Charting Stocks

It was only a month ago when Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit assured the public that his troubled bank was “Profitable” for the first 2 months of 2009. The news sparked an immediate rally which lifted the oversold stock market from its March lows. We, at Charting Stocks, did not share in the new found optimism [...]

Stock futures are down sharply this morning ahead of the open. The DJIA is down 170 points while the NASDAQ is off 21 points. The mainstream media sources are attributing todays selloff to a comment made from the Obama administration that suggests a GM bankruptcy is a possibility. Is that really the reason for the [...]

GM’s proposal to restructure the company includes $30 billion from the US taxpayer while firing another 47,000 of those same taxpayers.
General Motors submitted the plan to the Treasury  today to explain how the Detroit automaker will become viable and repay its loans. It says GM will try to borrow up to $16.6 billion more from [...]

Tribune Co. may be filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy next week, as advertising revenues tumbled.The company has $1.5 billion due in interest payments on debt due over the next 8 months and won’t have the cash to make good. Tribune has hired Lazard to prepare the bankruptcy filings.
Tribune has been in trouble for a while. [...]

One of my favorite tools for gauging the social mood and economic pulse of the country is Google Insights.
Google allows you to to access their search data and research any keyword or search phrase you wish. You can view your results broken down by country, region, and even City. They also chart this data for [...]