Poetry in Nature and the Stock Market

Mish Schneider | August 18, 2016

As I searched for an image to use for tonight’s market metaphor, I simply stepped outside the door and saw this:

Rising cirrus clouds above an expanding pinon tree, both stirred by the hot midday sun.

Who am I kidding? …


Market Bulls and Their Curious Excrescence

Mish Schneider | August 17, 2016

A divided Federal Reserve Committee caught a “Hey, careful dudes” sort of sideways glance from our Rallysaurus.

As if to say, “We need our friendly dinosaur to continue to roam the markets until after November”, half of the Fed stated …


Is the Market a Bomb Held Together by Ribbon?

Mish Schneider | August 16, 2016

Victoria De Almeida Artist

A statement Frida Kahlo rejected, her work was described by Andre Breton (Surrealist) in 1938 as a “ribbon around a bomb.”

As this is the Chinese Year of the Monkey, this painting reminds me that the …


Retail and Interest Rates: As Above So Below

Mish Schneider | August 15, 2016

Photo JR Lancaster

Naturalists will tell you that everything in life is reflected in nature. Or is that everything in nature is reflected in life? Like reflection itself, one is the mirror image of the other.

Lao Tzu once said, …


Olé To The Bulls!

Mish Schneider | August 14, 2016

Although one assumes the Bull the victor given the caption, “Hats Off To The Bull,” I find it difficult to tell whose blood has fallen. The red cape fans out from the Matador’s hand in a fiery fashion. The Bull …


Who is the Patron Saint for Investors?

Mish Schneider | August 11, 2016

Marie Romero Cash-Santera/Folk Artist

Heck, it worked out so well getting into San Miguels’ Protective Service Inc. car yesterday, we might as well call in all the Saints while we’re at it! Oh When the Saints, Go Marching In?

New …


The Market Modern Family Needs a Lift

Mish Schneider | August 10, 2016

Charles M Carrillo Santa Fe Artist

San Miguel Archangel is depicted by many religions as an angel that protects folks from lethal enemies. Here in New Mexico, he can be seen driving a blue Chevy advertising his Protective Services Inc.…


Market Ducks Wade in Murky Water

Mish Schneider | August 9, 2016

Wading means “to walk in or through water or something else that similarly impedes normal movement.” Wading birds typically have long slender legs so they can keep their balance while they walk through mud. The have long bills so they …


Close Encounters with a Channel of the Technical Kind

Mish Schneider | August 8, 2016

People in business communicate with one another through various types of channels. The more complex the message, the more intimate the communication needs to be or the “richer” the channel.

My days on the Commodities Exchanges gave me several advantages. …


S&P 500 on All-Time Highs: What's in Your Quiver?

Mish Schneider | August 7, 2016

A Bull’s skull draped in Eagle feathers and the face of the American flag mounted on buckskin donned with Native American sleeves.

With last week ending on new all-time highs in the S&P 500 and on a one-year high in …