A Floatie Is A Floatie

Mish Schneider | August 11, 2015

No matter where it comes from

I ended Monday’s night’s commentary wondering if the Federal Reserve would be the Baby Ruth Bar thrown into the pool or “the turd to end the rally.”

Instead, the turd was “Made in China.” …


Semis Happily Sing the Swimming Song

Mish Schneider | August 10, 2015

“Breast Stroke, Back Stroke, Fancy Diving Too…”

The week begins with our Modern Family enjoying the last few weeks at summer camp at the pool. Some of the members waded in the baby pool while others swam the deep end. …


Modern Family, "Are You Squiding Me?"

Mish Schneider | August 6, 2015

Like a cake, the ocean has different layers—each with its own characteristics. (No icing, though.) The surface layer receives the most sunlight, allowing photosynthetic organisms like phytoplankton to convert sunlight to energy. Interestingly, this layer is the smallest one or …


Everything Is Octopusied

Mish Schneider | August 5, 2015

Wendy Williams, Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid

As I look around the ocean observing the Octopus, I find the analogy to the current market comforting and scary all at once.

Even though I’ve taken an …


Eat An Octopus And Current Trouble Will Pass

Mish Schneider | August 4, 2015

According to Zhougong’s Dream Dictionary, a popular book in China, when one dreams of an octopus with all tentacles stretched out in all directions, it indicates that the dreamer may fall into a lot of troubles in personal life and …


In An Octopus' Garden In The Shade

Mish Schneider | August 3, 2015

The Beatles

An octopus has eight flexible arms which can bend in all directions, vary in stiffness and elongate rapidly. However, the flexibility of the octopus’ arms makes motor control much more difficult.

When an octopus needs to gain momentum, …


As Above So Below

Mish Schneider | August 2, 2015

All last week, I fixated on three layers of not only the 4 indices, with Granddad Russell 2000, my main man, but also on the rest of the Economic Modern Family members (XRT, IYT, SMH, KRE, IBB) plus gold, interest …


I'm Just Here For The Cake

Mish Schneider | July 30, 2015

Every day this week, I took the analytical rather than the typical lighthearted, humorous approach to the commentary.

My brain needed to reckon the most logical way to look at current market activity. Hence, the 3 layers emerged as a …


Crook That Marks The Sheep

Mish Schneider | July 29, 2015

During a live coaching session for our subscribers earlier Wednesday, I layered the 2015 trading range with the July 6-month calendar range and the phases to each one of the Modern Family members (IWM, XRT, IYT, SMH, KRE, IBB).

A …


A Ewe-Turn

Mish Schneider | July 28, 2015

As much as I enjoy writing in metaphors (and surely the garden deemed appropriate for Tuesdays session with orchids, stalled produce and wilted flowers), the overriding and mightiest metaphor so far for 2015 is the Year of the Sheep or …