ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) Apparently, the Federal Reserve cannot print money quite fast enough. On Monday, August 8, the S&P 500 priced in terms of gold finally broke the March, 2009 lows. Source: stockcharts.com (Note that the ratio of … Read more
Silicon Valley’s Undertaker: ‘We’re Anticipating a Major Fallout’ We’re starting to close down social networks, startups in video distribution, clean tech companies. We’re also closing down a retail site. (tags: bankruptcy start_up high_tech)
Short Selling of Stocks Banned in France, Spain, Italy, Belgium – Bloomberg France, Spain, Italy and Belgium imposed bans on short-selling to stabilize markets after European banks including Societe Generale (GLE) SA hit their lowest level since the credit crisis. (tags: short_seller trading_strategy regulation Europe)
(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag.) T2108 Status: 11% (Day #6 of the current oversold period). VIX Status: 39. General (Short-term) Trading Call: Only add … Read more
Swiss Franc Falls as SNB Sees Possible Euro Peg – Bloomberg The franc weakened after Swiss Central Bank Vice President Thomas Jordan said a temporary franc peg is within the range of options that policy makers could use to stem the currency’s record-breaking rally. (tags: Swiss_franc forex SwissNationalBank currency_intervention euro) The official blog of Hays … Read more