The credit crisis that started in 2007 has done damage to all levels of the economy both at home and around the globe. The economic downturn continues to eat away at long-term things we never thought would change. After the [...]
Last fall I received an e-mail from someone I had never met. I get a lot of e-mails, but this one stuck out. The e-mail came from a father whose son in college loves to trade the markets. One might [...]
Chicago Mercantile (MrTopStep) – An inline U.S. job report and a jump in construction spending helped propel the Dow to its highest close since October 2007. In the first month of the year the Dow was up 6 percent, the [...]
We have learned a lot and lost a lot of money since the U.S. Senate report that Goldman Sachs mortgage traders tried to manipulate prices of derivatives linked to sub-prime home loans in 2007 — creating derivatives products that would [...]
The S&P is on a record track, but with a full 11 months left in the year and the likelihood that sequestration spending cuts will go into effect in March, how much further can the markets go? One way investors [...]
The S&P 500 futures edged higher yesterday for the fifth trading day in a row. So far this year the S&P has also closed higher 11 out of the first 14 trading days and 8 out of the last 9. [...]
The S&P futures have gone a long way over the last 25 years. From terrorist attacks to recessions, from the higher cost of energy to zero rates to Gulf War I and II, from the credit crisis to the flash [...]
If it’s not one thing it’s another for people who trade futures and options for a living. It doesn’t matter if you trade a small retail account or at a big prop trading firm, a bank or a hedge fund, [...]
The global hot money is moving out of, not into, China. In the past year or so the country has seen huge outflows of institutional, investment cash, as foreign investors are not only pulling back, they are getting out. … For today: I have been bullish but I have also consistently been saying that the S&P is not ready to make new highs yet, that it needs …
