Market Masters: Getting Past Investment ‘Regret’ and Counterfactual Thinking
By Darren Miller    Regret is an ugly word. Regret leads to remorse which manifests itself as we sit and stew about the action (or...
S&P 500, Treasuries: Market Analogs of Summer 2011
May be it's just because of the threat of an imminent government shutdown, an equally acrimonious debt ceiling debate still ahead and vaguely menacing...
Basket Trading For Individual Investors
In this age of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), the idea of basket trading seems to be a foreign concept. After all, ETFs afford the...
S&P 500 Sectors Review: A “No Taper” Post-Mortem
Following the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) announcement on last Wednesday to delay LSAP/QE tapering in lieu of adequately encouraging economic data, the S&P...
Video Blog: Commodities Outlook
From the FOMC statement to US budget talks, the financial markets have seen a fair share of news this week. And with equities hitting new highs, it's...
Candlestick Analysis: Russell 2000’s Evening Doji Star
As improbable as it may seem, the December Russell 2000 Mini Futures (TF) contract traded +0.5% up and -0.5% down from its opening price;...
Position Traders: Time to Reduce Long Holdings
Greetings, investors. I'm following up on a piece I wrote for See It Market on August 29th about buying the DIP in the S&P 500...
Is This Fall 2012 Analog Signaling a Market Pullback?
If you are confused by the elated response to the Fed's decision not to taper, rest assured: you're not alone.
Following yesterday's "No Taper" pseudo-surprise...
Ahead of the FOMC: An Asset Class Review
Cross-asset class trading remains on the thin side. After the S&P 500 (SPX) and Russell 2000 (RUT) attained closing all-time highs yesterday, equities are...
Should Markets Fear a Government Shutdown?
Though it's been obscured in market-related news coverage over the past few weeks by Syria and today's FOMC, the political brinksmanship over the US...
