People always ask if they need a Bloomberg terminal to trade. I not only think you need one, it is an absolute must. That is, unless you can get the datafeed some other way. I don't really care about the analytics. They are totally out of the price range of the average retail trader. Someone asked the question a while back on ET: http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index.php?threads/credit-default-swaps-on-sovereign-debt.227904/ There are competitors out there on the horizon...
Bonds Send Same Ominous Signs No Matter Where in World You Look "Ask any bond trader in Tokyo, London or New York what their view on the global economy is, and you’re likely to get a similar, decidedly downbeat answer. That’s not just because fixed-income types are a dour bunch at the best of times. A quick scan across government debt markets suggests that investors are pricing in the likelihood that growth and inflation around the world will remain tepid for years to come...." http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...inous-signs-no-matter-where-in-world-you-look If that is true, and the FED maintains a 2% inflation target, goodbye to raising rates for years.
Here's something that might be of interest as well (courtesy AlgoTrader). The top chart shows the percent of stocks trading above their 200 day moving average vs the S&P 500 index (bottom).
Yes, this rally is supported by just a few names that have real market share. Everyone knows who they are. The rest is M/A and buyback, both fueled by record cheap money. It is pure illusion.
2100 by tomorrow. New highs in next 2 weeks. Once new highs come it will be new historical highs day after day month after month...the slow grind higher is here to stay... Volatility is out of the picture... Back to the days where the only buying opportunity you will have are those slight 5-23 point pull backs on the Dow as it opens up and rises slowly into the close.
It's all one big fantasy: http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index.php?threads/earnings-or-is-it-cheat-season.295576/ You have to blind your race horse or it might panic
Yellen says in no uncertain terms - December rate hike is on. Yields are rising. FFFs ticking up. $ strengthening. If the market were certain, the $ would crush all European currencies for sure, and pick up pace against Asia. Mexico would probably hold its own, but CAD would probably get run over. I have no idea why the $ is not hammering China. USDCNH should be 6.40+
Dudley,Yellen concur: December in play for rate hike "Another top Federal Reserve official said on Wednesday that a policy meeting set for Dec. 15-16 is a "live possibility" for raising U.S. interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. New York Fed President William Dudley, addressing reporters, said he would "completely agree" with Fed Chair Janet Yellen who had earlier said December is in play for a policy tightening if the economic data points to further improvement in the labor market and to a rebound in inflation..." http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/04/dudleyyellen-concur-december-in-play-for-rate-hike.html