Monthly Archives: January 2012

January 29, 2012: Entering the Debt Dimension

MONDAY MARKET MUSINGS - MORE MONETARY MADNESS

Let’s Relax Global Banking Rules!

TUESDAY - TOPPING OUT OR JUST PINNING THE FED?

Surprise. Greece Needs More Money.

WHICH WAY WEDNESDAY - WILL BEN BLOW IT?

ZIRP Will Be Extended for a Long, Long Time.

FREE MONEY THURSDAY - QUOTH BERNANKE “FOREVER MORE”

Fighting Our Brains to Stay Bullish.

THANK GDP IT’S FRIDAY - REALITY CHEQUE IN DAVOS

Can’t Take This Market at Face Value.

WEEK AHEAD

Are we Lambs Headed to Slaughter? Pharmboy shares some biotech ideas.

January 22, 2012: QE-cating

HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY!

Markets closed in observance of the holiday

TESTY TUESDAY - HOW MANY TIMES WILL YOU FALL FOR THE SAME THING?

Empire State Manufacturing Survey shows positive gains

WORLD BANK WEDNESDAY - ANOTHER TRILLION ISN’T ENOUGH?

IMF seeks to raise $500Bn as insurance as global growth stumbles

THRILLING THURSDAY - OUR “ONE TRADE” DOES GOOD!

Initial Jobless Claims drop by 50k in one week

FREE MONEY FRIDAY - FED FLOATS TRILLION DOLLAR BALLOON

Fed announces intention for further easing - or not...

January 15, 2012: Cracks in the Facade

MONDAY MARKET MOVEMENT - STRAP IN FOR A WILD WEEK!

Fitch sees chance of downgrade for Italy

TEMPTING TUESDAY - AGAIN

Portugal cuts economic outlook

WEDNESDAY WHEEEEE - WE LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER!

Trade ideas in oil futures result in nice gains

THRILLING THURSDAY - CLACKETY CLACK, DON’T LOOK BACK

EU delays planned embargo, oil plummets

FRIDAY THE 13TH’S FOLLOW-THROUGH FAILURE FORECAST

S&P downgrades nine eurozone countries

BONUS SECTION:

THIS WEEK’S BEIGE BOOK WITH COMMENTARY BY PHIL

January 8, 2012: Rocks and Hard Places

2012 TEA LEAVES COME IN BLACK, RED AND GREEN

Markets closed for New Year’s

TEMPTING TUESDAY - STARTING THE NEW YEAR OFF WITH A BANG

Tensions in Persian Gulf rise

WILD WEDNESDAY - NOTHING COULD BE DRIER THAN A JOLLY CAUCUS RACE

Markets churn, end flat

THURSDAY FOOLISHNESS - MORE OF THE SAME WITH ONE TRADE

Rumors of a massive mortgage bailout boost markets before being repudiated

FRIDAY ALREADY? SURVIVING THE FIRST WEEK OF 2012

Non-Farm Payrolls up

BONUS SECTION:

THIS WEEK’S FOMC MINUTES WITH COMMENTARY BY PHIL

January 1, 2012: Sound and Fury

MONDAY MARKETS ANONYMOUS

Markets closed in observance of the Christmas holiday

TWISTED TUESDAY - TREASURIES ARE NOT AN OPTION

Record deposits at the ECB as banks hoard cash

WILL WE HOLD IT WEDNESDAY - NASDAQ 2,603 EDITION

Euro plummets, Dollar soars, equites drop. Our members profit from oil futures trades

THURSDAY THOUGHTS - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Chicago PMI boosts investor spirits and equities

FINAL FRIDAY - ENTERING THE MAYAN’S FINAL YEAR

Year ends with Dow up, S&P flat, Nasdaq down