End Of The Rally?

05/26/01 The Daily Reckoning

Weekend Edition

May 26-27, 2001

Waterloo, New Hampshire

By Addison Wiggin

MARKET REVIEW: End Of The Rally?

Revised GDP numbers for the first quarter suggest the economy is not making a sexy “V” recovery, but more of a sagging U, without the upside…

On the news Friday, the Dow fell 117 – a weekly loss of 296. The Nasdaq shed 30 to close at 2251. The S&P 500 lost ground Friday – down 15 to 1277, ending the week down an equal amount.

ADD’L PRICES FOR THE WEEK: Gold Retrenches…commodities fall back

Gold: $278

Crude Oil: $28.38

Natural Gas: $3.97

CRB Index: 212

Dollar Index: 118

The Sad, Sad Euro: $.85 – down 2 cents

British Pound: $1.42

Japanese Yen: $.83

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Evidence Of The Sucker’s Rally

What is seen: despite its 296-point loss for the week, the Dow has risen 17% from its March 12 low of 9389. The Nasdaq is up 37% from its 2001 low of 1638 set on April 4. The S&P 500, has added a healthy 15% since its April 4 low of 1103.

What is unseen: Corporate profits have dropped two quarters in a row. First-quarter 2001 after-tax profits fell over 3% in the first quarter. They fell 4.3% in the fourth quarter.

Even worse, business investment is falling too. Business investment fell 2.6% in the first quarter. It fell 3.3% annually in the fourth quarter. Those are the first back- to-back declines since, you guessed it, the recession 1990- 1991. Investment is what creates profits. And without new investment profits will continue to fall.

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Addison Wiggin

Addison Wiggin is the editorial director of The Daily Reckoning, and executive publisher of Agora Financial, an independent financial research firm based in Baltimore, Maryland. His second editions of international best-sellers Financial Reckoning Day Fallout and The New Empire of Debt, which he co-authored with Bill Bonner, were updated in 2009. His third book, The Demise of the Dollar… and Why it’s Even Better for Your Investments was updated in 2008, the same year he wrote I.O.U.S.A. Read more about Wiggin’s best-selling books here. 



Wiggin is the executive producer and co-writer of I.O.U.S.A. an acclaimed documentary nominated for the Grand Jury prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and the 2009 Critics Choice Award and shortlisted for a 2009 Academy Award. Wiggin is a three-time New York Times best-selling author whose work has been recognized by The New York Times Magazine, The Economist, Worth, The New York Times, The Washington Post as well as major network news programs. 

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