September 2014

Masters In Business: Barry Ritholtz Interviews Jeff Saut

Barry sat down with Jeff Saut for this weekend’s newest edition of Masters In Business on Bloomberg Radio. The chief strategist for Raymond James has been involved with the markets and writing commentary for four decades. He weighs in on the current bull market (which he believes is secular) and discusses his process in the…

Yeah I said it…

You guys liked this one, apparently: How determined is the Fed to keep asset prices elevated? They’re literally arresting bears on Wall Street. pic.twitter.com/eYpZM0enno — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) September 23, 2014   See you in the am.

Investors as Insects

How many brilliant investing insights can we glean from watching the behavior of ants, bees and other “social” instincts? How many similarities can be seen between a hive of bee activity and a huddle of investors? A column of ants marching forth and a mob of traders pursuing a trend? Wall Street Journal: Social insects excel…

Chart o’ the Day: The Dollar’s Impact on the S&P 500

Here’s a really key insight from my friend Ari Wald, technical analyst at Oppenheimer Asset Management… You’re hearing a lot about divergences right now because the internals on the S&P 500, here at all-time highs again, are blatantly bad. The same is going on market-wide. Only 65 percent of the S&P 1500’s stocks are above…

So I made some lists

Very thankful and proud to be named to a few great lists of people in the industry to follow. If you’re looking for ideas for people to add to your stream, try these… The master list – 102 pretty smart, influential folks who share their market, economic insights on Twitter: The 102 Finance People You…

Scrapbook: NYSE on Alibaba Day (September 19th 2014)

I had a great time being a part of history on Friday as the world’s second largest IPO of all time and the US’s largest, Alibaba, made its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. These are the days you don’t forget. I snapped a few interesting pics before doing the Halftime Show…

Gatorade’s Farewell Derek Jeter Commercial

4.7 million views and counting in the two days since Gatorade released their farewell to Derek Jeter commercial online. I’m a sucker for Frank Sinatra playing over black-and-white visuals of my city. Permit me this indulgence 🙂  

The week when everything (and nothing) happened

In case you’re keeping score, last week was supposed to have been the most momentous week ever for the global equity and bond markets. All kinds of huge stuff was happening – the largest IPO in US history was supposed to slam the markets as it sucked up capital, the iPhone 6 and its giant…