Posts under Economy & Markets Category

Aug29

An interesting story via AP on the stark difference in being a small business owner versus state backed large company in China.  I can only imagine the political ranting if anything like this was done in the U.S. – a…

Aug28

It is quite remarkable how volatile the markets were for months on end late spring through most of the summer, and then once Draghi dusted the markets with pixie dust we all fell asleep.  Volatility has almost completely disappeared in…

Aug27

WSJ has a chart up showing volume on the NYSE.  In "olden times" one would want price confirmed by an uptick in volume but certainly that has been the complete opposite way to invest over the past 5 years.  The…

Aug27

It seems the only topic that currently matters to the market is central bank actions.  The end of the week brings us the Jackson Hole, WY gathering of global financial policy makers at which Bernanke famously laid the groundwork for…

Aug24

A letter by Ben to Darrell Issa was released a few minutes ago and the market shot up from 1404 to 1409 in a minute.  A whopping 3M shares of SPY traded in that 1 minute.  It's all about the…