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 […]

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 credit front …
BUT … […]

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 days, when […]

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 numbers in 13 years
- an Oracle “miss” after […]

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 hope …
Maybe a currency […]