US home prices rise at marginally slower pace: S&P/Case Shiller
U.S. single-family home prices rose in June, though the pace of gains slowed slightly, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday. The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas…
U.S. Treasury to Hit Debt Limit in Mid-October - WSJ.com
Not sure if it was the Kerry press conference or the sobering headline about the debt shenanigans that caused the market sell off. I wish there was a way to play volatility increasing that actually…
Tampering the tapering?
We pivoted Friday, playing off the weak new home sales data, into more interest rate sensitive names. Blue chip dividend paying stocks, MLPs, bonds in general, utilities, telcos, and tobaccos have…
Pipeline-Capacity Squeeze Reroutes Crude Oil - WSJ.com
By RUSSELL GOLD CONNECT More crude oil is moving around the U.S. on trucks, barges and trains than at any point since the government began keeping records in 1981, as the energy industry devises ways…
Stocks are Tapering Themselves - Barrons.com
By MICHAEL KAHN | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR The Dow Jones Industrial Average is coming off its worst week of the year and now, for the second time in 2013, it is trading below its important…
We've greatly reduced…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…