for Women Entrepreneurs Kiva and skin-care company Dermalogica launch a campaign to promote microloans for women […]

The Aughts: Venture Capital’s Zombie Decade

The Aughts: Venture Capital’s Zombie Decade Jan. 4 2011 – 6:48 pm | 1,345 views | 0 recommendations | 2 […]

Decades for home prices to recover

Move over, Cleveland. Make room, Detroit. Beat it, Buffalo. There are some competitors for the title of America’s most depressed […]

Bubbles Galore Will Make 2011 Year to Remember

By William Pesek, Bloomberg, It may seem an odd assertion at a time when many key economies are in, or […]

9 Reasons 2011 Will Cost More

Happy New Year! If you thought 2010 was the worst of the recession, think again—while no one knows exactly what […]

How inflation creates commodity mini-cycles

By Stefan Karlsson, CS Monitor, As Jim Rogers persuasively argued in his book Hot Commodities, most commodity prices goes through […]

Oil’s surge in 2010 paves the way for $4 gasoline

Chris Kahn, AP Energy Writer, On Friday December 31, 2010, 10:03 pm EST NEW YORK (AP) — The price of […]

Facebook’s Russian Campaign

The world’s No. 1 social network wants to move up from fifth place in Russia, whose citizens spend more time […]