Market Posts its Holiday Lights with Barbed Wire

Mish Schneider | December 14, 2017

With 10 days til Christmas, the Santa rally has hung its ornamental lights with barbed wire.

Yesterday, we saw what happens when seagulls feel the slightest threat to their safety…they peck at each other and/or chaotically fly away.

Fight or …


Market’s Fight or Flight

Mish Schneider | December 13, 2017

Peaceful seagulls will either peck at each other or take flight when they sense danger lurking.

Their sense of danger however, is relative.

I took this photo after I gingerly walked within 20 feet of where they were sunbathing. Chaos …


The Modern Family Has to Live Somewhere

Mish Schneider | December 11, 2017

While away at a business conference, we went to dinner and sat by an enormous saltwater fish tank.

As I chased this clown fish around to get some photos, I realized how readily he seemed to adapt to his natural …


When the Market Looks Up and Sees…

Mish Schneider | December 7, 2017

I begin with the preface that a bounce from support levels saves the day.

But will it take the market up to 25,000 where surely our Gremlin on the wing of the plane sits?

Speaking of planes, I sat on …


The Winter of the Market’s Discontent

Mish Schneider | December 5, 2017

Shakespeare, in Richard III, uses the phrase “Winter of our Discontent” as a way for King Richard to express his feelings about living in a world that hates him.

Interestingly, while Richard expresses his own discontent, he is also celebrating …


Terror in the Dow at 25,000

Mish Schneider | December 4, 2017

Today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a high of 24,534.04.

Not quite at my terror point, but close.

The last time I used the analogy from the Twilight Zone episode when William Shatner sees a gremlin on the wing …


Meet Big Brother Biotechnology

Mish Schneider | December 3, 2017

With so much news hitting the market on Friday, I decided to stick to the benign analysis of the final character of my Economic Modern Family I presented on Facebook Live-Biotechnology-IBB!

https://www.facebook.com/mishsmarketminute/videos/1931163447204232/
To read thoughts on the market and analysis, …


How Long Can the Market Avoid Crushing the Bulls?

Mish Schneider | November 30, 2017

Transportation (IYT) is clearly the star of the week.

Fueled by record sales from the Thanksgiving sales blitz, goods are moving.

IYT, from the 50 daily moving average breakout and phase change, rose by $11.00 in 2 days. Heady stuff.…


Market Spins on a Narrow Base

Mish Schneider | November 29, 2017

The metaphor of comparing the market to a circus performance began this week with an agile performer balancing precariously on one hand, while resting on an equally precarious stack of chairs.

Yesterday, we saw the market juggle a plethora of …


Vicariously Juggling All the Pins the Market Throws Us

Mish Schneider | November 28, 2017

Tax Reform, North Korea, Powell’s confirmation, Political Incorrectness, and Cryptocurrencies are the top 5 pins the market juggles.

There’s more.

Mergers and acquisitions (Buffalo Wild Wings and Arby’s the latest), Amazon’s dominance, a strong global economy, and the earthquake in …