Tuesday 17June2017 - Market Top Action!

From Danielle Park's web site:

As shown in this remarkable chart below, levered risk-taking–borrowing to buy on margin (red line)–began turning lower in 2011 (as it had done at prior market peaks in both 2000 and late 2007), but then re-surged with QE inspired speculation into February 2014. Since then, the margin tide has been receding once more. It looks like Central Banks are going to need some bigger, better gimmicks to turn this mean reversion process around, because historically, as margin falls, so do stock prices (S&P in blue).

Tuesday 17June2014 - The Top Line Once Again!

From Danielle Park's web site.

It is a remarkable deja vu to behold: the Canadian stock market in June 2014 is once more within striking distance of its all time global-debt-fuelled-consumption-commodity-bubble-peak briefly seen 6 long years ago in June 2008. Four short months later, the index had lost 50% of its value by October 2008 (as it also did from its previous peak in the 2000 dot-bomb implosion). But Canada has much more going for it today than in 2007-08 right? With our top 3 world’s most expensive real estate markets, most indebted consumers ever and weakening global demand for our exports, surely this time will be different?

Sunday 15June2014 - The Real Me vs the FaceBook Image.

As a sometimes user of Facebook as an interface channel between friends of exchanging information and ideas it has become apparent that the Facebook social media wrinkle between people is displaying personal psychological attributes not as noticeable in previous day to day person to person interactions.

Your Facebook Self

Reality and unreality as we self-style on social media

Published on January 8, 2013 by Kristi Pikiewicz, PhD in Meaningful You

 

This blog curates the voices of the Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the American Psychological Association. Shelley Galasso Bonanno, M.A., a practicing psychotherapist in the metropolitan Detroit area writes this post:

While the old adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words" gained favor nearly a century before the advent of social media sites, the saying was never more applicable than it is today, in the notion that our complex selves can somehow be miraculously conveyed with just a single still image posted to social media sites, such as Facebook.  Never mind that the fantasied perfect picture is impossible to achieve. Postings to social media sites generally portray who we would like others (and ourselves) to perceive us to be.  Because so often many of our “friends” rarely if ever come face to face with us or even converse with us verbally, we can craft an idealized image and present it to the world as complete reality.  We post ourselves, smiling and engaged, using only the best, most flattering photographs, crafting an idealized image and presenting it to the world as a complete reality.  

Friday 13June2014 - As Usual Dagwood Is Pushing The Limits!

 

Thursday 12June2014 - Interesting Chart Patterns.

From Danielle Park Web Site.

The U$ has been besting the Canadian loonie since the QE-led commodity rebound ran out of steam in 2011. As shown in this more than 30 year chart of the U$ over C$ ratio since 1980, the strengthening greenback trend may still have several years to run.

Monday 02June2014 - Chart of the Day!

From Danielle Park's website.