Great visual by CNBC but checkout the 2nd video as well as this topic is REALLY heating up. Definitely a lot of "passion" out there on the subject of high frequency trading and the supposed level playing field. What do you think? Please share
Great visual by CNBC but checkout the 2nd video as well as this topic is REALLY heating up. Definitely a lot of "passion" out there on the subject of high frequency trading and the supposed level playing field. What do you think? Please share
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Market strength in safe havens as utilities hit a new high. Financials and oil/gas holding up but concerns will now be if tech and small cap (continued) selling will spill over into the other indexes (a la 2000). With fewer and fewer leaders, selling begets selling. (click image to enlarge)
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Merely a thought but could the IPO of gamer $KING have been the top for the much heralded Nasdaq? After $FB $TWTR $ZNGA and now $KING, maybe the market held out just long enough for the $KING IPO before ringing the register. Maybe the market has decided enough is enough when Farm Heroes pulls a $20/share price and a $6 billion market cap. Just sayin'. It's not a "thing". They don't produce a product. It's.......a.......website.
Many in the twittersphere have already commented that this strangely feels like the 2000 top and when growth names like $AMZN and $NFLX can't get any loving, maybe they're right. Maybe the $KING IPO was the top. If so, they'll be doomed to the OTC graveyard faster than Jimmy Johns can deliver your lunchtime fare.
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This comparison chart from Quartz speaks volumes. We knew brick and mortar was dying a slow death but man...........
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Certainly HFT (high frequency trading) takes advantage of minute price discrepancies and can fire off trades faster than your head can spin but is it "rigged"? Is it illegal? Clearly big funds have an advantage over Joe the Plumber trying to trade his own portfolio. They, after all, can afford all the bells and whistles, the fancy (more expensive) indicators, gain insider insight and if nothing else, insider information however can you say that's illegal or "rigged"? Maybe it's more their presence causes concerns over stock market integrity with flash crashes occurring (it seems) on a continual basis now.
We here at StockBuz strive to trade our ports, whether dollar cost averaging or full trades and do a darn good job at it so collaboration works. Whether members feel "rigged" is the proper term to use is anyone's guess but right or wrong..............it certainly sells books.
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Sometimes it pays to simply remove the distraction of moving averages and let the chart movement speak for itself. What say you StockBuz? Are those head-and-shoulders bottoms or no? Long gold and silver (and miners) with a stop below last weeks low (to your tolerance). Partial on a breakout, move up stops to b/e, final target equal to distance of head to breakout zone. Call it flight to safe havens, call it massive short covering/profit taking, . Who cares. The risk/reward is irresistible.
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For all the political yammering about raising the Federal minimum wage, it would seem that almost 1/2 of the country is already above the Federal level with Connecticut being the first to jump to $10.10 per hour just yesterday.
For all the fear mongering that raising the minimum wage would lead to job loss, the results don't match the scary bedtime story being spread. To be honest, who really over staffs anyway (unless it's the holidays)? In my opinion, businesses hire what employees they need to service their customer flow and keep down their bottom line but don't take my word for it.
Examine San Jose, who raised their minimum wage to $10 an hour a year ago. The results after one year have not been massive job loss and small business failure. Rather San Jose has enjoyed a jump in small business creation, job growth and a drop in their unemployment rate. With more money in the citizens pockets, it definitely seems to be translating into money flowing into local businesses and t
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For better or for worse, it doesn't appear that the Affordable Care Act "Obamacare" is going anywhere but will have to be "fixed" with Amendments down the road. In the meantime, how are the STATES actually doing in terms of enrollment? You might be surprised.
Note: If this video does not display, blame Bloomberg for their (once again) broken code and view the video HERE
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Many eyes are watching the VIX as it has not decayed recently and made another new low. This holding pattern could be due to concerns over Russia possibly invading the Ukraine (who believes them when they say "nyet"), concerns over lackluster earnings, the dreaded "taper", fear of rising rates and a long-in-the-tooth bull run.
Looking back over recent history, the VIX did a similar basing in the Spring/Summer of 2013 when each month, there seemed to be a "fear" the Fed would announce removing their foot from the QE gas pedal during their FOMC meeting. 18 Italian banks being downgraded just poured more fuel on that short term fire spiking it even higher. Of course, the market recovered but there seems to be much more going on behind the curtain at this point.
To quote Marvin Zonis from last weeks CBOE Risk Management Conference, "“We are in the age of major, major political risk.” Not only is taper on people's minds, but larger geo-political concerns are out there as well such as
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If you were a Branch Manager as I was and your Branch continuously lost money, you'd be talked to and given stiff warning. Eventually demotion was in order, if not completely being fired.
If you run a department and it's wasting thousands, tens of thousands, would you keep your job?
If you're a General, do you ever lose your stars? Are they ever slapped down to a Sergeant Major or Lieutenant for looking the other way as BILLIONS fly by?
What if there are Millions, no, Billions being wasted every year? Is no one held accountable? Does no one have the power to say "that's enough - no more"? The bookkeepers must be a total joke. We have the time and manpower to investigate Benghazi and by all means, let's introduce a Bill that would prevent a custodial parent from dating or having sex without a Court order until a divorce is final (honest to God) yet no Congressional hearing on the enormous waste in Military spending. No one slapped. No one demoted. No one fired. Everyone loo
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