Archive for May, 2012

  • Rich Asians Will Save Us All
    Posted by on May 23rd, 2012 at 12:17 pm, Comments: 0

    This post deserves much more attention but I’m working under some heavy time constraints this week. Germany has reiterated their stance euro-bonds by issuing a [...]

  • Marketview: Historically Difficult Bull
    Posted by on May 20th, 2012 at 8:30 am, Comments: 0

    Here are some of the questions we were forced to ponder this week: – Did Mark Zuckerberg just troll the capital markets for $100+ billion?  [...]

  • John Tortorella Reacts to Market Action
    Posted by on May 16th, 2012 at 12:25 am, Comments: 0

    The $SPX has broken below the 1340 level and the bears are temporarily in the driver seat.  As noted in the weekend post, option expiration [...]

  • Marketview: Expiration Week Changes Everything
    Posted by on May 13th, 2012 at 7:18 pm, Comments: 0

    This week is an important one for the market and the overall bull case.  I’ve posted what I feel is a bullish scenario playing out [...]

  • Historical Analogs: The Bernanke Pattern
    Posted by on May 10th, 2012 at 2:56 pm, Comments: 0

    Back in March I wrote a post called “Choose Your Own Adventure: $SPX 2013.”  There was, and still is, a notion that we are living [...]

  • This Too Shall Bottom
    Posted by on May 10th, 2012 at 12:44 am, Comments: 0

    The correction that many have been calling for has arrived with great vigor (in case you haven’t been paying attention).  Remember, we’ve been in these [...]

  • Marketview: Run of the Mill Correction
    Posted by on May 5th, 2012 at 11:26 pm, Comments: 0

    The cautious stance I’ve taken on the market over the past few weeks seems to have been warranted.  The broad indices have moved around a [...]

  • What the Jobs Report Means for Trading
    Posted by on May 4th, 2012 at 10:14 am, Comments: 0

    The first week of every month brings the hallowed jobs number.  This is a great opportunity for news junkies put on their analyst cap on [...]