Monthly Archives: November 2010

China (and Asia generally) down today … again. Europe, dreadful bond markets … PIGS related, of course. But, the US holding up well … check out the TED spread, its not doing much. Now, the TED spread is not the … Continue reading →

Real quickie. Just as the economic figures out of the US start to look promising, Europe once again looks completely ****ed (insert your choice of four-letter word). Korea a wildcard … does not look good.

Just added a new page: Links/blogs/sources https://financialmarketstrading.wordpress.com/linksblogssources/ It is a page listing some of the blogs and sources I read each day (d’uh…). It is incomplete, but I will be adding more as I go.

Thursday 18NOV2010 1246GMT OK, so I had my giggle at the hyper-inflation headless chooks. Time to get serious (unfortunately a bit late). Read this article: THE DISINFLATION TREND ROLLS ON at The Capital Spectator (outstandingly good blog). http://www.capitalspectator.com/archives/2010/11/the_disinflatio.html … So, … Continue reading →

Thusday 18NOV2010 2325GMT Well, I have posted up a Deflation … LOL article. Now it is time for an Inflation … LOL article. All these chooks-with-their-heads-cut-off squawking about U.S. DEFLATION! or INFLATION! (actually HYPER-INFLATION!!!!). Chill-the-f-out dudes, try to take a … Continue reading →

17NOV2010 1341GMT Article on the Business Insider website about Warren Buffett’s op-ed in the NYT: Warren Buffett Gives Uncle Sam A HUGE Wet Kiss In Pro-Bailout Op-Ed In NYT http://www.businessinsider.com/buffett-the-us-bailouts-have-been-a-smashing-success-2010-11?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29 Warren Buffett has come out defending the U.S. bailouts of … Continue reading →

17NOV2010 0348GMT Are you too stupid to trade? Sounds like I am being facetious, I’m not. And I’m not only directing the question at you, also at me. Am I too stupid to trade? They say 90-odd percent of traders … Continue reading →

Wednesday 17NOV2010 0257GMT Not too much time on my hands today, but itching to post up something. I haven’t got anything in mind, just wanting to make some noise. Having a look back at some of my most recent posts: … Continue reading →

Thursday 11NOV2010 0104GMT This might be a bit of a stream-of-consciousness sort of day, may well be a few posts (or maybe just this one). The US trade balance fell, most interesting to me was the decline in imports by … Continue reading →

Tuesday 09NOV2010 1249GMT Still nearly 2 hours before the cash open. The ES has come back strongly from the 1215-ish lows in the overnight, up around 1223.50 now, BUT there are offers around. That is, this rally from 1215 is … Continue reading →