361 Capital portfolio manager, Blaine Rollins, CFA, previously manager of the Janus Fund, writes a weekly update looking back on major moves, macro-trends and economic data points. The 361 Capital Weekly Research Briefing summarizes the latest market news along with some interesting facts and a touch of humor.
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Extreme Optimism Readings Across All Indicators
This study plots the “dumb money confidence,” the “smart money confidence” and the spread between the two.
SOPA's Not Dead, It's Merely Sleeping…
Chris Selland is a Boston-based technology industry analyst & startup executive. Currently, he is an Expert Advisor for Focus Research and blogs at terametric.com. I had a great time on yesterday’s Focus.com SOPA Roundtable and was honored to be asked to participate. While we took a bit of time to celebrate the fact that the…
Susan Orlean Laughed At Me
She’s sitting at the edge of her bed, fully clothed. I’m kneeling on the bed behind her, naked, brushing her hair.
Is Google Plus Worth $100 Billion?
Ari Kuchinsky writes about the stock market, technology and often the intersection of the two. In my last post, I wrote about how the combination of Google and Twitter is inevitable. The Google+ button sure would look much better if it was merged with the Tweet button. Right now the Google+ button looks sad. From…
A Value Breakout or a Growth Breakout?
What will the breakout look like – value or growth. It matters.
The Next Pullback?
“We don’t want to panic too much because we’re sure that someone will do something.”
Which Matters More, the Device or the Ecosystem?
The Nook is a superior device to Amazon’s Kindle…but!
The Twitter-Google Chess Match
“It seems that we have a chess match because Twitter knows it is worth a lot to Google and that Google can’t let Facebook or Microsoft buy it. “
How to Play the Gaps
So how should one trade these gaps? Well, it depends.