Financial

Below is a great excerpt from a book I’m reading that considers media’s influence on the market. I have a similar approach to how I view this I want to …

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The late-day exuberance from New Year’s Eve has been dismissed as JPY strength has dragged stocks to one-week lows this morning (catching down to VIX’s warnings from last week). Gold …

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Blue Line 4 Week Average The market was expecting the weekly intial unemployment claims at 333.000 to 340,000 vs the 339,000 reported. The more important (because of the volatility in the …

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The best scoring mid caps from one year ago (1/3/2013) averaged 762 bps of excess over the S&P 400, with 0% turnover.  The top performers included NFLX up 280%, ACXM …

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Back to 2013: Dense Fog Turns into Toxic Smog – Part 1Back to 2013: Dense Fog Turns into Toxic Smog – Part 2 And now we get to the prediction …

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Click Here for access to our Q1 2014 seasonality excel database:   68 companies (see below) entered October having robust seasonality for Q4 (posting positive returns in 9 or 10 …

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It was a quiet day on Wall Street, although the Dow gained 25 points as 2013 draws towards a close. Stocks managed to hang on to most of their monthly …

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This is the time when everyone is making financial and economic forecasts for the upcoming year and beyond. Here is a simple forecast from Sober Look that did not require …

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The stock market performed spectacularly in 2013. It will be a challenge to outdo ourselves in 2014 by simply buying stocks and selling puts. Can we do it? For instant emails alerts …

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