The Disappearing Volume
It is time to review some ancient stock market jargon, in order to understand the principle of the disappearing market volume. A “lot” is 100...
Author : PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM
Burn This Into Your Brain….
I really like this quote from the NY Fed: “Most commonly used measures of the broad money supply include both currency and certain types of...
Jan Hatzius Does 10 Questions and Answers for 2013
Good catch here from Bill McBride at Calculated Risk . Jan Hatzius does 10 for...013: 1.Will the...013 tax hike tip the economy back into recession?...
Me Versus Congressman Greg Walden on the Platinum Coin
Okay, I am totally burned out on this coin idea and I think most of you are also, but this was a good interview that...
Evaluating the Value of Active Management
The never ending debate about...e merits of active investment management vs passive investment management rages on. In a post...is morning Josh Brown ask ed...is...
Is VIX “Exuberance” Excessive?
By Walter Kurtz, Sober Look VIX has been hovering near multi-year lows as investors become comfortable selling volatility. With the Fed being an implicit seller...
AAII: Small Investor Bullish Sentiment Surges
Small investors are getting very...lish on the equity market again. The latest reading from AAII showed the highest level of small investor sentiment since December...
The Disastrous Consequences of Not Raising the Debt Ceiling
By Comstock Partners As we face another brutal fight over the federal debt ceiling at a time when the economy still remains fragile, the stock...
Rail Traffic Starting to Show Signs of Weakness
The trend in rail traffic has moderated substantially in the last few months as the 12 week moving average in intermodal traffic hit its lowest...
Why Do People Think Economists are Charlatans?
“Now, maybe this was just an expression of good old American anti-intellectualism, like Insane Clown Posse’s views on magnetism, or the Republican party’s denial of...