What the $%@&* Trading!

Oh No! Not Again! What’s with this market?

AJ — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:29:53 +0000

The stock market is up, 401k’s recovering, mom and pop are getting back into the market. What’s wrong with this picture? Can you find all the pieces that don’t belong? Check this out: 12 Recession Indicators That Are Flashing Red There are a dozen significant economic indicators that are warning that the U.S. economy is [...]

It’s Good to be a Market Analysts

AJ — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:28:51 +0000

About the only other profession that has a higher percentage of getting its forecasts wrong may be the weatherman. . . .and they both get paid for being wrong! Almost All of Wall Street Got 2012 Market Calls Wrong Almost All of Wall Street Got 2012 Market Calls Wrong By Michael Patterson & Lu Wang [...]

About Economics

AJ — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:17:27 +0000

Shake off the New Year’s fog, sober up and learn about economics: 10 Secrets About Economics Fortunately, the stuff you learn at school has very little to do with economics. And if you read on, I will give you the top 10 things I think you need to know about economics that the average professor [...]

What Will the Unemployment Rate Look Like for the Rest of the Decade?

AJ — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:24:42 +0000

How interesting that the unemployment rate has been going down the past couple of months. But employment is not the same as it was last decade. Things are changing and so are the numbers. Question of the Day: What Will the Unemployment Rate Look Like for the Rest of the Decade? I asked Doug Short [...]

Really? Holidays? End of the world?

AJ — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:48:53 +0000

Only 3 more weeks until 2013. Wow, where did 2012 go? Did you accomplish what you set out to do? Did you keep any of your New Year’s Resolutions? I was just getting settled into 2012 and now it’s about over. I wanted to blog more. . . .I didn’t. I wanted to make more [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

AJ — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 02:12:00 +0000

Wishing everyone a happy and indigestion-free Thanksgiving! May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey be plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have never a lump. May your yams be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your thighs!

My, what lousy earnings you have!

AJ — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:46:57 +0000

It’s been a lousy earnings season so far with AAPL and AMZN putting some confirmation icing on this cake….yes, earnings are crap…wait til next year. A lot of hope was put on these guys to shape up the earnings reports, but they let us down as well. So they jump into the same pool as [...]

Just don’t count ‘em

AJ — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:25:30 +0000

The U.S. employment picture is totally bogus! There was a supposedly large drop in unemployment claims, and the stock markets loved it. Unfortunately… “Initial Jobless claims in the U.S. hit a 4-year low this morning, coming in at 339 thousand, well below expectations for 370 thousand. However, the positive results in the weekly data was [...]

What happened?

AJ — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:32:56 +0000

Well the only thing that happened last week was that the iPhone 5 was released…shows you how exciting the markets were! It was a narrow range market on low volume. Neither Opex nor S&P rebalancing, stirred thing up. Where oh where has the volatility gone? Maybe last week was just a rest period for many [...]

It’s Scary Up Here!

AJ — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:24:46 +0000

The FOMC came out with what everyone expected. So why the big run-up? Wasn’t it already priced in? It’s scary up here. Although we may have several months of a bullish market, I think we may have to retrace a bit before going up. Next week is options expiration, so that’s a good time to [...]