Month: January 2013

The Allure of Search Funds – Greg Geronemus

Greg Geronemus, principal at Footbridge Partners, talks with Bloomberg’s Deirdre Bolton about the allure of search funds. They speak on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.”

An interesting concept, very directed and focused. It will be interesting to track their success rate.

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TPR Commodity ALERTS! – Performance

TriggerPoint Research recently launched the commodity ALERT! service at the request of many readers and listeners. Basically, it is a natural offshoot of the equity ALERTS! that have had a successful history since inception. With this program, trade setups are clearly defined and most positions are opened and closed within...

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Fiscal Cliff Sentiment Chart- Interesting…

A interesting chart from Bloomberg that tracks the sentiments of influential government and business leaders about the likelihood of achieving a deal to increase the federal debt ceiling. The monitor scores public comments of administration officials, congressional Democrats and Republicans, and business leaders. Every public comment on the debt ceiling...

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Big Week of Earnings – Banks in the Spotlight

It is going to be a big week as earnings season is now officially started. Already there was some initial disappointment with the Wells Fargo (WFC) report, but this week will highlight many more of the financials.

Lennar (LEN) will be reporting and this is a key player that is seen...

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Important Week of Economic Data – Retail and Confidence

Last week was light on data from the U.S., but the Draghi comments really sparked a massive rise (2%) for the Euro. This week on the other hand will be more eventful with some of the key reports coming out.

Retails sales are going to be in focus as the concern...

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