Joshua M Brown

Firebreak

Maybe a bit of distance and time from the fire of the last few weeks will cool the Chinese trading populace off

Three Kickass Entrepreneurship Lessons from J.D. Power

The founder of market research firm J.D. Power and Associates, James David Power III, told the story of how he got started in this month’s issue of Fortune magazine. Since co-founding my wealth management firm less than two years ago and becoming a CEO for the first time in my life, I’ve been drawn to these…

We’re below the S&P 500’s 200-day moving average.

The S&P 500 has taken out its 200-day moving average to the downside on an intra-day basis as of this writing. The index finished out last month just above this key level of supply/demand by pennies, but we’ve been flirting with it all year as stocks have gone nowhere and the trendlines have flattened. As…

Chart o’ the Day: Why the Market Feels Worse Than It Is

My pal Ari Wald (Oppenheimer Asset Management) has an interesting take on the “feel” of the market versus the objective reality. While Wald maintains an overall bullish bent, he notes that identifying winners and losers has been more important this year given the trendless nature of the S&P 500. High dispersion and flat indices make…

Did Greece just kill itself or save itself?

All told, I think Greece did a nice job scheduling its existential crisis with China’s stock market collapse. It’s like macro sweeps week. — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) July 5, 2015 I guess we’ll find out in a few years what today’s “No” vote will actually mean. Anyone forming a strong opinion now about whether…