Stock Market Report and Economic Update: May 2013
By Greg Naylor    May was an eventful month in terms of economic news, with some Fed officials starting to murmur about reducing stimulus. Bond...
Interview With Abnormal Returns Founder Tadas Viskanta
In line with our goal to offer up interviews and conversations with the highest quality niche players in the financial community, we are proud...
Commodities Analysis Video: A Look at the COT Report and More
Today's commodities analysis video is a Memorial Holiday weekend special. In addition to commodities analysis, I'll take a look at the global equity markets...
How Is This Market Like the Tech Bubble? Margin Debt.
Earlier this afternoon we noted Margin debt struck an all-time-high in April - and that the market's net worth is plumbing levels last seen...
Margin Debt Vaults to An All-Time High in April
April continued 2013's idyllic period for risk-taking everywhere. A back-of-the-napkin survey shows US stocks went up with the S&P 500 (SPX) clearing +1.85%, while...
Turnaround Tuesday: Is the Market Vulnerable to a Trend Reversal?
Considering that the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen 18 times in a row on Tuesdays, investors probably shouldn't be hitching their wagons to...
Stock Market Report and Economic Update: April 2013
By Greg Naylor   April was an uneventful month in terms of economic news, allowing the stock market and bond market to continue...
Tightening Fed Policy: Is A Smooth Exit A Sure Thing?
What factor is most responsible for the recovery Fed policy has - by most accounts - stimulated in financial (housing and labor also?) markets...
Interview With Estimize Founder Leigh Drogen
For the past 12 months, I have been part of Estimize, a community of 13,000+ professional and non-professional equity analysts who are contributing their...
Heads Up: It’s NFP Friday!
By Andrew Kassen Welcome to Non-Farm Payroll (NFP; a.k.a. "the monthly unemployment data) Friday! Excluding Central Bank rate decisions and the occasional errant twitter...