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noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:59:00 +0000

OSCAR on Energies on FOX today!!

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:58:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:53:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow
Mon 13 Feb 12 | 04:00 PM ET
CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets, including the Globex electronic trading halt in the energies (resumed about 15:15 eastern time), and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.

ICE - weekly market video commentaries

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:48:00 +0000

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Weekly Market Preview VIDEO

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:31:00 +0000

The Week Ahead: Sharp Eye on Greece
Fri 10 Feb 12 | 06:02 PM ET
CNBC's Sue Herera looks ahead to what are likely to be next week's top business and financial stories.

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Cashin in on Cashin's View(s)

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:57:00 +0000

As events unfold in Athens on Sunday nite, the reason I keep throwing Art Cashin in front of you becomes substantially less OPAQUE - back in the day (about 30 years ago now) both Cashin and Bob Seijas (who introduced us) could tell you hour by hour which stocks were going up/down, how far they were going and when they were likely to reverse. This was an effect of the specialist system that Richard Ney wrote about in his book "The Wall Street Gang".
Difference was that Ney characterized the specialists as anathema to the average investor whereas in reality, the specialists enjoyed these seemingly unconscionable advantages in return for an OBLIGATION to step in and take positions to narrow spreads and keep markets moving for the stocks in which they specialized. A similarly "unconscionable" advantage is granted Bond Market "Primary Dealers" by the FED. With the advent of electronic trading, these advantages are substantially less valuable while the occasions whence specialists are obligated to place themselves at risk occur far less frequently. When NYSE de-mutualized and went public, the entire system changed both fundamentally and morally (IMHO) to the point it's now all about order flow, volume of trading and maximizing shareholder value. Last year's "Flash Crash" and the predictable (but late to start) SRO investigations into the true value of computerized scalping is a direct assault on the "raison d' etre" of publicly-held exchanges at a time whence economic realities have made it painfully clear to some (myself included) that scalping redirects critically important capital away from "capital formation" (and new jobs creation) to the type of speculation which is not truly helpful to Government or Private Sector efforts to engineer recovery in pursuit of lower unemployment numbers.

Excuse the harangue, afraid I've strayed a bit from original intent but somebody has to start the debate lest it prove the downfall of us all. SPECIFIC apologies to my friends in the Hi-Freq trading genre (which encompasses most of them) but your (our) time will come again - it's just not now.....

Over to Cashin (who, I'll venture, agrees with me in private).

90 Seconds with Art Cashin: Concern For Greece is Great
Fri 10 Feb 12 | 11:40 AM ET
CNBC's Bob Pisani and Art Cashin, of UBS, discuss whether there will be much progress in a debt solution for Greece and whether the country will default, exit the euro zone, or both.

Trading with OSCAR (cautionary notice)

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:59:00 +0000

Oscar issues a post-close cautionary note relating to market internals which are going broadly unnoticed - overshadowed by recent domestic economic data and positive market reaction..

Commodities Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:31:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow: Geopolitical Risk Continues
Thu 09 Feb 12 | 04:00 PM ET
CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow. Geopolitical risk and refinery issues in the U.S. could boost prices.

SANTELLI holds CFTC's feet to the FIRE

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:28:00 +0000

SANTELLI WaterBoarding Bart Chilton of CFTC on MF Global - PRICELESS!!!!!

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noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:06:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:30:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow: Nat Gas Numbers
Wed 08 Feb 12 | 04:00 PM ET
CNBC's Bertha Coombs discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow

Cashin in on Cashin's View(s)

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:28:00 +0000

90 Seconds with Art Cashin: Can Draghi Help Greece?
Wed 08 Feb 12 | 11:40 AM ET
CNBC's Bob Pisani and Art Cashin, of UBS, discuss the market drop and concerns the ECB's Draghi may not be able to help Greece

Commodities Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:04:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow: Oil Tops $99 a Barrel
Tue 07 Feb 12 | 04:00 PM ET
CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.

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noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:02:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow: Is the Fed Pushing Gold Lower?
Mon 06 Feb 12 | 04:00 PM ET
CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.

Cashin in on Cashin's View(s)

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000

90 Seconds with Art Cashin: I Worry When Politicians Get 'Comfortable with Defaults'
Mon 06 Feb 12 | 11:40 AM ET

CNBC's Bob Pisani and Art Cashin, of UBS, discuss the possibility of a Greek default. "We've seen this movie," says Cashin. "I get worried when politicians get comfortable about defaults," he adds. "They were comfortable about Lehman before it went under, too."

Trading with OSCAR (weekend WEBINAR)

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:22:00 +0000

ICE - weekly market video commentaries

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:20:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:19:00 +0000

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Weekly Market Preview VIDEO

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:00:00 +0000

The Week Ahead: Slew of Economic Data
Fri 03 Feb 12 | 06:02 PM ET
CNBC's Tyler Mathisen looks ahead to what are likely to be next week's top business and financial stories.

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Cashin in on Cashin's View(s)

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:56:00 +0000

90 Seconds with Art Cashin: Will the ECB Take a Haircut?
Fri 03 Feb 12 | 11:40 AM ET

CNBC's Bob Pisani and Art Cashin, of UBS, discuss the new highs on the Nasdaq and Dow, and the jobs number surprise. It came with two hefty upside revisions for the previous two months, which is a sign things are headed in the right direction, he says. In Europe, Cashin says the big problem is the ECB. Is it willing to take a haircut on its debt?

SANTELLI on Employment Data

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:51:00 +0000

Santelli: Here's What's Wrong With the Jobs Number
Fri 03 Feb 12 | 09:20 AM ET

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noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:12:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:13:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow: Metals Rally Continues
Wed 01 Feb 12 | 04:00 PM ET
CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.