Here’s a new idea. The Fed’s QE worked!
If you’re about stop reading in disgust at the thought of having to read such rubbish, let me assure you that you and I most likely agree on several other ideas such …
The Bull in this market is pulling a lot of dead weight!
According to Barron’s this week, “less than 15% of the money managers who actively select stocks are ahead of their benchmarks” this year.
Well, I’m not surprised. 2014 …
Putin left this week’s G-20 meeting being held in Australia early, but not before a snuggle session with an uneasy Koala Bear. Historically speaking, snuggle sessions and G-20 meetings have had little impact on the markets even when measured by …
The recent nuclear melt up of the US Equities markets right on the heels of what was looking like a meltdown to the core, finally had the markets mainly in digestion mode over the past several days.
Last week, the …
This week Fed Reserve chairperson Yellen managed to end quantitative easing without causing a financial meltdown. Just two weeks ago the market was a in free fall, but by the close of the month have more than managed to keep …
After the swift drop over of almost 10% in the S&P 500 over the past several weeks, the market came back with a vengeance. Initially, the selloff brought the bears out of the woods and shook off even diehard bulls …
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Is life and finance imitating art? Amid the expanding Ebola pandemic, getting treatment for Ebola in Africa is very difficult, however getting people to the morgue is easy. In fact, there are reports …
This week’s price action in the equity markets is enough to rekindle fond memories of the 1987 crash when the stock market dropped a bit, like 22 standard deviations. Mathematically speaking that is about 20 times the normal daily trading …
After this week’s debut of the Alibaba IPO and the subsequent roller coaster ride that equities endured which included the 250 plus point one day slide on Thursday, one might conclude that Alibaba is named appropriately; they just forgot to …
The wall of worry hanging over the equity markets caused by separation anxiety over the possibility that Scotland might secede from Britain was finally lifted Friday. Scotland decided in favor of staying together rather than divorce. Sanity prevailed in the …
What Does The S&P 500's Tightest Range In 50 Years Mean For Stocks and Your Portfolio?
February 22, 2026
