Summer doldrums, lazy trading, or light volume, whatever the name, Capital Markets have special characteristics during the summer months, even as we approach our 90 day Treadmill AKA earnings season. This is a 5 minute chart of the S&P 500…
The Electronic Version or our Q 3 2011 Newsletter is now posted in the Newsletter Section of our Website. For Clients and requested readers, the paper copy is coming soon to your mailbox. A few highlights in this Quarter’s Newsletter: Our…
I am out of the state this week, but will be in contact with the office and electronically connected. Given we are at the beginning of one of our favorite time frames, the 90 day treadmill reporting season, I will…
Dear Investor: Changing of sentiment might be the theme of the last ninety days from an investment standpoint. Early in the quarter it was business as usual for the capital markets as participants pushed index levels to their highs for the…
Today is the last day of the nick named QE2, (Quantitative Easing.) This nick name stands for the purchase of Treasury instruments by the FED in order to keep interest rates low. As the FED finished QE2’s sibling, QE1, last year, interest…
Settlement checks from various large Financial Companies are being mailed again. We occasionally alert investors to keep an eye out for possible money coming to them in the mail, this again is one of those times we want to alert investors. If…
Much has been made of the Greek situation as of late, especially given the emotional protests and debtor lifestyle the country is currently enthralled. While Greece as a country and their policies are not without flaws, we thought a simple and unique comparison…
Yesterday the IEA (International Energy Agency) announced their 28 member group will be proportionately releasing 2 million barrels of oil per day, until a total of 60 million barrels hit the markets. The closest month contract of West Texas Intermediate crude,…
Today, Ben Bernanke, the FOMC chair, conducted his second post FOMC announcement speech. Here are a few interesting comments: Ben held firm that no further easing (QE3 or the like) was on the table currently and mentioned very small amounts of inflation can be…
An announcement from Fitch makes our third warning shot across the bow of the US. Yesterday Fitch ratings issued a warning of a downgrade if the debt ceiling and financial affairs are not reviewed. Interestingly it appears that our very first “Taps”…
