With Oil?s Surge, Renewed Buying in Energy

Oil’s rapid rebound has re-ignited interest in the energy sector, ... . The Oil Service Holdrs ETF was up nearly 16% since that date headed into Tuesday’s trading, while ... stocks were holding their gains even as crude oil ended the day down 11 cents to $48.70 a barrel. “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 10:42:00

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Oil Watch: Is it Time To Start Worrying About Crude Supplies Yet?

Crude oil futures closed up more than 4%, finishing New York trading above $48, as worries about oil supplies—such as OPEC’s production cuts and violence in the Middle East— ... an additional 2.2 million barrels of oil output. And the Gaza strip isn’t exactly an oil-producing region [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 11:52:00

Will the US Electric Grid Be Our Undoing?

Back in May 2008, I wrote a post on the US Electric Grid. With the Obama administration taking over shortly, I expect there will be more discussion about upgrading the US electric grid, so below the fold is a re-post of the earlier essay. One obstacle to upgrading the grid not discussed in my earlier post is the issue of the differing costs of [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 15:54:00

Opening Gap - Will it hold or will the market retrace?

A reader of this blog posted a question via comment the other day about trading opening gaps in stocks. What is your advice for trading gap openings? Sometimes a stock will retrace some of the gap ... one. That said, I do day trade index futures, and were I to day trade stocks I would no doubt use the same [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:29:27

Dow Up 890 After Ten-Times Increase in Commercial Paper Sales

US equity markers were already having a very good day, even by the standards of recent high market volatility, ... Davis, an independent trader active in Treasury and stock-index futures at the Chicago Board of Trade [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 20:36:01

Some on Main Street Report to Work on Wall Street

Wall Street is under construction. That isn’t just a metaphor for the suffering financial-services industry, although that works, too ... Exchange Place, at an old J.P. Morgan trading floor. Year Up takes hundreds of young adults, age [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 16:35:10

Back from vacation

Just in case you were wondering, I didn't get hit by a bus. I just took a few days of vacation (vacation -- what's that?) for the holidays ... trading session, with the long bond futures off by more than three points. The bonds are trading heavy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:40:00

The Shadow Gold Price

“The Shadow Gold Price” Paul Brodsky & Lee Quaintance run QB Partners, a private macro-oriented investment fund based in New York ... into a leveraged game of chicken – collecting a positive interest spread (interest paid to gold [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 13:00:25

Obama Reports on Contacts With Blagojevich

Obama Reports on Contacts With Blagojevich President-elect Barack Obama's transition team released a report of contacts between its operation and that of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The full report is below. And,while there doesn't appear to be any smoking gun in the report, it's not by accident that it was released at 4:30 p.m [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 22:40:35

DrumBeat: January 6, 2009

The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand OTTAWA — A major source of oil for the United States must now confront another problem: its carbon footprint. Canada, in large part because of the production capacity of its oil sands, is now the largest oil supplier to the United States [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:47:30

The Wall Street Meltdown Part 3

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) gains 936 points on a spectacular Monday. And then, like the proverbial monkey on the oily pole, drops 733 points on Wednesday, making it the second worst single day drop in Wall Street history [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 19:06:48

Four at Four: Falling Off the Wagoner

General Motors Corp. is sort of the anti-Ross Perot, the company that informs you that no matter what the circumstance, ... rose 3.3%, as buyers found their moment for entry. The Chicago Board Options Exchange’s volatility [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 13:02:00

FINANCE AND ECONOMICS: "Global finance: Lifelines; A special section on the crisis looks at prospects for the global economy, individual countries and markets. It begins with the tricky job of saving the financial system," The Economist, 11 October 2008 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 15:05:31

Stephanopoulos: Obama Caused Stock Rally and Black Friday Sales

If you had any questions about how differently the economy will be covered with Barack Obama in the White House they were answered by George ... more important, the Friday in question was the day options on many stocks and stock futures expired which [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 20:52:10

2008 Lookback: Oddities

There were plenty of disappointments, surprises, bad decisions and obnoxious comments throughout the year, ... traded, non-transparent market as a basis for which to move the entire equity market on a given day [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 15:23:40

Breaking News and Political Commentary

Israeli Offensive Presses into Gaza CityBy Richard Boudreaux and Rusdi abu Alouf - Los Angeles TimesIn the heaviest fighting since the invasion began, troops and tanks hit the capital from three directions. Gaza City is shaken by shelling and helicopter missile fire [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:18:00

Finding the Best Markets for Swing Trading and Investing

A common question I receive is, "How do I find the best markets to trade?" The inquiry comes mostly from stock traders, but it's applicable to futures and forex traders ... to find undervalued securities. This is also a great approach for find the best forex pair or futures [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 06:40:48

US financial regulators in for major overhaul - WASHINGTON

US financial regulators in for major overhaul - WASHINGTON Fed, Treasury, SEC, FDIC top agencies under scrutiny of Obama reformers (WASHINGTON) ... secretary and chiefs for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:50:56

Is ’sucker’ written on our foreheads?

Wow, the end is here and I still have questions. Questions like, ... and, of course, soaked you and me for billions in bailout money. Despite that disastrous performance [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 08:40:59

James Hansen Sends a Letter to Michelle and Barack Obama

James Hansen Sends a Letter to Michelle and Barack Obama Here is the full text of the letter {PDF) Dr. James Hansen’s has sent to Michille and Barack Obama. As it was copied from a PDF the formatting may not always be right. I have my doubts about some of what Dr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 03:54:27

1 Month. Nearly 700,000

1 Month. Nearly 700,000 January 7th, 2009 This is a staggering number, worse (naturally) ... of us? The flood of job losses is so severe that computer systems set up to handle unemployment claims [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 03:36:09

Words from the (investment) wise 12.15.08

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (December 8 - 12, 2008) ... briefly trading in negative territory for the first time since 1940, indicating the willingness [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 12:42:13

Evreul Joseph Stieglitz, laureatul Premiului Nobel pentru economie, vorbeste despre vinovatii actualei crize financiare

Presedinte al SUA, Franklin D. Roosevelt, într-o scrisoare catre colonelul E. Mandell House din 21 Nov. 1933: Adevarul este ca, dupa cum bine stiti, elementul financiar din marile centre detine controlul guvernului SUA înca din zilele lui Andrew Jackson. ((15 martie 1767 - iunie 1845) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 11:42:54

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