Naked Hedge Fund

Below is a video by Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC, who has been putting together some great work on exposing the financial nonsense going on out there. It seems like the people of the United States would revolt with all these games the big banks are playing.

Another funny CNBS video where Larry “Goldilocks” Kudlow “Doesn’t want to paint a rosy picture” but absolutely tries… and rejects any intelligent remarks from the real estate expert. You are the man Larry! Don’t let anyone that is an expert in a particular field challenge your all knowing brain.

The big economic number of the week is the Retail Sales numbers coming out Friday from the U.S. Census Bureau. For those that are interested to look at more details on the numbers you can go to Census Bureau . The upcoming numbers are for the month of November. The market is expecting an increase of 0.6% month over month (from Oct to Nov). The prior month saw an increase of 1.4% (from Sep to Oct)

Tops and bottoms in markets are an exciting event that consistently lure investors into pulling the trigger too early. No one is immune to the temptations and commotion surrounding these events. This is especially true this day and age with all of the potential skeletons in the closets of banks that they are holding closed for the time being. Jumpiness is never a good thing when it comes to trading.

A couple of interesting videos on a couple of the latest topics