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Happy New Year

  We 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 —...

Market Talk – December 31, 2015

It was a 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...

Iraq Threatens War with Turkey

Iraq 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...

NYSE & NASDAQ: Stop Loss & GTC Orders

  NASDAQ and NYSE are acting really insane and cancelling stop loss orders and GTC (good until cancelled). It appears that these types of orders will be...

As we Begin 2016, Europe’s Banking Crisis Is Still In Motion

The 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...

Closings Today will be the Year-End Signals

  Below is the holiday schedule for the markets. The closing for our models will be TODAY, and for the most part, this will be a full normal day. We are...

Maximum Gift One Can Give Anyone in Business is $25

The 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...

NYSE & NASDAQ Ending Limit Risk Orders — You Are On Your Own

The 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...

Department of Justice

The 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...

Market Talk — December 30, 2015

Asia 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...