The Real Reason Behind The Market's Record January (It's Not The Economy!)

Mish Schneider | February 3, 2013

The market has a way of ferreting out answers to questions that us mere humans struggle with until the opportunity has passed.

How many times have you heard a famous trader describe his secret to success as being based on …


Is AAPL a RIMM Shot?

Keith Schneider | January 27, 2013

Do you remember when RIMM/Blackberry went from invincible market leader in smart phones sporting a stock price of $150, then quickly collapsed to $35 in just 4 months? It has never retaken those highs and recently traded as low as …


Wall Street Gone Gonzo?

Keith Schneider | January 22, 2013

The stock market continued its rise this week and looks poised for more. The Algerian hostage crisis has highlighted the fact that the Arab Spring might have turned into a Terrorist Summer. With the security of existing oil facilities in …


Tsunami

Keith Schneider | January 13, 2013

After years of cash outflow from US Equities, this week’s inflow amounted to $19 billion, the biggest weekly inflow since the 2008 meltdown. Investors that sold stocks to lock in a lower capital gains rate in 2012 and save 5% …


Paradigm Shift

Keith Schneider | January 6, 2013

Holy Cow! In our Dec 23rd edition of Market Outlook, we detected that the underpinning of the market’s Teutonic plates were shifting as we felt the stirrings of a paradigm shift. And "Viola", a mediocre resolution to the fiscal cliff …


You Keep Me Hanging On

Keith Schneider | December 30, 2012

As 2012 and the markets melt/wind down with no deal yet on the fiscal cliff, one might believe that it's getting a bit late to make a deal. But, it isn't over till the fat lady sings. Although not too …


We're Still Here

Keith Schneider | December 23, 2012

December 21, 2012 has come and gone. We humans are still here. As in the world of speculation, readying for the black swan event is necessary, but considering that the sun is due to burn out in 57 billion years, …


We're Still Here

Keith Schneider |

December 21, 2012 has come and gone. We humans are still here. As in the world of speculation, readying for the black swan event is necessary, but considering that the sun is due to burn out in 57 billion years, …


What Would He Do?

Keith Schneider | December 16, 2012

The market waffled this week, marginally down as it contemplates whether or not we do a Thelma and Louise over the fiscal cliff. It's hard to conceive that the current circus will prevail, but of course it could. The market …


The Bulls Are At This Underground Beach!

Geoff Bysshe | December 9, 2012

Last week I received a request to remove the picture associated with that week's Market Outlook from our home page. The request stated that the photo was just too painful to look at! Well, this week's image of a very …