In Tuesday's post, "A Shot Across The Bow," I discussed the recent "Tech Wreck" and the warning sign that was delivered when trading algorithms begin to run in the same direction.
Before hitting the hay we need to call a big B.S. on the bastard 'bots from Rip (Off) City. They screwed us again yesterday (June 14) in crude oil futures.
Whole Foods stock was halted for 'news pending'... and now we have the answer - Amazon to acquire Whole Foods Market for $42/share in an all-cash transaction valued at ~$13.7b, including Whole Foods Market's net debt. With 9% of the float short th
10-year US Treasury yields just broke to 2.10% for the first time since November 10th, and more importantly tumbling through a key trendline support from a year ago...
Picking up where he left off last week, when Bill Gross told Bloomberg that U.S. markets are at their highest risk levels since before the 2008 financial crisis "because investors are paying a high price for the chances they're taking",....
Yesterday's dramatic "rotational" divergence between tech stocks and the rest of the market, which as Sentiment Trader pointed out the only time in history when the Dow Jones closed at a new all time high while the Nasdaq dropped 2% was on April 14,
Speaking at the Bloomberg Invest summit in New York, Bill Gross (of the recently merged Janus Henderson) who may or may not have been talking his bond book, issued a loud warning to traders saying U.S. markets are at their highest risk levels since b
After reading that quote several times, it remains shocking that the politicians and individuals of that era unconsciously "conformed to the rhythm of the tragedy."
The Russell 2000 Index posted a 2.2% decline in May, its worst month since October, and it appears a large swath of investors is now betting it has further to fall.
THE WORLD IS WRONG ABOUT TRUMP!...Aaron Kuriloff and Riva Gold for the Wall Street Journal report, U.S. stocks rose to fresh highs Friday, capping a cascade of records around the world. The global economy and corporate profits are showing signs of st
After months of "smoking guns" and conspiracy theory dismissals, a Singapore-based Deutsche Bank trader (at the center of fraud allegations) finally confirmed (by admitting guilt) what many have suspected - the biggest banks in the world have conspir
It took Paul Singer's Elliott Management less than 24 hours to raise $5 billion earlier this month, however it is safe to say he won't be using any of that cash to buy stocks at current prices, or even BTFD.
For commodity traders operating in the Information Age, Bloomberg reports that just good old trading doesn't cut it anymore... "Everything is transparent, everybody knows everything and has access to information." Unlike the stock market in which t
Nothing says "go all in" on Brazilian stocks like the one of the biggest equity market drops on record following yet another political crisis... and that's just what investors did.
Second only to the collapse surrounding Lehman's branruptcy, EWZ (th