Stocks fell Monday, retreating after last week's big rally, as investors digested President-elect Barack Obama's stimulus plan, monthly auto sales and surging oil prices. more

Nasdaq launched its clearinghouse for interest-rate-swap futures, aiming to sell equity stakes in the new market. more

I’m shutting things down for the year. Look for posting to return to normal around the middle of January, just in time for earnings (& losses!) season. Post from: Trader Mike On Hiatus more

Asian markets were mostly higher Tuesday, with Japanese stocks struggling to hold on to early gains spurred by recent weakness in the yen, while Hong Kong shares retreated on telecom firms such as China Mobile after a strong recent rally. more

In the first two days following the cessation of Russian gas supplies to the Ukrainian market on January 1st, there were no reports of a fall in deliveries of Russian gas to European countries via Ukraine. Since January 3, however, a number have been affected: Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, R more

As the bear market becomes situation normal, successful investing has become more a matter of "my stocks are down less than your stocks." But should it be? The old adage is that any fool can make money in a bull market and we saw that writ large over the past couple of years. Making money in today's more

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Lots of significant reversals among the 125 ETFs I follow for the newsletter. Perhaps most importantly, the system is finally selling the 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEF) which it has been long since November 2007. Friends in Canada and Australia should know that the system is covering shorts in more

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Market barometers and the daily worksheet will be uploaded a little later than usual tonight. Daily observations will feature a look at Intel for everyone. more

I hope the holidays were good for you and your family. I was able to take off one week for travel to visit with Mom and extended family, but the rest of the time was spent at the trading desk... more

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Within the carnage of the 2008 IPO market, we have an announcement of a new IPO filing here at the end of the year that will surely generate some interest (maybe curiosity is a better word) as we head into 2009. FriendFinder Networks, formerly Penthouse Media Group (before Penthouse bought the Frien more

The yen weakened overnight and oil and commodity prices rose, boosting Asia Pacific shares which rose for the ninth day in a row – the longest series of consecutive daily gains since for the MSCI Asia Pacific index since August 2004 more

Well, it’s that time of year. Everyone is reflecting back on 2008 and making trading plans for 2009. This trading goal post from Jack from rmultiples got me thinking again about some good advice on goal setting I heard from my track coach in college. Instead of coming up with a single, succe more

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Ending the blockade in return for a ceasefire remains the best option for both humanitarian and strategic reasons. But the longer the bloodshed goes on, the more both sides in the conflict will be sucked into a logic of revenge and retaliation, writes Gideon Rachman more