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  • Chartly Review: A Look Under the Hood of this Week’s Markets

    The $SPY managed to rally 2% for the week but a look under the hood suggests a multitude of currents. A host of end of week Chartly charts uncover many of the market’s nascent themes and opportunites. Click through to find the original posting and larger view. @WScottOneil is on Chartly and evidently he has…

  • Bullish Cocktails Into The Weekend

    The pure ethanol chart is looking textbook bullish with breakout consolidation after breakout consolidation… Pav Aujla (@Pavman on StockTwits) shared the chart on his blog and I think most technicians will agree – the weekend is the perfect time to get long.    

  • Quick Gold Update: Potential Bear Flag

    My best guess is that $GLD is bear flagging here after the double top from September 6 and cascade lower. This is not fully formed and so I am intimating the resistance line and not trading off of it.  I would eventually like to get long again lower and have already monkeyed around a…

  • Bill Fleckenstein on the Banks

    A buddy of mine sent me this recent quote from Bill Fleckenstein’s daily column. For those of you who don’t know, Bill has been one of the very smartest bears on record since before Ursa Major was a constellation. (His excellent and modestly priced commentary can be found here.) It is notable that he is…

  • Combined Yahoo and Microsoft Uniques Would Be Gargantuan

    According to comScore, $YHOO and $MSFT are the 2nd and 3rd largest web properties in the US respectively by unique visitor and not far behind Google. While there would be considerable overlap on this metric, still the combined properties, if the latest rumors had merit, would be massive. Here’s the Top Ten US Properties…

  • Yahoo Update: Human Chess Match

    Its been almost a month since my last update on Yahoo! and much has transpired in the interim. The company is in play and Jack Ma explicitly expressed interest while visiting Standford. Here’s a few takes amid the swirl of rumors and speculation… Price (The White King) – The price action in the broader market…

  • Scenes from the Deck of the Titanic

    At the end of the day, no one knows where the market is going before it gets there. When we get to extremes, odds always favor reversion and so there are a ton of guys who have been hawking that trade before today and this morning. The thing about trading the snap back though…

  • Dark Songs For A Stock Market Crash via @Dinosaurtrader

    The incomparable @Dinosaurtrader handcrafted this mix on 8tracks. Its certain to become the definitive 2011 crash soundtrack if the market does indeed leap from the bridge. And if the market manages to find its legs and composes itself here, well, you still get the killr mix.  

  • America Needs a Fat President

    Chris Christie is Jabba the Hut fat. Blodget argues that he may be too fat to be president and Henry’s smart but sometimes he just posts stuff to stir the pot. If we’re going to find the lost soul of America it’s not going to be a slim guy (or woman) brimming with good…

  • Chartly Review: Resolution Approaches and the Fib Pwns

    Friday marked an end of week and quarter and the action was very negative. Below are a few key charts I plucked from the Chartly stream for your insight and pleasure. @hertcapital snapped this shot of China 5yr CDS chart which prices insurance of defaulting credit. Anyone who recalls the US credit crisis of…