I have been meaning to post this since December, but never got around to it: We’re now at 930 or so trading days. Courtesy of...
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Instructive chart via Tickersense: It Has Been 928 930 days since the S&P 500 had a one-day 2% Decline. They also note that "the...
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Last week, we looked at how S&P500 companies were doing earnings wise via Birinyi Associates. The numbers were a touch soft (see...
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Peter Boockvar of Miller Tabak writes this morn that "Ahead of the 2 day FOMC meeting beginning tomorrow, the bond market has...
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With recent reports of the resurrection of day trading, we thought it timely to look at this 10-question quiz, created by...
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Yesterday morning’s comments, The Message of the Markets, generated some interesting pushback. Felix at RGE, Abnormal...
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John Hussman puts the smackdown on the "Stocks are cheap here" thesis so popular amongst certain types of analysts:...
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We mentioned earlier the recent rise in Margin. Have a look at the following chart: NYSE Member Firm Margin Levels Sources: Bloomberg,...
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I’ve been meaning to get to this for some time: Rising Margin Debt. As markets have risen, the effect on investors has been to...
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With PPI out today, and CPI out tomorrow, inflation will be on Trader’s minds. Now is as good a time as any to update our thinking...
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