Happy New Year
December 31, 2015We wish all of our readers a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year. Tomorrow, we will post the year-end review looking ahead at the New Year – 2016.
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Market Talk December 31, 2015
December 31, 2015It was very dull day to finish 2015 but not really surprising given the performance we have seen for the year. Shanghai has finished the year up 9.4% but it was the smaller Shenzhen Composite with a YTD gain of … →
Iraq Threatens War with Turkey
December 31, 2015Iraq warns that it will take military action against Turkey if they do not withdraw their troops from their territory. This would get complicated since Turkey is a member of NATO. So who is on whose side? Is Turkey just abusing … →
NYSE & NASDAQ Stop Loos & GTC Orders
December 31, 2015NASDAQ and NYSE are acting really insane cancelling stop loss orders and GTC (good until cancelled). These type of orders it appears will be discretionary with some brokers, but the exchanges will not accept them. The problem becomes the … →
As we Begin 2016 – Euro Banking Crisis Still In Motion
December 31, 2015The banks of Hungary and Portugal are in trouble. Larger buffers are needed and the economy has not yet moved into a full crisis mode. That is yet to come.
Closings Today will be the Year-End Signals
December 31, 2015The Holiday Schedule is below. The closing for our models will be TODAY and for the most part this will be a full normal day. We are hovering around our year-end numbers in many markets from gold and the … →
Maximum Gift One Can Give Anyone in Business is $25
December 31, 2015The hunt for money is absolutely destroying everything. The IRS has placed a maximum on the depreciation of assets. Any high-end cars over $40,000 must be paid for with after tax dollars. This will have some impact on the high-end … →
NYSE & NASDAQ Ending Limit Risk Orders — You Are On Your Own
December 31, 2015The New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ are terminating stop-loss and good-til-canceled orders beginning Feb. 26, 2016. They are claiming risks occur from such orders during volatile trading. They are really admitting that there is a liquidity crisis. Additionally, going … →
Department of Justice
December 31, 2015The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it’s suspending a hugely controversial program that allows local police departments to keep a large portion of assets seized from citizens under federal law and funnel it into their own coffers. This program has been … →
Market Talk — December 30, 2015
December 30, 2015Asia finished a mixed session with gains in Shanghai (+0.25%) and Japan (+0.27%), countered with a small decline in the HSI (-0.53%). For Japan, today was the last trading day for 2015 and returned a yearly gain of just over … →
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