Don’t Press to the Downside
I meant to post this last [Wednesday] night, but got back home too late to do so. Rev Shark gave some good advice yesterday afternoon...
1929 Crash and Bankers
An anonymous emailer asks: "You’re pretty harsh on these execs, What should they have done?" Fair enough question. When...
Post-9/11 Option Grants Under Scrutiny
The WSJ continues its recent habit of burying killer stories in the under read Saturday edition. This week’s bombshell has to do...
Blogger Market Sentiment Poll
Ticker Sense has started a "Blogger Market Sentiment Poll." The survey of 35 of the web’s most prominent investment...
The Bounce Goes Boing!
I spoke with TheStreet.com’s Liz Rappaport yesterday about the markets; she very much captured my perspective: "The bounce...
Capitulation? Hardly
For the past 2 days, Rev Shark at Real Money has been talking about the recent action as a Capitulation. I have to disagree. Perhaps I...
The Bull Case
“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy, but know...
NFP: Another in a long series of disappointments
As we expected, yesterday’s NFP was another stinkeroo. The 121k number was significantly below the 200k consensus, and far, far...
Signs of the Bear: Ned Davis
I pulled a few key lines from an interview in Barrons last week with Ned Davis, a technician and quant wonk whose institutional service...
Paul Farrell on Wall Street Bullshit
Paul Farrell — who seems to be getting more and outraged every day — pulls a buncha quotes from the past to hoist on their...