On the night of August 5 a large German mutual fund "reallocated" out of bonds into equities. They bought an enormous amount of S&P futures...
can someone explain to me: what is the big deal about a prop trading firm? Don't you just bring some money (20-50K), they give you 10-1 leverage...
I've been searching for undervalued military-related stocks that havent run up as much as the already overvalued "standards" (LMT, RTN, etc.)....
The question brought up two posts ago is that the consumer will not realize the benefits of a cut. This might be true. Mortgage rates come...
The question is really: why wouldn't the Fed cut rates? In an ideal world, interest rates are 0, so the govt can borrow money and not have to pay...
whats another source for futures? I usually use either Globex or cnnfn and neither are working right now.
i think it will be a non-event also but I think people's expectations are different. I think money is sitting on the sidelines until that date...
I was talking to a hedge fund guy today who is 100% short. His argument is that this month is the reverse mirror image of Dec 1999 so we still...
I never watch CNBC. There is absolutely zero information one can get from that channel. briefing.com is not bad.
In response to your post I would note that it was the mental suffering of Arjuna and the difficult political and family choices he had to make on...
>>Quit trying to explain it and follow the charts. The charts will work until they don't anymore. But since the market started it always...
I short-term trade, but with a bias. Right now it looks like the best risk/reward scenario is to have a bullish bias ("buy when there is blood in...
I was reading an essay by "Adam Smith" written in 1974. In the essay he is talking to a friend of his who is talking about how bad its about to...
- the FDIC stuff was interesting. I didn't know that the FDIC itself lacks money. - its true that unemployment was 28% a full four years...
Hey, thanks for that link. Thats a cool looking chart. If you look at trailing 12 months you are absolutely right that the P/E of the S&P 500 is...
note that earnings yield is different than dividend yield. THe earnings yield is just E/P * 100.
All good points. I'm not really arguing for the bull side. I'm just confused and playing the devil's advocate to the bear side. You say: >>PEs...
I'm capitulating. I can't take it anymore despite the mountain of evidence that one should be long this market. a. the average guy on the...
I'm looking at NVDA as well. My buy price is probably $7. Couple of points: a. they guided up for this qtr in May. Coming in significantly...
I'm going to commit blasphemy here but before trading any stocks I would read The Essays of Warren Buffett. Forget about how he picks stocks. The...
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