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When The Easy Trade becomes Dangerous
Author: Bob Lang (info)
Website: http://trade-mentor.com
Posted: July 6th, 2008 at 12:38 pm EST
It seems the most obvious trades in the market recently has been long energy and the like, while being short financials, retail, homebuilders and consumer durables. However, signs are slowing in the economy, and at least ONE side of this trade may start faltering. Don’t get me wrong. This paired trade has […]
A New Month Brings Great Expectations
Author: Bob Lang (info)
Website: http://trade-mentor.com
Posted: June 4th, 2008 at 4:34 pm EST
A second straight positive month for the markets, and who would have thought May would be capable of finishing up a winner? Remember the old saying, ’sell in May and go away’. Nonsense in 2008! Clearly such a mindset can be effective if the prior 4-6 months were positive…take profits off the […]
Just What Was In Those Fed Minutes Anyway?
Author: Bob Lang (info)
Website: http://trade-mentor.com
Posted: May 30th, 2008 at 4:50 pm EST
Tuesday’s market slump was the result of many excuses: new highs in oil, overbought condition, inflation data and the release of minutes from the Fed’s last meeting. We’ve said many times, any excuse for selling will work…while buyers only need ONE reason. But let’s drill down a bit into those Fed minutes […]
Why The Fed May Not Be Done
Author: Bob Lang (info)
Website: http://trade-mentor.com
Posted: April 30th, 2008 at 9:27 pm EST
April 30 may have been a watershed moment for the Federal Reserve and Ben Bernanke…or, maybe not. The Fed cut the funds rate once again, this time a measly 1/4 point. The instrument has become more blunt, and may have been removed for the equation altogether. However, there is some anecdotal evidence […]
Animal Farm - Of Bulls, Bears, Pigs and Cockroaches
Author: Bob Lang (info)
Website: http://trade-mentor.com
Posted: March 15th, 2008 at 10:58 am EST
It’s been quite a month of trading so far, we’re only halfway through it. A lack of confidence, then a shot in the arm, then a near financial collapse…and that was only this past week! Enough thrills and chillls for an entire year. One thing is certain: reliability is nowhere to […]
Some Fed Officials Are Seeing Clearly
Author: Bob Lang (info)
Website: http://trade-mentor.com
Posted: March 5th, 2008 at 11:31 am EST
Memo from the Fed: ‘We Get It Now’
It’s tough to admit you make mistakes, especially when you have a big ego. The complacency by the Fed last year and the Government as a whole in their tar-footed response to the subprime mortgage and housing mess is typical of Washington action. But the […]
An Argument to support the Consumer
Author: Bob Lang (info)
Website: http://trade-mentor.com
Posted: February 25th, 2008 at 10:09 am EST
We’ve heard about the pullback in the consumer, which directly affects the economy. Higher gas prices, inflation at every corner, rising jobless claims…all bad stuff. Top it with a declining housing market and you have ingredients for a big slowdown here, which is nearly 70% of GDP. However, there are signs out […]
From The Back Page…The Greatest Stories Never Told
Author: James Brumley (info)
Website: http://bluegrassportfolio.com
Posted: February 18th, 2008 at 1:09 pm EST
It’s easy to spot which newspaper stories were dug back up from the ditches of obscurity (i.e. the trash can). They’re usually found on the back page of their relevant section, often wedged in between the ad for a lost puppy and a last-minute obituary. The thing is, I can find more gold nuggets from […]
Calling All Bargain Hunters
Author: Ravi Prakash (info)
Website: http://www.optionstradinglessons.com/
Posted: February 18th, 2008 at 8:13 am EST
“Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent” is one of my favorite quotes by John Maynard Keynes. Traders should keep that in the back of their mind at all times. It applies to bull and bear markets. More downside remaining in the recent carnage on Wall Street? It […]
Will Cheap Money Help?
Author: Ravi Prakash (info)
Website: http://www.optionstradinglessons.com/
Posted: February 11th, 2008 at 9:46 am EST
An economic slowdown this year is starting to be baked into the plan. The question on many minds is whether the recent steep drop in interest rates and the $168 billion fiscal stimulus package will help take the sting out of the economic beating that has just started. It may seem like a […]
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