January 9, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord 1/9/12:  If you want to wrap the whole European Sovereign Debt situation into one sentence, brought forth with a bit of German efficiency, I think the following Bloomberg headline from this mornings pre-Summit Summit does the trick: …

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January 6, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord 1/6/12:  Forget Iowa, if we continue to get the sort of incremental improvement on the employment front like we saw this morning, it won’t matter who the Republican presidential candidate is, he will be toast.  I am not …

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January 5, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord 1/5/12:  Some things change (like the calendar) and some things just stay the same…….The Euro is extending its Q4 decline this morning making new 52 week lows agains the U.S. dollar at about 1.2835.  Since May …

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January 4, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord 1/4/12: If you were to look at the performance of the German equity market and see the DAX up 3.6% ytd (off almost 2% from yesterday’s highs), after just 2 1/2 trading days you …

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January 3, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord 1/3/12:  After a fairly volatile year in 2011 that saw a 21% peak to trough draw-down in the SPX and a 30 plus point surge at its highs in the VIX (but still closing …

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