The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre broke his silence today a week after the Sandy Hook massacre of 6 adults and 20 kids and he decided to say all kinds of things. Now of course, he is completely unbiased, LOL. But seriously, we already know that he would never admit that availability to guns is ever the…

I told you that this was a nightmare year for tactical managers in terms of keeping pace with their benchmarks – but for hedge funds it was worse. The vast majority of hedge funds are long/short but in recent years there’s been a fracturing. Recently many long/short funds have aspired to more of a global…

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Dow futures plunged by as much as 260 points in the last hour before settling down to a 180 point drop from the close at 4pm. This happened on word that, like high school seniors on prom night, the House GOP was opting to approach the Cliff with the time-honored “Pull and Pray” method rather…

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Stephen J. Guilfoyle “Sarge”, is the U.S. Economist at Meridian Equity Partners since 2007. Stephen joined Meridian after a long career at Credit Suisse. Stephen has worked on the trading floor of the NYSE continuously since July 1987 and actively serves as a Sergeant in the National Guard. *** Good Morning, Finally, a good old…

Another year in the books and I’ve updated my Investing Fads and Themes by Year guide accordingly.  It begins with 1996 because that was my first summer working on The Street and my earliest exposure to the market. So what was 2012 about? Well, there four major themes this year for investors. First and foremost,…