Here’s to a great 2012. Regular writing on the site will resume this week. Thanks for your patience with our reduced trading and writing during the Holidays. We are rested and ready to go for …
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MorningWord 12/30/11: SO it all comes down to today……..A year that saw a 20% plus range in the SPX and a 30 plus point range in the VIX all to have today decide whether the …
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FT Chinese manufacturing activity declined for the second consecutive month in December but showed tentative signs of stabilising, according to a survey published on Friday. The HSBC purchasing managers’ index for China hit 48.7 this …
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MorningWord 12/29/11: Wednesday’s early enthusiasm regarding Italy’s debt sale didn’t take long to wane as the DAX started to sell-off around the time of the U.S. open and closed at the lows of the day down about …
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Bloomberg Asian stocks (MXAP) fell for a third day, the euro weakened to a decade low against the yen and bond risk rose on concern Europe’s debt crisis will slow the global economy. Gold futures …
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The market is showing some weakness today that most are contributing to worries about recently rising yields on the 10 year note in Italy going into a bond auction tomorrow, and news from an ECB …
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MorningWord 12/28/11: Yesterday’s action in the equity markets was anything but exciting, closing practically unchanged on the day on fairly light volume. I guess the big news was the fairly sizable jump in consumer confidence in December, …
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NYT WASHINGTON — A senior Iranian official on Tuesday delivered a sharp threat in response to economic sanctions being readied by the United States, saying his country would retaliate against any crackdown by blocking all …
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WSJ Market tone: Stock futures mostly flat; euro slightly higher against the dollar; Nymex crude futures up 36 cents at $100.04 a barrel. Overnight action: Sears to close 100 to 120 Kmart and Sears stores; …
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MorningWord 12/27/11: While I am kind of back to it (I still have a few slopes to get nasty on this week), I want to reiterate that this is not the sort of market that …
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