Island reversals are powerful patterns.

A simultaneous rip higher in cyclicals, high betas, small caps and financials doesn’t suck.

How simple do you have to be to change around your investments based on a single month’s unemployment stats? Very simple. Some would say basic, even. Think back to the May payrolls “disappointment” we saw reported in the first week of June… Nonfarm payrolls were up by a mere 38,000 in May. Bloomberg and Dow Jones were…

An asset that drops 40% from peak to trough and then rises by 3o% should not be looked at as a “stabilizer”

The drama over whether or not the economy (just kidding, the stock market) is strong enough for the Federal Reserve to pull off its second rate hike in ten years is going to heat up into September. That’s the month strategists and traders believe is the best opportunity the Fed has to do something far…

But the Paradox of Quant is going to come into play eventually.

So I have a confession to make…

Exxon Mobil was pushed into the number six spot as Facebook overtook it

Today, a major Wall Street investment bank released a report in which they downgrade the outlook for US stocks for the next 3 months.