Articles from other sources across the web provide interesting perspectives on the markets this weekend

Here's another roundup of some reading to help augment your weekend reviews:

One I'm adding - US Dollar Swing Charts Show Downtrend - PTV-Investing.com by Andy Askey (8/14/09). We should remain alert on the dollar because he's right, we don't have confirmation yet of trend reversal in the dollar.

I've added Jesse's Café Américain to the sites listed at right, because they carry topical news and commentary - and overall a neat site. Here's one of their recent articles: Jesse's Café Américain: More Than 150 Publicly Traded US Banks Are In Serious Trouble (8/15/09).

Last Week's Insiders Transactions: 10 Buys For $60 Million, 136 Sells For Over $1.15 Billion Phil’s Stock World

Will High Oil Prices Cause A Q3 Earnings Miss? Phil’s Stock World (8/14/09). Below is one of the graphics they display in this article - striking, isn't it?!

There really are numerous other interesting articles at Phil's Stock World too, and good trading analysis by Phil in particular there at http://www.philstockworld.com/author/phil/. The actual trading there seems to be options including relying on being to sell options as well as buying them (wonder if they should change their name to Phil's Option World?! - LOL).

I don't know why the Pragmatic Capitalist uses all caps for their titles, but the topics are good:
SENTIMENT UPDATE – INVESTORS ARE COMPLACENT THE PRAGMATIC CAPITALIST
IS THE CHINESE MARKET FORECASTING THE END OF THE BULL RUN? THE PRAGMATIC CAPITALIST

And an excellent article by one of the good guys of EWI, Jeffrey Kennedy - this is a must-read for all traders: Are These 4 Emotional Pitfalls Sabotaging Your Trading? Phil’s Stock World

Speaking of EWI, they do a number of good things, even if I use the EWP book itself rather than the EWI counting for equities analysis. Here's an example of something they've sent to subscribers and they encourage sharing the link. And what a neat point they make, about how the media brings out Bob Prechter at the lows!

From: "Elliott Wave International" <customerservice@elliottwave.com>
Date: August 14, 2009 5:11:55 PM EDT
Subject: EWI Subscriber Newsletter: Watch 3 Recent Bob Prechter Interviews

Friday, August 14, 2009
Greetings, Just wanted to let you know that we've recently updated the webpage that features Bob Prechter's most recent Bloomberg interviews with two videos and one audio clip. As a subscriber, you get the analysis that Bob or our other analysts deliver in their interviews well before they do them, and in greater depth and detail, but there is something really cool about hearing them deliver the message themselves. This page contains a chart that plots Bob's interviews on the DJIA from Oct. 2007 to June 2009 (see the preview image below to see what I mean). If you haven't seen any of Bob's Bloomberg interviews yet, while they're no substitute for his text, you should definitely check them out. If you have seen this chart before, we've got three new interviews for you. You can mouse over each video to get a summary quote from it, and to watch the 5-10 minute interviews, just click on the video image. Take me to the "Bob on Bloomberg Chart" now>> You can also access it anytime by logging in to your subscriber's page, clicking on "multimedia extras" in your subscriber's column, then selecting it from the list of resources there. A final thought: Please feel free to forward the link to Bob's interviews to any friends or family who might find it interesting or helpful. If anyone can explain what's going on, Bob Prechter can. Follow the link above or click on the image below to watch the interviews now. Enjoy, Neil Beers Elliott Wave International Bob Prechter's Bloomberg Interviews: Oct. 2007 - June. 2009

elliottwave.com P.O. Box 1618 Gainesville, GA 30503 800-336-1618 (U.S. & Canada) 770-536-0309 (Internationally)

I don't know if the chart image is going to work as they intend, from this post, but they did a great job putting it together and making a point and deserve recognition for it!