Let’s Get Technical
Ninety percent of science fiction is crap, but then ninety percent of everything is crap.” –Theodore Sturgeon >...
10 Year VIX versus SPX
Yesterday, we showed a one year chart of the VIX versus SPX. It was apparent to someone watching both of these squiggly lines that a big...
Fifth Third Bank
Bouncing around trading desks is this comment on Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB): “Given its recent performance, the company has...
Fast Eddie Lampert Bets on Housing, Mortgages
Ed Lampert, CEO of Sears Holdings (SHLD) has been called the next Warren Buffett: "Billionaire hedge-fund manager Edward S. Lampert...
Newsweek: Why It’s Worse Than You Think
No, this is not a cover indicator — the cover indicator requires several factors not present here: It helps to be for a widely...
On Speculators
My friend Rob Fraim on Speculators: You know, we don’t mind it when speculators drive up the price of our stock portfolios. And...
Follow Analysts at Your Own Financial Risk
One of our major themes around here is that investors need to learn to think for themselves. That may be obvious, but...
Barron’s Asks: Bear Market Rally?
In Barron’s The Trader column, Kopin Tan asks: "Is the Stock Market’s recent resurgence just an ephemeral, bear-market...
Financial Sector: Beware LEH, CIT
Every day, we run a series of screens, large and midcap, buys & sells, breakouts and breakdowns. Today, our Large Cap Sell Screen...
Boone Pickens: Speculation a ‘Scapegoat’ for Oil...
Billionaire Boone Pickens, founder and chairman of BP Capital LLC, talks about his investment in wind power, the impact of speculation...