Tag: european crisis

By Alex Salomon 1. Thankful week, Memorial week... What a week for active traders: It was either a great week (for those positioned short or out...

By Alex Salomon 1. "Duh" moment of the week: France's Francois Hollande insisting on Eurobonds is proof that he is not willing to implement the structural...

By Andrew Nyquist I've posted quite a few annotated charts that speak to recent US Dollar strength, but this one may be the most important. Here...

By Alex Salomon So many articles are being written about the impending exit of Greece from the Euro and maybe parts of the European Union,...

By Joshua Schroeder Recent US economic data have been surprising to the upside.  The combination of better than expected home sales, regional manufacturing activity and jobless...

By Andrew Nyquist This is not a healthy market.  Not by any stretch of the imagination.  The wild swings in the stock market over the past...

By Andrew Nyquist Many investors, myself included, were caught head down trying to figure out just how low last week's down move would go.  This natural "herding"...

By Andrew Nyquist A few high level thoughts for this week and the week ahead: 1)  Euro Bonds on the Horizon???:  Word out of Europe is Euro bonds may...

It’s now or never time for the bulls.  Heading into the final week of the quarter, the S&P 500 (^GSPC), as well as proxy SPDR S&P 500 (SPY),...

Over the past 2 years, investors have been conditioned to buy each and every dip.  This psychology was at the forefront of the market...