Bar a minor miracle, June will be first losing month this year- Thank God

Thank God is all I can say.  After going up every month of the year, the market is finally set to close with a losing month. The count is nearly over and  unless we have a 91  point Dow up day Friday…


Move in rates, really unprecedented

I took the liberty of posting this email from Dan Greenhaus of BTIG   As of this morning, with the yield on the 10 year at 2.59%, yields are up (on a percentage basis) nearly 60% since hitting a…


MLPs and junk bonds, a good idea now that the market has sold off?

The rout in interest rate sensitive stocks, exchange traded funds (ETFs). publicly traded master limited partnerships (MLPs) and bonds presents some opportunities but not across the board.  Some…


Don't Fear the Taper, Stocks Still Strong: Tepper

Don't Fear the Taper, Stocks Still Strong: Tepper Text Size Published: Friday, 21 Jun 2013 | 8:31 AM ET By: Jeff Cox | CNBC.com Senior Writer David Tepper President and Founder Appaloosa…


What Bond-Fund Flows Say: ‘Total Capitulation’ - Income Investing - Barrons.com

I perk up when I hear the words total capitulation.  That's usually a short term change in direction.  In this case bonds should rally if really all the sellers have thrown in the towel.  I don't…


There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear

1. The volatility in the markets related to Fed meetings has been accelerating. Generally the first reaction up or down was the contra trend reaction.  In other words, the market will be higher a few…


Boehner Raises Obstacle to Allowing Immigration Vote - NYTimes.com

Why is this important?  Well, if you're the Chairman of the Board of Cognizant Tech Solutions, CTSH, it's very important to the future of your business.  Recently CTSH has been clobbered along with…


Carnival gets a nod from Barron's Roundtable

This weekend Barron's roundtable member, Brian Rogers, plugged our largest holding, CCL.  If it gets the bounce we expect Monday, we'll probably lighten up a little as we have an outsized position.…