ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
Record $956 million pours into Japanese stock funds – Mar. 18 … Investors plowed a record amount of cash into funds that invest in Japanese equities this week, taking full advantage of a sharp drop in the Nikkei following the disaster in Japan. (tags: Japan investing stock_market)
Energy Dominoes From Japan | Alternative Energy Stocks Rising oil prices and increased attention towards the risks of nuclear energy in the ring of fire will increase alternatives to conventional energy production. As our mistaken assumptions about the security and sustainability of traditional energy sources fall like dominoes, alternative energy businesses become more and more … Read more
PIMCO Total Return dumps U.S. government-related debt | Reuters The world's largest bond fund has gone ultra bearish on the United States, dumping all of its U.S. government-related debt holdings. (tags: treasuries govt_spending debt BillGross)
Greenspan knows inflation? « Inflation Watch Suddenly, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan knows inflation. In fact, he now sees inflation as a real danger. Greenspan discussed a variety of economic topics with a crew from CNBC. I was quite intrigued, and VERY surprised, at his commentary on inflation and even gold. It is as … Read more
Rampant oil volatility forces big margin hikes | Reuters Whipsaw trade in oil prices forced exchanges to hike trading margins sharply on Thursday, including the first U.S. increase in over two years, potentially forcing some traders to close out positions. (tags: oil margin commodities)