Last week was a volatile time once again for equities. What started off as a quiet volume Monday, turned into a high volume sell-off by Thursday. As usual there were those stocks that were able to buck the trend. Earnings and upgrades were the usual suspects here.
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) got a...
What the heck? Where did the money go and how did regulators miss this. Heads need to role and the CFTC needs to make an example here. This is too serious of a situation for it to go without punishment as well as answers to how it is even...
The net changes on a weekly basis for commodity futures has been moving in a wide range. This goes hand in hand with the “risk” trade and confirms why correlations have been so high lately. Rushing in and rushing out has created an environment of panic as the crowd moves...
There are plenty of outside influences that are going to move markets this week. European headlines will surely be in play and the rumor brigade will be on overdrive. There will also be the (Not-So-Super) Supercommittee recommendations that are due on Wednesday – which at this point appears to be...
Guests: Karanja Gaçuça, discusses the OWS message with us, providing a look into the “inequity” of wealth distribution. James O’Shaughnessy, author of What Works on Wall Street shares his experience with quantitative research and historical returns. We start this episode with a look into markets and how they...
