Worst week of the year for the Dow

Last week's 2.25% drop in the Dow was hardly a bad week by any standards. Yet it was the Dow Jones Industrial Average's  worst week this year, with investors ditching stocks as longer-term Treasury…


Pictures Of The Best Trading Desks - Business Insider

We know that a bunch of our readers spend a lot of time in front of their monitors trading the markets. Its basically their second home, so they have to tailor to their needs and strategy.Thats why…


Iraq will not become another Syria, says government, as car bombs kill 34 | Reuters

Iraq will not become another Syria, says government, as car bombs kill 34.  While all the headlines in Western media are about Egypt, and the oil markets fear a glut of WTI, the price is relentlessly…


Big-Name Investors Get Long, Get Loud and Get Richer | Michael Santoli - Yahoo! Finance

  “Get long and get loud,” or “Go short and get shrill.” These tactics of taking a position in a stock, then spreading the word to persuade others to follow along, is as old as the markets…


July Hedge Fund Results

Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index Performance Index / Sub Strategies Value** Jul 13 YTD 1 Year Annl* Std Dev* Sharpe* Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index 507.05 0.88% 4.59% 8.65% 8.64% 7.38% 0.77…


Enercom day 3 August14th

A bit distracted today by the events in Egypt.  Trying to assess how it impacts Apache.  Don't think anyone knows but the stock was sharply lower.  Pulte also continued its descent but not much…


Goldman sees 'creative destruction' in these businesses

Goldman sees 'creative destruction' in these businesses 3D printing could literally break the mold; a growing new asset class threatens the reinsurance industry, and E-cigarettes aren't just blowing…


Gotta love Carl Icahn Twitter profile

Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. Me, I make money studying natural stupidity.


Enercom day 2 August 13th

PVA Penn Virginia mostly in Eagleford transitioning away from gas to oil bought out MHR in Eagleford break even price 50-65 per barrel oil, mostly in Eagleford.  Doesn't.t understand why their stock…


Enercom notes

Monday August 12th. I am at Enercom, a well attended conference for the Oil and Gas Industry.  There are about 600 attendees spanning the gamut of the sell side, the buy side, and vendors supplying…