Archive for the 'Economy' Category
I always assumed the killing of Osama Bin Laden would trigger a volatility spike in financial markets. More specifically, a rally in stocks, and a drop in oil. However, this event came and went very quietly. The Administration is facing a rapidly approaching debt ceiling and the sooner they cut down military expenditures, which are [...]
December 17th, 2011 | Posted in Behavioral Finance, Economy, global macro, Politics | Comments Off
Back in May, dear Capitalists, Investment Capitalist, where one may find quite a few more articles that can lead to “actionable positions and analysis” if read by the astute, skilled market operator. I can’t tell you what to short or when and at what price. I’m not a market timer, nor a big fan of technical [...]
September 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Bearish Looks, Behavioral Finance, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Financial Sector, global macro, Hedge Funds, Market Neutral, Politics, Technical Analysis, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline | Comments Off
On March 19th, 2008, I made a little long term play when I called the bottom of the market at the very time and price right here on the blog, with a few well-timed follow ups, like this one. By the time we posted this article about the 11 top financial stocks to own for [...]
August 28th, 2011 | Posted in Algorithm Development, Behavioral Finance, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Emerging Markets, global macro, Hedge Funds, Market Neutral, Politics, Proprietary Trading, Trading Discipline | Comments Off
I was recently asked about the role of Angel Investors in this brave new world of capital markets post “D-Day”, which I refer to when talking about the collapse of 2008 in capital markets and the ongoing rewriting of the new rules. We can call it BD for before death, and AR for attempting rebuild. [...]
August 28th, 2011 | Posted in Economy, Google, Hedge Funds, Social Media Marketing, Tech Stocks, Web 2.0, Web 3.0 | Comments Off
Back in May, dear Capitalists, Marketwiz came public with an aggressively bearish pound on the table. Those of you that embrace and absorb the rare but valuable posts that come from this site and its sister site at LinkedIn where the same conversations are posted in Proprietary Traders Worldwide, readers were told to get long [...]
August 24th, 2011 | Posted in Bearish Looks, Behavioral Finance, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Geo-Political Danger, global macro, Market Neutral, Proprietary Trading, Trading Discipline | Comments Off
As short rates rise, I’m getting more convinced we are moving through the first half of the recession, perhaps even past the half-way mark. Once 3month rates broke above Fed Funds, yield curve is signaling we are in the recovery stage and may very well pull Fed Funds higher sooner rather than later. It’s also [...]
May 16th, 2011 | Posted in Economy, Technical Analysis | Comments Off
By George Friedman The United States told the Iraqi government last week that if it wants U.S. troops to remain in Iraq beyond the deadline of Dec. 31, 2011, as stipulated by the current Status of Forces Agreement between Washington and Baghdad, it would have to inform the United States quickly. Unless a new agreement [...]
May 1st, 2011 | Posted in Commodities, Contribute, Economy, Energy Stocks, Geo Political Re-posts, Geo-Political Danger, global macro, Politics | Comments Off