admin on 12 21, 2010 | No Comments
POMO from the NY Fed website: Permanent OMOs: Treasury "The purchase or sale of Treasury securities on an outright basis adds or drains reserves available in the banking system. Such tra
Read Moreadmin on 11 16, 2010 | No Comments
For those of you who follow the news then you know how bad the underlying fundamentals have been. Just recently though we have seen some significant news comes out of Europe that could act as a dr
Read Moreadmin on 08 8, 2010 | 6 Comments
Extend and Pretend – August Surprise – QE 2 – Quantitative Easing – Who comes up with this stuff? Are we on the eve of the next round of manipulation aka “Extend and
Read Moreadmin on 08 8, 2010 | No Comments
Week Ahead I think everyone understands not to fight a bullish trend, but at some point the manipulation has to stop. Quite frankly, I have thrown my hands in the air to try to see what is movi
Read Moreadmin on 07 26, 2010 | No Comments
Momentum is your friend. If you can gauge the momentum you can trade/invest. Momentum is calculated by the mass * velocity. So for the stock market we can gauge use volume to replace mass and
Read Moreadmin on 07 6, 2010 | No Comments
I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. I find that I do more running around then I would like, but it is nice to see friends and family. I spent most of my day yesterday doing "chores
Read Moreadmin on 07 1, 2010 | No Comments
I guess the main question is: Did you hedge? I can only help those who want to help themselves.  I am glad I can help those people who want help. I also wanted to thank everyone for the
Read Moreadmin on 06 29, 2010 | No Comments
Well first I have to apologize for taking a much needed break after being sick. My wife and I celebrated our 12th anniversary on Sunday. There is a ton of things that have happened in the past
Read Moreadmin on 06 1, 2010 | No Comments
Week Ahead I hope everyone had a relaxing Memorial Day. Thank you to all of the veterans and their families for all of their sacrifices. Even though our markets were closed here, the res
Read Moreadmin on 05 24, 2010 | No Comments
Banks, Euro, Gold, Oil, and China The FDIC closed down Pinehurst Bank, Saint Paul, MN last week bringing the total this year to 73. Our government and Federal Reserve have given the banking s
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