Mars or Bust

Keith Schneider | October 14, 2012

Unlike the stock market which dropped over 2% this week and thus far has failed to reach ignition since QE3 was announced, Dragon, the SpaceX rocket took off this this week and successfully docked with Space Station ahead of schedule.…


Were You Surprised By Friday's Data?

Geoff Bysshe | October 7, 2012

On Friday the Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 7.8%. This is just in time for the President to be able to say that unemployment is at the lowest rate since he took office in January …


Were You Surprised By Friday's Data?

Geoff Bysshe |

On Friday the Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 7.8%. This is just in time for the President to be able to say that unemployment is at the lowest rate since he took office in January …


No Joy in Taiyuan

Keith Schneider | September 30, 2012

Apple stock dropped almost 7% this week as major riots broke out in a manufacturing plant operated by Foxconn. It occurred in the city of Taiyuan in mainland China, and at its epicenter was the iPhone 5. The cause of …


Transports, Gridlocked

Keith Schneider | September 22, 2012

While the presidential election drones on and the polarization between donkeys and elephants intensifies, the rally on Wall Street paused this week. Notably absent from participating in the market’s move to new highs are transportation and semiconductors. The Transportation Sector …


Cargo Cult Capitalists

Keith Schneider | September 16, 2012

As expected, Equity Markets rallied around the world as it responded to the Fed's decision to aggressively pump money. Caught between a choice of a double dip recession or possible hyper-inflation, Bernanke chose inflation and turned up the monetary spigots …


Putin’s Soaring Gold Play

Keith Schneider | September 9, 2012

The Global Equities market soared this week, led by the U.S., to levels not seen in the NASDQ for over a decade with a five year high for the Dow. This can be attributed to the Bernanke/Draghi statements that basically …


The Bull’s Toughest Month Is Upon Us

Geoff Bysshe | September 3, 2012

I think most traders would say October is the worst performing month of the year, but in fact it’s not. On average, October is up .41% for the month. The month that has earned the status of the worst performing …


When Gold Glitters

Geoff Bysshe | August 26, 2012

The August 20th Wall Street Journal had on its front page a declaration that “This rally gets no respect”. Now what’s a market to do when the truth about its persona is so publically exposed?

Make a new high for …


The Pussy Riots in Russia

Keith Schneider | August 19, 2012

In Moscow this week, the all-female Russian rock band "Pussy Riot" was convicted of "hooliganism" and sentenced to two years in prison. The heinous crime was staging a forty second event last February, protesting the Russian church's support of the …