A Prime Example

Keith Schneider | November 15, 2015

In a rapid about face, stocks got hammered this week (broke the 7 week up-streak) after Yellen’s yelling for a rate increase finally has been noticed.  Stock Markets sold off 4-5% from the highs set in early November. Worth noting …


Higher Rates, Soon Come?

Keith Schneider | November 8, 2015

US equities posted yet another up week, a six week run of 10% or so and still counting. The run up this week was muted and stocks barely budged on Friday even after the much awaited jobs report showed that …


Taming of the Bear

Keith Schneider | October 31, 2015

“He had me down
But I put up a fight
I saw those teeth
And I groped for my knife “–Joan Armatrading

Equity Markets roared this October, ending the wildest most volatile month of the year up around 10% and …


Said the Ferrari SPY-DER to the QQQs

Keith Schneider | October 25, 2015

Vintage 1957 250 California Spyder

Wow, what a week as memories of October crashes and calls of market tops have the shorts gasping for air. The market was set up perfectly for central bankers to trap shorts. Already in rally …


Happy Anniversary

Keith Schneider | October 18, 2015

Equity Markets continued to bounce this week, with the S&P 500 improving by almost one percent, and monthly gains so far almost 6%. Leading the charge are Gold Miners, up 20% since the August swoon.

The markets are confounding just …


Buy Wednesday, but Sell Before Friday! (and beat the market by 4x)

Geoff Bysshe | October 11, 2015

Have you ever felt as though it’s harder to trade on certain days of the week, or that the market is particularly bullish or bearish on certain days of the week?

Well, you’re right!

For example, in 2015 the best …


Wild Gyrations

Keith Schneider | October 4, 2015

The wild market gyrations continued and all key US indexes managed to close positive by 1% for the week. It was a struggle however, as the initial reaction to a weak September jobs report Friday morning along with a downward …


Poison Pill

Keith Schneider | October 1, 2015

Equity Markets remained under pressure this week with the key US Indexes closing down led by both the mid –caps, which closed down almost 4%.

More telling was the massive selloff in bio-tech, triggered by the revelation that a small …


Poison Pill

Keith Schneider | September 27, 2015

Equity Markets remained under pressure this week with the key US Indexes closing down led by both the mid –caps, which closed down almost 4%.

More telling was the massive selloff in bio-tech, triggered by the revelation that a small …


Watered Down Gas

Keith Schneider | September 20, 2015

For a brief moment (almost an half hour) right after the Fed’s announcement that the monetary spigots will be left wide open, the markets seemed to love it with the Dow Industrial’s up almost 200 points. After a brief realty …