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March 16, 2012 by CC • Commentary

With rates perking up, inflation entering the investor lexicon again, and the Fed & Co. potentially forced on hold as a result, we took a look at the UUP ETF options to see if there …

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March 16, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 3/16/12: I guess there are a couple other things going on this week other than AAPL’s meteoric rise, one of them being the massive break-out of the banks from a fairly well defined short term base. …

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March 15, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 3/15/12: Divergences continue to be massive, whether they be in our own equity markets or those abroad.  Yesterday’s sideways action in U.S. equities was a generally unexciting consolidation day after the previous day’s breakout, …

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March 14, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 3/14/12: Well if you said Breadth and Momentum 10x fast like I suggested yesterday morning it didn’t exactly pan out like I had expected….not only did Momentum (price action) pick up in a meaningful …

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March 13, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 3/13/12: Breadth & Momentum, Breadth and Momentum, say it 10x really fast and it still makes the sound of the equity market rally losing steam.  Yesterday’s volume across all equity exchanges in the U.S. marked the …

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March 12, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 3/12/12 a:  China’s weak export data overnight has risk assets down this morning, Crude, Gold, Euro all down on reports that China posted it’s biggest trade deficit in February in 22 years.  With U.S. …

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March 9, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 3/9/12 at 9:25am: Well there you have it, the all important Jobs data…..and unemployment holds steady at 8.3%, as payrolls were slightly better than expected and Jan revised higher.  Not that this comes as …

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March 8, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 3/8/12: Pretty darn impressive action yesterday by equities the world over after getting off to a fairly meager start in the morning…..I was a bit fixated on the DAX’s anemic action in the morning …

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March 7, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 3/7/12: Not much to add about yesterday’s price action in equities other than it was long overdue and confirmed by volume that was about 12% higher than the 3 month average.  I guess the …

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March 6, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 3/6/12: 2 nights ago it was China’s growth in focus, and over night the “slowing global growth contagion” spread to Europe.  Ok that was a little dramatic, but it’s kind of funny because it …

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