Hedge Funds and Market Professionals underperform

This chart and the link below gives you just how hard this market has been for the industry's most talented managers.  With the S&P 500 up 16% year to dates few managers have earned their keep…


The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index Closed Up 0.47% in September

The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index Closed Up 0.47% in September   New York, October 3, 2012 - The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed up 0.47% in September as…


Top 1% Got 93% of Income Growth as Rich-Poor Gap Widened - Bloomberg

The earnings gap between rich and poor Americans was the widest in more than four decades in 2011, Census data show, surpassing income inequality previously reported in Uganda and Kazakhstan. The…


Delta ups guidance. Does the CFO know something?

Everyone knows the airline business can be enormously profitable when it's not bankrupting the company.  Airline stocks are challenging for investors but traders can do well.  Note the CFO of DAL…


WSJ/NBC Poll: Majority Favors One-Party Control - Washington Wire - WSJ

Everyone is anticipating and October surprise.  This could be it.  Markets have discounted an Obama win but not an end to gridlock. By Danny YadronGetty A majority of voters want one party to control…


Gold looks ripe for a short term pull back

We are putting on  a sizable short term bearish bet on Gold thru short futures and GLD. Note the bearish divergence on the RSI


Bill Gross: The US Is A Debt Meth Addict - Unless The Fiscal Gap Is Closed Soon "The Damage Will Be Beyond Repair" | ZeroHedge

Bill Gross: The US Is A Debt Meth Addict - Unless The Fiscal Gap Is Closed Soon "The Damage Will Be Beyond Repair"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/02/2012 07:37 -0400Apple Bill Gross Bond Brazil China…


This is still a trader's market-it's just harder

    We sold  one our largest positions in the portfolio, MCD, two days ago.  This morning the stock is under pressure from a downgrade." I have to admire how efficient the market is. I say…


Another reason to like Verizon and AT&T

With their high dividend yields and domestic exposure, both of these companies offer unusually safe and heady returns. We own both are wary of price pullbacks.   Cellphones Eating the Family…


Where iPhone 5 will have 4G - CNNMoney

This is a stunning visual on why Verizon should clean up on AT&T's lunch Where iPhone 5 will have 4GThe iPhone 5 will be the first version to support 4G-LTE networks. Heres a look at whos…