Situation: U.S. Markets: Markets sold off big time after the FED decision to cut rates each by 25bps … Nasdaq best performer with 2,4% loss, the Russell lost 3,7% … So, America followed the Dax, rebreaking the downtrends. But … reading the statement and trying to make sense of it … isn’t it positive, that [...]

Situation: U.S. Markets: Firmed a bit on interest rate cut hopes … seemingly everybody already is sure about the outcome. Today morning prices higher on Texas Instruments raised outlook for Q4 , the possibility of Motorola being a take over target soon and lack of fresh bad news form the financial sector. Asian Markets: Higher [...]

Situation: U.S. Markets: Waiting for FED decision … down a bit this morning on UBS write off (10 bln $) and capital increase (total of 19bln chf) which highlightes struggling financial sector … BUT … a lot of money seems to be available for the big banks who take action on their problems. Asian Markets: [...]

All eyes on the FED … but don’t we know already, what they will do? 25bps for the FED funds and maybe even more for the discount rate … the discount rate cut can be bigger as they want to have it USED … fighting against the rising interbank rates. The outlook of the FED [...]

Market keeps gyrating, violating every single rule … waiting for direction … adding to that … rumours … FED to cut discount rate BEFORE meeting … news flashing up … then 10 secs later denied … China widens Yuan band … this means 5 mins bursts, which then are reversed … breaks, rebreaks, rerebreaks … [...]

Situation: U.S. Markets: Finished in the red … could have completed an ABC-Type correction … which could spark buying today. Fed seems to be trapped to deliver on a rate cut … 50bps seems a real possibility … even a bigger cut for the discount rate seems possible … OMG … Merill announced that they [...]

Situation: U.S. Markets: Finished Friday mixed, Techs down on Goldman downgrade … despite last weeks rally, November still was the worst month in 4 years … showing losses of more than 4% , Nasdaq even close to 7%. Asian Markets: Mixed, China railway dissappoints as it jumps only 56% above IPO price … funny people [...]

They lit the candles in New York … and not only the X-mas tree at Rockefeller Center is sparkling … Markets providing the fireworks … Situation: U.S. Markets: Squeezed higher on weak economic outlook, falling oil and FED hints, interest rate cuts near … Markets now see a 94% chance of Fed cut in December [...]