January 20, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord 1/19/12: Making a living trading during earnings season is like the equivalent of being a Center in the NFL, you basically get nailed on every play from the guy right in front of you …

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January 19, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord 1/19/12: By just looking at equity and credit markets this morning, all seems right again in the financial world…..The DAX, now up 8.5% on the year has recaptured more than half of last years …

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January 18, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord 1/18/12:  Yesterday’s price action in US equities was a real head scratcher with the SPX only closing up 36 bps, less than 2 points off of the lows of the session on a day …

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January 17, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

For as long as I have been in this business, living through the; Asian/Russian debt crises/Long Term Capital/ internet stock market bubble in the late 90, real estate bubble and our own debt crisis here in the …

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December 9, 2011 by CC • Commentary

The new EU agreement has caused a rally in world markets. It does seem to have calmed fears of an imminent meltdown in European debt, but there seems to be a side effect of the …

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December 9, 2011 by CC • Commentary

WSJ Pre-Market Brief: Market tone: Stocks called higher; euro and pound surge against the dollar; Treasurys lower; Nymex crude up 46c at $98.80; gold up at $1,724.0. Overnight action: The EU has been unable to …

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December 7, 2011 by CC • Commentary

CNBC The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday denied a report in Japan’s Nikkei newspaper  that the Group of 20 nations were planning to assemble a $600 billion IMF lending facility that could be used to …

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