Showing posts with label bear market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bear market. Show all posts
Monday, June 17, 2019

The Haiku of Finance for 06/17/19

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Spot a big downturn Stock tickers crash to new lows See investors flee
Monday, January 18, 2016

Oil Slump Leads To Shale 2.0, The Great Crew Change, And COP21

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The oil sector's bear attack shows no signs of abating. OPEC's Saudi-led push for huge overproduction is driving the US shale secto...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

The Haiku of Finance for 01/16/16

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Howling bear market Investors face hard headwinds Winter should be cold

Winter Bear Markets Start Off 2016

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Investors are watching wealth evaporate in the first month of 2016. Major market indexes are down and the CBOE's volatility measure is ...
Friday, August 21, 2015

The Haiku of Finance for 08/21/15

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Big stock plunge this week China bears spook everyone Call it correction
Saturday, October 18, 2014

The Haiku of Finance for 10/18/14

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October stock plunge Precursor to major bear Hinting at more drops
Monday, June 24, 2013

Alpha-D Update for 06/24/13

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I haven't made any changes to my portfolio in the past few months, until today.  I sold covered calls over FXF because I believe the Sw...
Friday, October 19, 2012

The Haiku of Finance for 10/19/12

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Stock market weakness Sharp earnings-driven selloff Big disappointment
Thursday, June 07, 2012

The Haiku of Finance for 06/07/12

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Ben calls off QE Comments downplay stimulus Needs bigger bear run
Thursday, May 31, 2012

The Haiku of Finance for 05/31/12

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Stocks close end of month Unimpressive performance More of that to come
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Haiku of Finance for 05/29/12

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Facebook sinks again Insiders want to cash out Lockups cause them pain
Sunday, December 25, 2011

The Limerick of Finance for 12/25/11

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A Santa Claus rally this year Would make many bears shed a tear With shorts they must cover If stocks more than hover A short squeeze ...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Operation Twist's Perverse Effects Confirmed

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We did not need to wait long at all to see the Fed's desired end state become reality.  The stock market sank again today, while bonds ...
Thursday, July 01, 2010

Bears Winning in Q2 and Q3 2010

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No, silly, not the Chicago Bears of the NFL .  I'm talking about the market's bears: U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as manufactur...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

Dow Down, Jobless Claims Up

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I'm pressed for time right now so don't expect my usual supreme brilliance.  You'll have to settle for brilliance that's mer...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Newspaper Biz Continues to Spiral Down

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In good news for bloggers like yours truly, the reading public continues to abandon newspapers: Circulation continues to drop severely at ...
Monday, February 08, 2010

Peak Market (Finally)

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Perhaps Mr. Market has finally come to his senses and realized the recovery isn't happening. I tried to tell him last year that he was ...
Monday, October 05, 2009

ISM's Service Sector Isn't So Rosy

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You think today's ISM report heralding an increase in non-manufacturing activity is a bullish sign? Only if you don't read what rea...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Crime Doesn't Pay . . . For Some People

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Note to fraudsters: You can't always get away with ripping off your clients : After months of secretly working with the FBI, Bernard Mad...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Finally, Some Market Sanity and Common Sense

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Stocks started today trading down. For once in his life, Mr. Market shows signs of rationality : U.S. stocks fell and the Standard & Po...