Archive for May, 2012

  • Greek Stock Market Worse Than Great Depression
    Posted by on May 21st, 2012 at 8:55 am, Comments: 0

    It’s pretty unbelievable to say that. But the Athens Stock Exchange has now fallen more than 88% from its 2007 highs. This outrageous number slightly [...]

  • Scott O’Neil on Defense First
    Posted by on May 19th, 2012 at 10:39 am, Comments: 0

    This weekend we have a nice friendly reminder about the importance of risk management. The way I look at it, it shouldn’t even matter what [...]

  • 10-Year Treasury Bond Yields Hit Record Lows
    Posted by on May 18th, 2012 at 8:34 am, Comments: 0

    To really understand where we are in bond yields, let’s take a look at 112 year chart. This really puts things into perspective doesn’t it? [...]

  • S&P500 Put Options Volume Explodes
    Posted by on May 17th, 2012 at 4:09 pm, Comments: 0

    Options traders are going bananas today buying Put Options on the S&P500. They can’t get their hands on enough of them. The one million contracts [...]

  • Stocks Are Vulnerable Relative to Gold
    Posted by on May 17th, 2012 at 11:06 am, Comments: 0

    It’s not just the Dow:Gold ratio that looks scary up here. We’re seeing see the vulnerability across the board. The S&P500 and Nasdaq100 priced in [...]

  • The Bubble that Popped in the Oil to Natural Gas Ratio
    Posted by on May 16th, 2012 at 3:54 pm, Comments: 0

    Can we discuss this bubble that popped in the Oil:NatGas ratio a few weeks ago? We’ve been talking about this for a long time. But [...]

  • Joe Fahmy on Protecting Capital
    Posted by on May 16th, 2012 at 9:14 am, Comments: 0

    My friend Joe Fahmy has a great post up today about how and why he protects his capital. Joe and I have gone back and [...]

  • Dilbert on Chart Presentation
    Posted by on May 15th, 2012 at 12:48 pm, Comments: 0

    Awesome   Source: Presentation Charts (ChartPorn) Share on StockTwits

  • Wide World of Charts
    Posted by on May 14th, 2012 at 11:48 am, Comments: 0

    Audio: Ralph Acampora on Lack of Public Participation, 17-min mark (FinancialSense) Ryan Detrick: Big Drop in AAII Bulls Could Bode Well for Stocks (Schaeffer’s) Is [...]

  • US Dollar is Stuck Inside Two Pennant Patterns
    Posted by on May 14th, 2012 at 7:17 am, Comments: 0

    Today’s chart of the day is without a doubt Chris Kimble’s annotated US Dollar Index. The recent “choppy and directionless” action in the Dollar has [...]