Trading and Investing

Agence France-Presse 11:17 am | Monday, May 20th, 2013 In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013, file photo, people are reflected on the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo. AP FILE PHOTO Hong Kong – Asian shares rose on Monday, reflecting a bullish mood on Wall Street and extending their two-week rally, buoyed by better-than-expected US data. Tokyo stocks were up 1.38 percent by the break, as Shanghai gained 0.12 percent and Sydney rose 1.25 percent. Hong Kong was 1.3...Read Full Story

BAML is out with their latest hedge fund monitor. Last week we noted that hedge fund exposure to NASDAQ 100 was near a record high. This week, BAML‘s highlight is market neutral hedge fund exposure, which has increased significantly over the past week. Net exposure for market neutral hedge funds is nearing the peak reached in 2012. Below is some more detail on that topic as well as notable findings in other areas. Market Neutral hedge fund: estimated factor exposures for Equity Market...Read Full Story

Crude Oil Price Rides With The Asset Bubble – But Not Forever BUBBLE TROUBLE Indicators as wide-ranging as real-versus-official inflation indexes, T-bond fundamentals against daytrade technicals and all major stock markets hitting the roof have a faithful tracker in the paper oil asset boom. For many, the orgy of central bank "easing" is a prime mover of this megatrend, and the attitude of central bankers can be gleaned by the comment, reported by Reuters May 13, from the head of Italy‘s...Read Full Story

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices: .DJI) sits above 15,000, an all-time high.  But don’t be fooled, this doesn’t mean that stocks are expensive.  I understand that it seems logical to assume that if the Dow Jones industrial average, what many believe to be the bellwether index of the stock market, is at an all-time high, then it must simultaneously be overvalued.  Herein is the danger of relying on headlines and simple statistics. This article intends to demonstrate that...Read Full Story

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices: .DJI) sits above 15,000, an all-time high.  But don’t be fooled, this doesn’t mean that stocks are expensive.  I understand that it seems logical to assume that if the Dow Jones industrial average, what many believe to be the bellwether index of the stock market, is at an all-time high, then it must simultaneously be overvalued.  Herein is the danger of relying on headlines and simple statistics. This article intends to demonstrate that...Read Full Story