Bad Moon Arising
Even as the short term firms up, dark portends persist. Today, we review the interim positives – and longer term negatives – as they...
Qs Short Interest
Mike Panzner notes: The short interest ratio (outstanding short positions dividided by average daily volume) for the Nasdaq-100...
Dennis Gartman’s Rules of Trading
via John Mauldin, comes Dennis Gartman’s "Not-So-Simple" (But Really Utterly So) Rules of Trading R U L E # 1Never, ever,...
IBM, Telecom iShares
FYI: I picked up some IBM this morning, and I am looking at the iShares telecom IYZ. This does not mean I have converted to...
Stopped Out
Stopped out 3/8/2006 11:36 AM EST I just returned to the office, to discover those recent index purchases were (in part) stopped out. My...
Chart of the Week: Risk Appetite
Jonathan Wilmot of CSFB notes that “Risk Appetite, which has been in the euphoria zone, is quickly approaching an 11-year high.” He...
Toe in the Water
I mentioned last week that I believed the technicals were favoring a short term upside pop. I also suggested that I was waiting for this...
New Column up at Real Money (03/03/06)
My latest Real Money column, "Enjoy the Rally but Cull the Herd" is posted (sub only). It is based on this weeks admonition to...
Why the Short Term Upside Bias?
I mentioned yesterday why I was short term bullish. Quite a few emailers and commenters asked for greater specifics, and whether this...
The Backward Business of Short Selling
If you haven’t already, I strongly admonish you to go read Jesse Eisinger’s column today: It’s a Tough Job, So Why Do...