WED. APR. 28- Trouble In Europe Europeâs problems finally became a bit of a problem state-side for the American stock market yesterday. For...
WED. MAR. 3- Mini Merger Mania Several months ago (May 13, 2009), I noted this about the mechanics of trading mergers:...
It has (seemingly) been a very long time since weâve had a merger mania. And I donât really think weâll have one soon, but there are...
Marking the close. Surely in 2009 that is not done anymore, is it? For those unfamiliar with the term, âmarking the closeâ means painting the...
Friday was a pretty startling day for many traders. The most common phrase (or variation thereof) heard throughout day trading houses all over the...
âTheyâ always say that a bell is not rung at a top or a bottom, but sometimes if one just pays attention to his/her surroundings, one can...
Timing really is everything, you know. Everything. This is particularly true when it comes to trading. When doing a trade, one must utilize...
There are various situations in which one should stay away from certain trades. The most common reason is that a trade does not look smooth, i.e....
On Friday, the Federal Reserve postponed the release of the findings of its stress tests on the 19 largest U.S. banks as bank executives debated...
When I was a kid growing up in Savannah, GA (a beautiful town demarcated by 24 squares downtown based on Londonâs âsquareâ system), we...
Upon mulling the matter and doing some research yesterday, itâd appear that U.S. banks that received the results of their federal stress tests...
I am at an age now (aka old) that I begin noticing more subtle things. I can differentiate between the cries of my infant daughter. I know when I...
In reading a passage from Dennis Gartman (author of âThe Gartman Letterâ), I was left somewhat speechless (for once in my life). Gartman noted...
Every few years, there is a scare. We had the bird flu in the latter half of 2005. We had the SARS scare in a chunk of 2002 and much of the first...
So letâs discuss what happened Friday at 2PM. According to the Federal Reserve, the recession and market turmoil have âsubstantially...
Abbott and Costello. Laverne and Shirley. Batman and Robin. If you cannot tell, the theme for todayâs piece is pairs. Pairs trading was very...
Yesterday for the first Wednesday morning in quite some time, there was something I did not do: halt everything and stare at my computer terminal...
Without a doubt- certainly in the immediate-term- this is an entirely different trading market that we are involved with. Look no further than the...
So what was the main culprit behind yesterdayâs major declines for Wall Street? Something that was discussed in this space late last week-...
On Friday, as I do every 3rd Friday of the month, I frequently noted the phrase âoptions expiration todayâ¦carefulâ to anyone who asked me...
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