Is the big rally that comes under the assumption of more easing or monetary stimulus getting you back in the game? Are you breathing a sigh of relief because the EU has come up with another scheme to help a debt-ridden country? What’ll be the reaction to the next ‘stick save’? Probably another 2-3 day…
DetailsWinding down the first half of the year is a great time to reflect on what happened on the past but also to look ahead of what’s to come. My reflection is about my trading history and analyzing where I can become better. I also look to others to see where I can pick up…
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Hope is not a strategy – Famed Packer coach Vince Lombardi The media, pundits, analysts and so-called experts continue to want more easing in the hopes that it’ll stimulate the economy. This is clearly some hope of better things to come but the reality is there is little correlation between adding liquidity and stimulating aggregate…
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Blow the whistle – it’s halftime! What a first half it has been, I suspect more tricks than treats in the second half of the year. The first half ended with a bang and fireworks, we haven’t yet had our Independence Day celebrations! Let’s see what is in store for the back of 2012. Let’s…
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We don’t think that much has happened this week in the ongoing eurozone train wreck, whatever you may have read in the mainstream press. Supposedly, the world has put together a fund big enough to support the new bailout twins, Spain and Italy – wasn’t it only last week that Italy was helping to bail…
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“All great changes are preceded by chaos.” -Deepak Chopra We recently had a changing of the guard in the NBA with the Miami Heat taking the crown, Lebron James’ first ever title. Also, my Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup for the first time in their 44 year history. Good to see changes happening…
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Another great post from Jill of nakedtrader.com. Greece 1 Russia 0. Against all the odds, Greece go through to the final eight in Euro 2012, at the expense of the mighty Russians and the home team Poland. Could this remarkable result affect the equally important event taking place today a little further south, as the…
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Bull markets are defined by leading stocks moving up, taking their place at the top of the heap. Market leadership is needed for movement in both directions, but most usually recognize when the upside leaders are visible. Looking at some charts from early May it’s not hard to find the ones leading the market lower…
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Below is a great article by Jill of nakedtrader.com! To recap our recent market timing observations, two weeks ago we noted that the world had returned to the line of thinking that lousy economic developments were good news, since they would give the monetary authorities an excuse to turn on the money taps, which as…
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As market players there is an overabundance of items we have to consider before making a decision, no wonder analysis paralysis is often the result. As if the equity markets are not enough to think about we also have to understand where the bond market is positioned. I have always believed an efficient bond…
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