Markets

It is 730 am here in London. Happy almost July 4th. Half day trading today. Still don’t know why they do half days. How about just 2 days off? Friday’s cose was weird…a big rally and a big dump. We suspect the boys will try to get that drop back at the open today. We…

On radio yesterday, we said down 100 Tuesday, up 87 Wednesday, down 100 Thursday…for the Nasdaq…why not just go up 90 on Friday? That was sarcasm but you never know. Futures up decently after a yuck day Thursday. To take the positive side, the Nasdaq was down 150 yesterday and finished only 90…and by no…

“The sea was angry that day, my friends – like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.” George Costanza First off, please pay no attention to those who have been bearish since Noah and his ark! Whenever markets get hit, well…you know what they do. After being bullish on TECH/INTERNET/NASDAQ/NDX and…

Yesterday, NASDAQ/NDX/SOX hit 50 day moving average and bounced nicely with broader market having good day. We remain cautious on the areas that held the 50 day so far as they are trading a little wider and looser and have had a good run. To be watched. Gee…financials pass the stress test so financials will…

After dropping 168 NASDAQ  points in 2 days down almost to the penny to the 50 day average…good bounce today into the end of quarter, pre-holiday period. A few things to remember: BIOTECHS still in shape. They were hit yesterday but technically, still fine. Helping out today. The SOX is sitting around the 50 day….

We are always amazed when life-long government bureaucrats think they know better than business owners on how to run their businesses. There is a simple formula. Go too far in mandating higher costs to business owners without commensurate productivity gains and business owners will eventually figure out how to cover for the higher expenses. Well,…