Archive for December, 2012

  • A Singular Resolution
    Posted by on December 30th, 2012 at 1:25 pm, Comments: 0

    2012 is coming to a close and most of us workaholics are thinking of what we will do better in 2013.  One thing is very [...]

  • Marketview: Perpetual Chop
    Posted by on December 22nd, 2012 at 1:45 pm, Comments: 0

    If you think about it rationally, it would be foolish for any side seeking advantage in negotiation not to use up all of the allotted time. [...]

  • Marketview: Looming Sentiment
    Posted by on December 15th, 2012 at 9:31 pm, Comments: 0

    Choppy week with very little change.  Global indices were mostly higher led by Asian (Shanghai Composite ripping) and German markets.  The Fed announced that the liquidity driving [...]

  • Geopolitical Simmering
    Posted by on December 14th, 2012 at 11:41 am, Comments: 0

    Traditional state-on-state violence is on the decline.  International interventions, sectarian flare-ups and geopolitical skirmishes, however, are popping up with increasing frequency.  You never know where [...]

  • FOMC Meeting Announcement Patterns In History
    Posted by on December 12th, 2012 at 11:08 am, Comments: 0

    The FOMC Meeting Announcement used to be reliable for one thing: volatility.  This was always a market moving event where being on the right side [...]

  • Marketview: Positive Perception of a Mixed Week
    Posted by on December 8th, 2012 at 10:29 pm, Comments: 0

     A choppy trading week reflecting mixed signals from the market.  The big news at the beginning of the week was manufacturing activity contracted in November [...]

  • 10 Tips From the Trenches
    Posted by on December 5th, 2012 at 7:00 am, Comments: 0

    My buddy @bclund asked me to write a couple of trading tips for a project he’s working on.  My first thought was that there is literally [...]

  • Marketview: Talking Point Volatility
    Posted by on December 2nd, 2012 at 3:44 pm, Comments: 0

    Despite the terrible sentiment towards the fiscal cliff and reactionary selling after the election, November managed to scratch out a slightly positive return on the [...]