Markets

Oct 25, 2010 at 15:30

It gets increasingly difficult to write a comment about the macroeconomy and the market implications thereof when the macroeconomic developments have ceased to have any important effect on the market.…

Oct 25, 2010 at 15:11

After consolidating for four sessions right around its August 2009-October 2010 down trendline, today the Shanghai Composite Index accelerated to the upside to 3,051 in what looks like the start…

Oct 25, 2010 at 14:15

It looks as though there could be an interesting change with the mid-term elections on November 2. This reviews a remarkable change in politics whereby an expanding portion of the…

Oct 25, 2010 at 13:28

The trouble began in the early 1980s, when we baby boomers entered our 30s and began molding the world in our own image. You can graph the spreading darkness from…

Oct 25, 2010 at 13:12

Secretary Geithner is trying to give support to the currency as the tensions have grown on a devalued dollar. This past week he has stressed the importance of a sound…

Oct 25, 2010 at 10:33

Violence began over the weekend in Karachi, Pakistan, by Tuesday the death toll had risen to 68, according to Pakistani media reports. On Tuesday, at least 10 people were killed…

Oct 25, 2010 at 09:08

The volatility is now starting to pickup, and as traders this is the sort tape you need to keep producing ideas. Having a number of options and ideas, gives you…

Oct 25, 2010 at 06:42

The major index ETFs opened modestly higher and then moved higher in the first fifteen minutes then lower during the next fifteen minutes. The Dow traded flat to lower through…

Oct 24, 2010 at 18:10

I see nothing changing here. The market will take out stops like ours and continue to tread higher. I still see several possible scenarios that the stock market could take,…

Oct 24, 2010 at 17:36

Last week was volatile thanks to China raising their interest rates a quarter basis point. This rate hike caused the Dollar to spike in value which in turn forced equities…