Monthly Archives: May 2012

May24

First we'll go to the technicals.  Back in mid April I had opined a 'bear flag' formation was being created. [Apr 17, 2012: Potential Bear Flag Forming]  But the market being the difficult beast it is, head faked everyone and…

May22

The market remains a mess right now as we are back to the environment of latter 2011 and middle 2010 where random comments from officials across the Atlantic move everything en masse.   Today the market was hit by word…

May22

While hedge fund manager Ray Dalio generally stays under the radar, it is always interesting to read the thought's of the man who runs the world's largest hedge fund shop.  This weekend Barron's did an extensive interview with the man,…

May22

It is still very early in the conversation but the fact some European leaders are seriously considering a region wide bond is definitely a sea change.   This news came out yesterday and while Germany will resist, it will be…

May22

After panic selling late last week, Monday morning provided an interesting host of outcomes.  The action Friday was particularly dispiriting as a market that looked extremely oversold looked ready to finally – at minimum – have a dead cat bounce,…