The Long and the Short of It

Mish Schneider | October 25, 2015

Bulls and Bears Win

With Halloween just around the corner, our Economic Modern Family has been brainstorming which costumes best reflect the recent division among the members.

If you are new to this daily, last week I traversed everything from …


Russell 2000s and Retail Have Yet to Say "Yes".

Mish Schneider | October 22, 2015

What’s a shotgun wedding without Granddad and Grandma in attendance?

NASDAQ and Semiconductors hired Draghi to cater the wedding with a cocktail hour that begins serving Italian cheeses.

Apparently, SMH and QQQ Google searched different varieties of cheese before ordering …


Is a Return to A Bear Phase the New Back To the Future?

Mish Schneider | October 21, 2015

For fun, many articles reported how accurate the film “Back to The Future” was predicting how life would be on October 21, 2015.

Some accurate predictions included big-screen TVs, video phones, drones, hands-free video games, video glasses, everyday athletic apparel …


What's Up With Biotechnology?

Mish Schneider | October 20, 2015

Big Bro’ Sends Regrets

Referring to the pending shotgun wedding between NASDAQ and Semiconductors, Monday night I wrote: “Since the essence of a Shotgun Wedding is that it is hurriedly planned, that could explain the Economic Modern Family’s delay on …


Did NASDAQ and Semiconductors Have A Shotgun Wedding?

Mish Schneider | October 19, 2015

A shotgun wedding is a wedding that is arranged to avoid embarrassment due to an unplanned pregnancy.

Back in the day, the father of the pregnant daughter might resort to using coercion (like a shotgun) to ensure that the man …


NASDAQ Takes a Wife

Mish Schneider | October 18, 2015

Have you ever played “Farmer in the Dell?” Players form a circle holding hands around one who is designated as the farmer, singing the 1st verse while moving around.

When the verse if over, the farmer chooses a wife. She …


What Came First: Semiconductor's Chicken or Russell 2000's Egg?

Mish Schneider | October 15, 2015

In the wake of earnings season and after several attempts at more downside in the overall market, seems that Semiconductors are turning out as our crowing Rooster.

With the trading range from August 24th lows to September 17th highs intact …


Are the Markets Relaying More Monetary Easing on the Way?

Mish Schneider | October 14, 2015

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. -W. C. Fields

Rarely do we see a day when the Economic Modern Family trades so divisively. With Granddad Russell 2000 (IWM) and Prodigal Son Regional Banks (KRE) failing …


Will a Bear Take Down A Key Index and Five Sectors?

Mish Schneider | October 13, 2015

“I say high, you say low
You say why and I say I don't know, oh no” -The Beatles

Last 3 trading days the market has been in an even tighter trading range than the one we have been writing …


Market Phases and Fibonacci Levels Predict Market's Next Moves

Mish Schneider | October 12, 2015

Over the weekend, we went to Bluff, Utah.

The entire section of the US called the Four Corners where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona share borders) is rich with Puebloan history. The area has an abundance of cave dwellings, …