Greece has gone quiet – it is August after all, when by tradition nothing much happens in Europe, even in nations whose finances will supposedly not survive to see September. We don’t have much to say about this, but suspect it will turn out that there is a bit of a story here. It looks…
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If there is anything hotter than the weather across the country then let me know. The sweltering heat here on the west coast, with temperatures easily passing triple digits make us all lethargic, move slowly and wanting to sit it out. Kinda what we are seeing in markets, right? Volatility has been crushed, volume is…
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We thought we might struggle even to devote our normal opening paragraph to the ongoing train wreck in the eurozone, but have been bailed out by some weekend news from Athens. It appears that the Troika ( consisting of the EU, the ECB and the IMF, in case you have somehow lost track ) has…
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This past market week was a microcosm of what we have been experiencing for the better part of two years. The ups and downs caused be nauseating noise and news, trading/program snafus and psychological shakeouts along the spectrum of fear and greed. There was enough action in these last two weeks to fill the coffers…
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This from our friends at nakedtrader.com! The news out of Euroland this weekend, if we understand it correctly, is that the ECB is still prohibited from buying busted Mediterranean debt, but can instead lend its money to the ESFS for precisely that same purpose. Either way they won’t get it back, so we don’t really…
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That title is a bit misleading, right? If the market were perfect we would all be long and making huge amounts of money each day, Facebook would be 100 and Apple would be 1000. That is clearly not reality for the 99% of us struggling to make a buck each day the market is open.…
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Don’t look now but we’ll have the biggest week of earnings yet for Q2. Some of the biggest names will come out with their results which may help shape the sentiment and direction for the next few months. These include Apple, Facebook, Baidu, Broadcom and Panera Bread and Las Vegas Sands. Also, some industrials, energy/gas…
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Here we all are, waiting for the next inevitable stage of the euro’s death cycle, and the whole continent has gone quiet. Perhaps, even in these extreme conditions, Europe’s traditional ability to take a long summer break trumps all other considerations. It seems unlikely that the Greeks are entirely relaxed about their own predicament, with…
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Unleash the fury, earnings season is upon us. Companies will now open the envelope and we’ll see who the winners and losers are. This week marks the first big one for 2nd quarter earnings releases, nearly 13% of the SPX 500 will jump into the confessional. What I’ll be looking at of course is the…
DetailsBob talked this morning about the upcoming earnings season, then introduced colleague Brian Sozzi, and expert in retail sector analysis. Brian gave a good view of markets.