The avuncular Art Cashin is sounding a lot less sanguine than many of his market-watching peers. UBS' main man notes that traders are particularly struck by the continued weakness in the transports group (with FedEx and UPS down 8 of the last 11 sessions - and the Dow Transports down the equivalent of 300 points for the Industrials on Friday alone). "The sharp contraction in the Transport area and recent sharp drops in several trucking statistics add to growing fears that the economy may have stalled over the last four weeks," is how he puts it, but it is his cocktail-napkin charting that concerns the most.
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Art Cashin, UBS Financial Services' director of floor operations, has gotten a lot of attention for his note last Thursday suggesting that the failure of the credit default swap market could send us back to the "Middle Ages." Trader... Read Post
Investors and traders have a lot to think about: the eurozone debt crisis, high oil prices, deceleration in China, elevated unemployment rates, etc. But some major issues may not be fully priced into the markets. Art Cashin, UBS Fin... Read Post
Whether its performance-missing anxiety or premature exuberance, UBS Art Cashin notes (as we did on Friday) the disconnect between Bonds' less sanguine appearance and equity's which "seemed determined to take a victory lap even befo... Read Post