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Pundits, Patterns and Fallacies 15 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
It’s mid-August, and things are pretty quiet around here, which gives one time to reflect on some recurring patterns of behavior on the part of both stock market pundits and traders. Serious long term...
The Taper is not the Problem 31 Jul 2013 | 11:24 pm
Those who cried the loudest in the aftermath of the last FOMC meeting were highly leveraged bond traders and hedge funds who were forced into panic liquidation as yields rose sharply in response to Fe...
Relax, This Will Only Hurt for a Minute 20 Jun 2013 | 10:55 pm
The volatility in both the fixed income and the equity markets over the past few days deserves a bit of explanation. The equity market has been “hooked” on easy money for several years, and going into...
You're in Good Hands with Equities 29 May 2013 | 12:19 am
“Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria.” – Sir John Templeton Last week stock market activity was characterized by a panic attack as the tradi...
Can We Review the Bidding? 12 Apr 2013 | 10:32 pm
I don’t play bridge, and I confess that I know precious little about the game, but I am told that in friendly games at least, during the play of a specific hand a player can always ask for a review...
The Hardest Job 8 Mar 2013 | 01:00 am
It is a well-known axiom on Wall Street that “the money follows the performance.” Invariably, after equities have enjoyed a prolonged uptrend, there are those investors, both institutional and individ...
Through the Looking Glass 26 Jan 2013 | 12:27 am
At this writing the Standard & Poors 500 Stock Index is on its way to the best January performance since 1994. Daily stock exchange volume continues to be anemic because an entire generation of invest...
Now What? 8 Nov 2012 | 12:16 am
Admittedly, any first reactions to yesterday’s election results are likely to be more wrong than right, and incomplete at best. Any quick, hard and fast conclusions are doomed to many mistakes. At the...
Que Sera Sera 1 Oct 2012 | 10:46 pm
Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman often said that, “What distinguishes man from the animals is not so much the ability to reason as it is the ability to rationalize.” I suppose much of the following migh...
