I love the headline news yesterday of Silvio Berlusconi getting back into the game. That guy is like the Energizer Bunny of Italian politics. The Italian bond market did not like it too much with yields spiking up about 40 basis points yesterday. The...
It is hard to believe the relative strength is coming from the Euro these days. The creaky new currency is having a bit of a run after several positive steps the Euro Zone ministers have taken to build stability. The Greeks will be refinanced and will...
Market volatility is mostly as an emotional gauge. As the fear spreads we see investors/traders reaching for protection - buying puts and selling stocks, willing to come back another day when it is safe. When the fear subsides and it's safer to 'dip your...
It's hard to avoid hearing or reading the term "Fiscal Cliff" in the days and weeks following the election. I've been hearing it so often I feel like I know him. Chicago is a town that is full of many colorful characters, with nicknames to match. Big...
This week the broader market is a bit stuck in the mud. Overall the economic news is a bit better and the Europeans are continuing their glacial progress trying to slim down the welfare states of various members. Speaking of welfare states, we have one...
The Monday rally on low volume was a bit of a surprise. No real news except the President and Congressional leaders had a good discussion last week. It was "positive." I am glad there is no sense of urgency on this spending/taxing issue. If you run the...
Last time I wrote about Delta, which is probably the best known of the Greeks. Wikipedia has a pretty good definition of these: "The Greeks measure the sensitivity to change of the option price under a slight change of a single parameter while holding...
The market is definitely looking a little better after the opening this morning. There was the inevitable selling off after the Euro Zone finance ministers could not decide how much money to give Greece. After setting up a few more hoops to jump through,...
The coal sector has significantly lagged the market for well over a year, and could be ready to play catch up.Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) is a stock that has been undergoing institutional accumulation for the past 4 months, and is threatening to break...
I voted this morning. There is something cathartic knowing you did your duty and now the Jury Summons is on the way. There it is, it is done. Election or no, I am keeping to my normal routine of not looking at TV news during the trading day. Is there...
For Phase I of Markets re-design, we are introducing simple OHLC bar charts with a volume histogram.
To adjust the period and scale of the chart, use the "slider" bar which appears underneath the Volume histogram frame. If the slider frame is not appearing, you may need to adjust the 'Zoom' view of your internet browser or adjust your screen resolution to a lower resolution.
By dragging the start and end arrows of the slider bar to the left and right, you can easily adjust the date range.
Features planned for Phase II will include a selection of chart types and a technical indicator library with the ability to define a custom date range for the chart data.