Flash Crash II – HFT and Computers Run Amok… AGAIN
Well that was certainly fun on Monday! Stocks crashed 1100 points at the open, rallied 800 points and the fell almost 300 points to close down 588 points. Given yesterday’s full Street$marts edition and the two blog posts I did here, I am sure most people were expecting a market update. After all, I did offer 3 Scenarios for Monday’s Trading and the market did end up following scenario number one the most. I will get to the market in […]
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Date: August 25, 2015
STILL Targeting JP Morgan?
It’s really amazing how the media latches on to a story. Not long ago, Apple was all the rage. Positive story after positive story. As you know, I took the very unpopular other side of that equation publicly. And they trashed me all over the place. Funny how that chatter has really quieted down! Now we have JP Morgan in the very unenviable position of being at the other end of that spectrum. Negative story after negative story. The media just […]
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Date: May 21, 2012
JP Morgan, The Next Recession and The Wave of New Jobs
I did an interview with FOX Business on Friday where I offered my comments on the overblown mess at JP Morgan, which is the story of the day/week. I also opined that the next recession in the US will likely be seen in 2013 or 2014. I was somewhat surpised that the anchor thought that was so outrageous. Except for the 1990s, we typically see one or two recessions per decade with one being more severe than the other when […]
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Date: May 15, 2012
