ETF Periscope: Preoccupied Wall Street
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.” — Mark Twain If investors have been feeling like they’ve suffered from a nasty case of whiplash recently, it is...
View ArticleWatch Out Below If Earnings Disappoint This Week
“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” — Douglas Adams Last Friday’s sharp...
View ArticleGold Gets Smacked Down as Wall Street Continues to Soar
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill For the moment, investors continue to see any signs of a sharp market drop as a clear...
View ArticleReactive Market Responds to Fed’s Mixed Tapering Signal
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. – Henry David Thoreau Well, that party didn’t last long, and the hangover was on the nasty side....
View ArticleExpect Stormy Q3 Earnings Season as Washington’s Maelstrom Proceeds
“I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” – Pablo Picasso So now the fun really begins. That is, if you consider fun the sort of thing that happens when...
View ArticleSentiment on Main Street at Odds with Jubilation on Wall Street
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does all the work.” — Mark Twain If you go by Wall Street’s scorecard, the economy seems to be going gangbusters, as evidenced by...
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