The market is on its fifth straight day of gains following the jobs report. The S&P seems to be transitioning into more of grinding and trending market vs the chop we had the last two months. With the central bank puts alive...
Read MoreThe indices ended the day flat after a down open. Strong markets often stay sticky to the upside even as conditions begin to deteriorate. The buyers who missed out tend to provide support and prevent a roll over straight down....
Read MoreMosaic has a whole new look and feel (it’s been a long time coming) so I thought I’d take a little breather and explore some possibilities for predicting volatility thresholds as part of the evolving PDQ module. In...
Read MoreWould you be surprised to learn that last Friday equities recorded their fourth consecutive week of gains? In spite of the relatively steep retraces and recovery’s — it’s true! Indeed, the S&P 500 (SPY)...
Read MoreWhat a difference a day makes. After some reassessment of ECB head Mario Draghi’s comment yesterday, the futures was way up and further boosted by a strong jobs number. Today’s rally pushed the short term trend up...
Read MoreNo concrete plans from the ECB reversed a strong premarket run up. As with Bernanke, they are standing by ready to act and are working out the details of a plan in the next few weeks. With the comforting rhetoric, the market...
Read MoreThe Federal Open Market Committee held interest rate unchanged and did very little to hint at new QE on the horizon except to change the language “to closely monitor incoming information. ” Will all bad data get...
Read MoreBlue-lined markup comparison of the August versus June Federal Open Market Committee/ FOMC statements below: Economic Activity Has Slowed Inflation Has Decelerated Will Provide Stimulus as Needed, According to Data Single...
Read MoreOne of the building blocks of a successful investment portfolio is obviously selection of components that are each robust on their own. When pursuing a market neutral strategy like Mosaic that cannot be accomplished by combined...
Read MoreIt’s one of those days with bonds falling in concert with equities. The VIX is up moderately but days like this can be head scratchers. TLT and other bond ETFs are due to go ex-div on Aug 2 but you must be a holder of...
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