Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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JIM’S MARKET THOUGHT OF THE DAY *

This week should be an extra important trading week for many markets. U.S. and European traders are back from summertime vacations and the weekend U.S. holiday, and should be fully focused on markets. It’s my bias that with traders more fully focused on [...]

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

[From reader and paid-up subscriber Oliver  Fuchs of Munich, we have a very interesting metaphor to explain the seemingly anomalous economic boom now going on in Germany. Is it merely the final, spectacular tipping of a ship about to slide into the deep? Oliver explains why this may be so. RA]
If the [...]

Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Concerns about the European financial system are resurfacing after reports that German banks will need to raise a large amount of capital to meet Basel II guidelines. PIMCO said Greece still faces ‘substantial’ default risk; the Greek Bond / German Bund spread rose to its highest level since the IMF bailout was [...]

Monday, September 6, 2010
The S&P futures are hovering around their highly psychological 1100 as investors celebrate Labor Day following an impressive week in equity markets.  A stronger than expected non-farm payrolls figure topped off an encouraging turnaround in sentiment with the S&P futures rallying solidly from our key long-term uptrend line.  A pick-up in M&A [...]

Monday, September 6, 2010
One needs to forget about predicting if they want to succeed in the investment arena. Sorry…no more CNBC Guru experts or Bloomberg  soothsayers. I have yet to meet someone who has accurately predicted consistently anything long term. There was Joe Granville as well as Robert Prector. They called stock market crashes but [...]

Friday, September 3, 2010
DayTradeToWin has been a very influential force in the arena of futures, stocks and forex trading advocating the use of Price Action as the primary methodology for short-term traders. With the popular At the Open course and Price Action Scalping course, it’s no wonder the Atlas Line™ indicator has appealed more than [...]

Friday, September 3, 2010
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
For the last decade, Endeavour (EDV: TSX) has been the architect of numerous equity financings and acquisitions in the junior gold sector. Over the years, the company has proven to be a savvy dealmaker, participating [...]

Friday, September 3, 2010
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JIM’S MARKET THOUGHT OF THE DAY *
Trading in many markets will likely be more active this morning, in the wake of the much-anticipated U.S. employment report. However, trading action may soon taper off as many traders hit the exit door to get a jump on the Labor Day holiday [...]

Friday, September 3, 2010
Almost all market watchers ( except trend followers) are waiting for today’s job report. The reality that many do not understand is that the Stock market might not fall and the economy might worsen. All one has to do is look at Zimbabwe. The stock market in Zimbabwe flourished with inflation ravaging [...]

Friday, September 3, 2010
The NFP report was market friendly.  Overall August payrolls fell by 54K, but private sector payrolls rose by 67K.  The private sector number was what traders focused on; helping to allay fears about a double dip.  An improving employment picture could help many of the other economic problems.  At 9 AM we [...]

Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Here’s one for you new and intermediate options traders (though frankly, I think traders of all experience levels can benefit by getting back to basics).

Want to know what I think are the four cornerstones of sound options investing? They aren’t complicated, yet they seem to be elusive too much of the time. [...]