You Saw It Here First!

Downgrade-Snip

      You saw it here first! Right on today's daily cheat sheet at 8:30 AM, the sole downgrade today was Cognex Corp (CGNX). Downgraded by Piper Jaffray from Overweight to … [Read more...]

Stocks Bounce Sharply Off Lows: Alpha, Beta, and Now Gamma???

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...]

Find Banker Here

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Heading into the summer there still has been decent volatility in the market which is good for us as traders. M&A activity was decent during the first half of the year most recent with SUG getting … [Read more...]

Market Memory, or Lack Thereof

As a novice trader on my second day here at Shine’s Room, I have started to understand the importance of two key principles in this industry - patience and coping with volatility.  After a stellar … [Read more...]

What is going on with YOKU?

05-13-11 Cem Blog

We all know YOKU has been a champion in volatility. Today’s volatility however is completely out of control. It’s only the middle of the trading day and YOKU has seen a 10% intraday move. These … [Read more...]

If You Can’t Tame the Bronco, Watch Someone Else

Today I was down but I wasn't. As a matter of fact, I have never felt so high before. The whole day I was trying to catch the biggest trends with the biggest volatility (ie. GFRE, GPRO, QGEN, SWY), … [Read more...]

The Crack Spread

The crack spread is the difference between the price of a barrel of oil and the sum of the prices you get for taking a barrel of oil and breaking it up into various sub products such as gasoline and … [Read more...]