Big March expiration over … was positive as many had to cover Bank bailout details out … greeted positively, what ever the reason … U.S. markets jumped up a total of more than 20% … anybody telling me, it is a bull market? Some banks and insurance companies doubled or even tripled from the low [...]

Earnings season in full swing … and despite in numbers seeing a whole bunch of dissappointments … The companies, which people were most nervous about, come in on the better end Seemingly some expectations were/are that low, that it was/is hard to beat them on the lower end. Financials and Techs leading … Here how [...]

And again the market plays the card of hope … After Q1 is booked … and with it some losses … Everybody is bullish and confident again (unbelievable!) Still there is NO VISIBILITY at all, how long and deep the recession might be … NO CHANGES so far in the housing market or at the [...]

Want to see, what happens, if you put stupid stop orders in a computer driven market on light volume days as we have them now??? As most traders already squared their books for Q1 or … in Asia … already are done with their whole business year … A saying goes … these are the [...]

Only 3 days left to trade in Q1 … What do we see? Volume dries out … volatility comes down … Bad news keeps coming in … Today … – a “profit warning” from Deutsche Bank – an Oppenheimer downgrade for financials – an Citibank settlement on Enron (expensive) – the worst new home sales [...]

Ben Bernanke prescribed medicine … but starts end of month only. Whatever these funny puppets do … TOO LATE and NOT ENOUGH!!! DOOMED TO FAIL … A pop at the open and selling off again … all the bounces create opportunities … TO SELL As long as there is NO STRUCTURAL CHANGE, there is no [...]