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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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 …
Continue readingMorningWord 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 …
Continue readingFor 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 …
Continue readingThe 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 …
Continue readingWSJ 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 …
Continue readingCNBC 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 …
Continue readingFT Germany and the eurozone’s five other triple A members face having their top-notch ratings downgraded after Standard & Poor’s put 15 countries in the single currency bloc on negative creditwatch. The US rating agency …
Continue readingUpdate Nov 16th, 2011: ADSK is up 2.5% in the pre-market after a slight beat and raise qtr. Will be interesting to see if this rally can get some legs, as of now it is …
Continue readingADSK report their Q3 after the bell and the options market is implying about a 7.25% move vs the 4 qtr average move of about 7.25%. (in this instance with the stock at 34.00 just …
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