Tag Archives: market value

Watch out, it’s October …

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

No-one seems to understand why, but this time of year is often tumultuous. (Particularly in the financial world. 1929. 1987. 2008.) This year is looking pretty interesting too. So called “geo-political risk” has risen sharply. Gaza and Ukraine have settled down … Continue reading →

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US GDP downer pushed the market up!

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

About an hour after my last post, the US Department of Commerce released it’s final revision of data for US GDP for the first quarter of 2014 … a staggering -2.9%. Bloggers, twitterers and columnists went into overdrive: “This is the … Continue reading →

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Something here we don’t know?

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

The Wall Street stock market has broken stride in the last month or so. Through the last quarter of 2013 it kept rising, breaking new highs every few weeks. Just recently the Dow and the S&P have basically gone sideways. … Continue reading →

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The market v the economy in two graphs

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

The exuberance in the western world’s stock markets is palpable. The lead is coming from Wall Street where the end of year celebration was lubricated by a 30% gain. Thanks to the Federal Reserve printing $1 trillion out of thin … Continue reading →

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Bubbles anywhere?

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

Just about every relevant source I read is now writing about bubbles. Are we, or aren’t we, inflating bubbles? The Economist is typical: “TALK of bubbles is in the air again. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has hit an all-time … Continue reading →

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Freelance work

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

Last week saw the listing on the ASX of Freelancer Ltd It caused some excitement in the business media because the 50 cents shares shot up to $2.60 when the shares first listed last Friday before settling back to $1.60 … Continue reading →

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Twitter IPO

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

I use Twitter every day. But not to tweet. Configured to follow the right news sources (BBC, NYT, Reuters, The Economist, RT and others) it makes a truly excellent news feed to keep up with what was going on. Today … Continue reading →

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