What a week! Crude up to $107 before coming back down to $99 on its lows, US stocks experiencing three days of 1.5% to 2% moves (2 down, 1 up), and grains under pressure with several breaking down to new four month lows. While we wait to see what next week brings, our dose of […]
Category: Off Topic
11
Mar
2011
10
Mar
2011
All eyes on Saudi Arabia…
With a planned ‘day of rage’ set for Friday in Saudi Arabia, all those with a betting interest in oil (which is essentially the entire global population in one way or another) will have their eyes peeled to CNN and Twitter to see if things will remain peaceful or get ugly. If they get ugly….look […]
09
Mar
2011
Market Scorecard 2 years after the March 9th, 2009 low
Two years ago today – March 9th, 2009 – was an ugly, ugly day for investors. The stock market hurtled downward, only to close at a 12 year low. The Dow Jones lost 80 points, or 1.2%, to end at 6,547.05, its lowest point since April 15, 1997. The S&P 500 index lost almost 7 […]
04
Mar
2011
Weekend Reads
Before the 5 o’clock whistle blows, it’s time for our weekly dose of reading to keep your whistle wet before the daily grind starts again. Weekend Reads: A Deep Insider’s Walkthru To Silver Market Manipulation (ZeroHedge) 25% client attrition per year, NFA fines… and these are the good Forex companies (WSJ) Saudi Stock Market down […]
25
Feb
2011
Weekend Reads
What a wild week, with Crude moving $13 higher at one point – only to drop $6 off its high. Wheat falling nearly 15% at its lows, only to rebound about 5%, and stocks taking it on the chin before rebounding today. Here’s what we’re reading heading into the weekend: Weekend Reads: The business of […]
18
Feb
2011
Weekend Reads…..
With the exception of cotton it was another slow week of trading in the markets…but don’t worry we still found plenty of good managed futures related topics to read about: Obama budget puts futures trading tax back on the table (Crains) Historic Moment –cotton futures exceed $2 (Delta Farm Press) Exchange Consolidation – NASDAQ and […]
11
Feb
2011
Weekend Reads…
Tough to find too much worth reading this week… is that a sign the complacency is back in the market and we’re due for a sell off soon ? Or was too much intellectual capital tied up watching and reporting on the events in Egypt? Programs with larger Drawdowns have better long term performance? (allaboutalpha.com) […]
07
Feb
2011
C’mon E-Trade… is investing really so easy a baby can do it…
Looks like E-Trade ponied up millions to run their popular talking baby ads during the SuperBowl yesterday – trying to convince anyone watching that trading is so easy, even a baby can do it. If you missed it, they are so proud of them they have a whole web page devoted to the ads. For […]
04
Feb
2011
(Superbowl) Weekend reads…
We’re still digging out here in Chicago (check out this image of Lake Shore Dr. on Wed morning), and many Chicagoans are unlikely to watch the hated Packers in the big game on Sunday… leading to some time for the following reads: Diversification: Often Discussed, but Frequently Misunderstood (Welton Investment Corp) The Age of Deleveraging […]
28
Jan
2011
Weekend Reads…
Looks like we averted ‘Flash Crash v2.0’ today, thankfully…. although for a minute it was looking like the same setup, market down, riots on TV, etc. Some articles which caught our attention this week follow: CFTC sues 14 Forex firms – you got to be registered, folks… (CFTC) Mark Fisher talks Crude and Natural […]
