If you listen to any analyst talk about the market they talk in terms of sectors. When I started managing money focusing on sectors made the market visual to me. This in turn made it easier for me to...
Barron's has done it again. Two weeks before plunging to a 55-year-low, the financial magazine's cover story was "Buy GM." Last week the cover story was "Bye, Bubble? The Price of Oil...
There was no place to hide last week as the ugliness spread across almost the entire market. Every single style-cap lost at least 3%, with most huddling together with losses between 3% and 4%. Once...
The stock market has been down five of the last six weeks. June will turn out to be the worst performance for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, since 1930. It has also given back all of the gains...
It is vital to have a trading plan when investing your hard earned capital. Many of these lessons may seem elementary, but what fascinates me is talking to fellow commodity traders over the years and...
Equities were under more selling pressure this week and by Friday’s close some of the major indices were testing the yearly lows or falling below it. The Dow 30 index closed at a new low for the...
Looking at the brutal market action during the course of this week, I feel like it's time to try and add some short-term perspective. Being cognizant of the contrarian nature of the market, I want...
First a note on general market conditions: S&P bounced higher from support level (August 06) just above 1270. This is positive over the very short term (perhaps the next week). Look for a rally...
There are two major types of analysis normally used to predict the performance of commodity futures: fundamental and technical. Fundamental analysis examines the supply and demand factors that...
Let's take them in opposite order of this post's title.Sentiment The VIX closed at just a little under 24 yesterday. Yawn. Total CBOE put/call ratio? 1.14. Reaching above 1 (more puts than calls...
