- Captain's Blog, Stardate: 11/30/07
MARKETS: Deep Blue says: "The subprime problem we were told would not spread to other markets. It would be 'contained'. And it has, according to Jim Grant. Contained on planet Earth." (Ha Ha!) This is a Jim Grant kind of time now, right?....And indeed the subprime melt really has spread everywhere: more
Source: Market, personal finance, media, and technology expert commentary - CNNMoney.com
- German voters peek through the looking glass
The Hesse state election is a bellwether for the chancellor and possibly for the future of German party politics, writes Constanze Stelzenmüller more
Source: FT.com - Comment and analysis
- SocGen news hits late Asian trading
Hong Kong and Mumbai stocks took a tumble late in trading after news that French bank Societe Generale will have to raise €5.5bn because of trading fraud more
Source: FT.com - Asia Pacific Equities Market Data
- A new bolivar for Venezuela
Venezuela's new currency will not cut inflation
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Source: The Kirk Report
- Links for 2008-01-23 [del.icio.us]
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Source: Maoxian
- 1/24/08 Watchlist and Societe Generale’s Rogue Trader
Duru just wrote an article about Black Swans and it’s very timely given the news about this rogue trader at Societe Generale. That trader was hiding losing futures trades that caused the bank to take a $7 billion loss. My first thought upon hearing that was “don’t they have a bac more
Source: Trader Mike
- Thursday Market Digest (plus the Von Neumann indicator)
After a day of consolidation in the broad stock indices, MSFT is slated to release earnings after the close along with Amgen.
Taking a look at the daily chart of the S&P 500 index, what we have so far is an untested spike bottom on this time frame. I imagine bullish traders will be [...] more
Source: Teresa Lo | InVivoAnalytics.com
- Why Lose Millions When We Can Lose Billions?
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Source: Daily Options Report
- A 'short' look at Proshares ETFs
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Source: BlogginWallStreet
- Commodities Soar as Stocks Idle
Stocks posted modest gains and commodities rallied across the board as investors continued to bet on a supply of cheaper dollars from the Federal Reserve. Futures on everything from gold to corn to lumber to oil climbed.
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Source: WSJ.com: Markets
- 5 Beaten Down Stocks I'm Considering Buying Here
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