Jackson Hole Speech Day: Ben Bernanke… C’mon Down! The S&P 500 traced an outside reversal pattern to the downside yesterday. The last instance of such an event occurred on August 1 … [Read more...]
Bernanke Up on Deck: What I Learned as a Summer Associate
August 25, 2011
Bernanke Up on Deck: What I Learned as a Summer Associate As a Lehman summer associate many moons ago, I split my ten weeks primarily between two desks – High Grade Corporates and Equity … [Read more...]
Stocks may be at an Inflection Point: Jumping back into Things
August 22, 2011
Stocks may be at an Inflection Point: Jumping back into Things When stepping away from the markets for nearly a week, I find my return akin to drinking from a fire hose as I try to slurp a cascade … [Read more...]
Stocks Bounce Sharply Off Lows: Alpha, Beta, and Now Gamma???
August 12, 2011
Stocks Bounce Sharply Off Lows: Alpha, Beta, and Now Gamma??? Extending yesterday’s baseball analogy, the market hit one deep into the gap on Thursday. Before other bulls start doing … [Read more...]
Silver Linings from Yestersday’s Stock Selloff: Recalling the Halycon Days of Little League
August 11, 2011
Silver Linings from Yestersday’s Stock Selloff: Recalling the Halycon Days of Little League Before I decided to make the push to become an above average high school soccer player, I had a … [Read more...]
Stocks Find Some Relief: Staying Off the Pop Rocks and Coke
August 10, 2011
Stocks Find Some Relief: Staying Off the Pop Rocks and Coke I suppose I should kick things off with a word about the Fed, but I will refrain for the moment from discussing the unprecedented … [Read more...]
Stocks Plunge Amid Investor Confusion: Simon Cowell and Sanjaya Malakar
August 9, 2011
Stocks Plunge Amid Investor Confusion: Simon Cowell and Sanjaya Malakar As a father of three daughters, I cannot avoid “American Idol.” Every Tuesday and Wednesday nights during the first … [Read more...]
Still Bullish on Stocks: Nothing Like a 5% Selloff to Make One Reevaluate Things
August 5, 2011
Still Bullish on Stocks: Nothing Like a 5% Selloff to Make One Reevaluate Things Whenever I have misfired on predicting market direction, I review the data I used in my analysis in formulating my … [Read more...]
Stocks may have Found a Bottom: Welcome Back Institutional Investors. We Missed You
August 4, 2011
Stocks may have Found a Bottom: Welcome Back Institutional Investors. We Missed You Welcome back large institutional investors. Why don’t you take your coat off and stay awhile. We missed … [Read more...]
Looking for Stocks to Turn: Waiting for Jurgen Klinsmann
August 3, 2011
Looking for Stocks to Turn: Waiting for Jurgen Klinsmann Those who have read these market commentaries for the past several years know that I am a big soccer fan. I was a member of the original … [Read more...]
Stocks Poised for a Turn: The Pajama Collective
August 2, 2011
Stocks Poised for a Turn: The Pajama Collective For my first job out of business school, I found my way onto the proprietary trading desk of a large broker-dealer. Despite not knowing how to … [Read more...]
Sweating out the Washington Discourse: The 13″ Buffet Plate
July 28, 2011
Sweating out the Washington Discourse: The 13″ Buffet Plate In a prior life, I worked as an IT consultant helping to implement large information systems. My first assignment was assisting the … [Read more...]
